Andrew Flintoff fell for 23 as Lancashire struggled in pursuit of 388 to avoid the follow-on against Surrey in their LV County Championship contest at the Brit Oval.

England all-rounder Flintoff's run-a-ball effort concluded when he edged a doosra from Saqlain Mushtaq to slip.

Moments later Lancashire were offered the chance to go off due to bad light, which was accepted at 241 for six and that was the end of the day's play..

Australian duo Stuart Law and Brad Hodge dug in after three early dismissals, which came in a nine-over spell at the cost of a dozen runs.

They shared 92 runs for the fifth wicket either side of lunch, which included Hodge hauling Saqlain over midwicket for six.

But Law perished when he drove Pedro Collins to mid-off and was well held by Mark Ramprakash.

Flintoff applied the accelerator almost from his arrival at the crease, hitting Jordan for three consecutive fours.

But the 30-year-old, hoping to prove form and fitness ahead of the first npower Test against New Zealand at Lord's, succumbed when he closed the face of the bat playing Saqlain to the leg-side and was snapped up by Butcher.