County Championship: Somerset bowlers give late boost against Yorkshire

LV = ion County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (Day Two) Somerset 424: Abell 116, Gregory 77; Bess 4-68 Yorkshire 167-4: Kohler-Cadmore 68*; Brooks 3-38Yorkshire (2 pts) Somerset trail (5 pts) per 257 runs Match scorecard

Facing his former club, the tailoring veteran repelled the years with 3-38 of 10 overs to help limit the White Rose to 167-4 in their first set, 257 runs behind.

Tom Kohler-Cadmore hit an unbeaten 68 against the team he will join next season, while Harry Brook was fired for 41.

Somerset had previously extended their first inning score from 262-5 to 424, with skipper Tom Abell falling for 116, Lewis Gregory making 77 and Kasey Aldridge a career-best 41.< /p>

Former Somerset off-spinner Dom Bess finished with 4-68 and the setter Matthew Waite took 3-64.

The hosts started the day badly when Abell, n having added just two to his score, fell on second new ball, lbw to a Waite delivery that hit his back pad.

The floodlights were on under gray skies as Gregory and Aldridge advanced the sets to 298-6 before rain caused a 45-minute delay, with 11 overs lost. By lunch, the pair had added 26 more.

Gregory reached his half century with a four-point to Jordan Thompson's third man, after facing 87 balls and hitting seven fours.

Aldridge gained confidence in start and lifted 350 with an elegant back foot boundary off Thompson.

Gregory hit Bess for a straight six, but perished trying to redo the shot, being narrowly caught by Adam Lyth with a total of 376.

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