Keaton Jennings resisted Nottinghamshire’s charge with an unbeaten 183 on the first day of the Green and Golds’ County Championship clash against Lancashire at Southport.
The Green and Golds’ plucky display ensured the rewards throughout the day with Lyndon James the pick of the bowlers having taken three wickets.
The hosts concluded 388/8, as Dane Paterson and Dillon Pennington themselves each claimed two dismissals.
Jennings and Josh Bohannon had steered Lancashire to 59/1 at lunch in a session short of 22 minutes due to rain, but Notts fought back strongly with three wickets in the afternoon.
Stone had his first when inducing an edge from Bohannon through to Joe Clarke, before Pennington snared his first wicket, George Bell edging to Calvin Harrison for eight after an uncomfortable 39-ball stay at the crease.
Matty Hurst then followed, chipping Lyndon James to Stone at midwicket for two to leave Lancashire 120/4 after the Notts attack had skilfully dried up the run scoring during the afternoon.
It was Red Rose skipper Jennings who held the innings together with a mixture of calculated attack and strong defence that saw the left hander bring up a 179-ball hundred.
He found strong support from George Balderson who made 41 in an 88-run partnership that wrestled the initiative back for the hosts.
In a lengthy 41-over final session that saw 194 runs scored, Chris Green (9) and Tom Bailey (20) were both lbw to James while Will Williams edged Pennington behind for a duck.
But Jennings opened up as he started to run out of partners, taking 47 balls to go from his hundred to reach 150, with Nathan Lyon for company at stumps.