County Championship: Somerset secures survival with win over Northants
LV= County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground , Taunton (fourth day) Somerset 389 & 337-4 Dec: Abell 115, Lammonby 110Northamptonshire 265 & 109: Davey 3-25Somerset (22 pts) beat Northamptonshire (4 pts) by 352 points Match scorecardThe hosts started the final day by quickly extending their second set tally from 277-1 to 337-4 declared, with Centurions Tom Abell and Tom Lammonby falling for 115 and 110 respectively. whopping 462 up for grabs, and they lost their first four wickets for 15 before being knocked out for 109.
Overton started the rout with a brilliant piece of ground from their own bowling alley to wear down Emilio Gay, then claimed 2-36 to add to their opening numbers of 5-38. Josh Davey finished with 3-25.
Somerset took 22 points from the match to move into sixth place of the table, 25 ahead of penultimate Warwickshire going into the final round of matches, while Northamptonshire took four points.
The day started with the home side looking to dispel any dim prospect of defeat by beating for almost half an hour, when they were already 401 ahead.
< p class="" data-reactid=".2bbas8yc5og. 0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8">Abell added just three to his score overnight before being caught by Ben Sanderson, while Lammonby had extended his total of nine by hitting a mid-wicket catch from the same bowler.George Bartlett contributed a 17 sharp before being pocketed halfway deep from Jack White and Lewis Gre gory capped an impressive Somerset batting display with 2 9s on 11 balls, including three sixes and one four.
Northamptonshire faced a minimum of 87 overs to bat for a draw and they had reached 14 when Will Young played a ball from Overton defensively into offside and called for a single.
The English designer ran to catch the ball and knocked the stumps down as he fell, with Gay not attacking...
The hosts started the final day by quickly extending their second set tally from 277-1 to 337-4 declared, with Centurions Tom Abell and Tom Lammonby falling for 115 and 110 respectively. whopping 462 up for grabs, and they lost their first four wickets for 15 before being knocked out for 109.
Overton started the rout with a brilliant piece of ground from their own bowling alley to wear down Emilio Gay, then claimed 2-36 to add to their opening numbers of 5-38. Josh Davey finished with 3-25.
Somerset took 22 points from the match to move into sixth place of the table, 25 ahead of penultimate Warwickshire going into the final round of matches, while Northamptonshire took four points.
The day started with the home side looking to dispel any dim prospect of defeat by beating for almost half an hour, when they were already 401 ahead.
< p class="" data-reactid=".2bbas8yc5og. 0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8">Abell added just three to his score overnight before being caught by Ben Sanderson, while Lammonby had extended his total of nine by hitting a mid-wicket catch from the same bowler.George Bartlett contributed a 17 sharp before being pocketed halfway deep from Jack White and Lewis Gre gory capped an impressive Somerset batting display with 2 9s on 11 balls, including three sixes and one four.
Northamptonshire faced a minimum of 87 overs to bat for a draw and they had reached 14 when Will Young played a ball from Overton defensively into offside and called for a single.
The English designer ran to catch the ball and knocked the stumps down as he fell, with Gay not attacking...
LV= County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground , Taunton (fourth day) Somerset 389 & 337-4 Dec: Abell 115, Lammonby 110Northamptonshire 265 & 109: Davey 3-25The hosts started the final day by quickly extending their second set tally from 277-1 to 337-4 declared, with Centurions Tom Abell and Tom Lammonby falling for 115 and 110 respectively. whopping 462 up for grabs, and they lost their first four wickets for 15 before being knocked out for 109.
Overton started the rout with a brilliant piece of ground from their own bowling alley to wear down Emilio Gay, then claimed 2-36 to add to their opening numbers of 5-38. Josh Davey finished with 3-25.
Somerset took 22 points from the match to move into sixth place of the table, 25 ahead of penultimate Warwickshire going into the final round of matches, while Northamptonshire took four points.
The day started with the home side looking to dispel any dim prospect of defeat by beating for almost half an hour, when they were already 401 ahead.
< p class="" data-reactid=".2bbas8yc5og. 0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8">Abell added just three to his score overnight before being caught by Ben Sanderson, while Lammonby had extended his total of nine by hitting a mid-wicket catch from the same bowler.George Bartlett contributed a 17 sharp before being pocketed halfway deep from Jack White and Lewis Gre gory capped an impressive Somerset batting display with 2 9s on 11 balls, including three sixes and one four.
Northamptonshire faced a minimum of 87 overs to bat for a draw and they had reached 14 when Will Young played a ball from Overton defensively into offside and called for a single.
The English designer ran to catch the ball and knocked the stumps down as he fell, with Gay not attacking...
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