Story My Somerset Journey (ICC08) - Story Complete

[The_gas]

Result

This game was setup by a risky batting tactic, that paid off. Cloudy conditions turned into very cloudy, but i kept with 6 bars and it paid off. Really pleased i managed to score an many as i did. If i had lost early wickets, i would have had to change approach. One other thing in my favour is that most of my batsmen were in good or great form. It was a tough total to chase in very cloudy conditions, in hindsight, if i had an extra seamer i could have won this even easier. My bad, i forgot to play trego. Anyway, im chuffed, and so are the lads. :cool:



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Nottinghamshire v Somerset
Challenge Trophy - final - 16 Aug 2008
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Somerset - 1st Innings
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M Trescothick lbw b Clough 37
C Kieswetter lbw b Franks 0
J Hildreth lbw b Broad 98
A Byrne lbw b Franks 16
I Blackwell not out 52
W Durston not out 45
O Banks
A Suppiah
A Thomas
B Phillips
A Caddick
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Extras: (nb10,w1,b4) 15
TOTAL: (4 wkts, 50 overs) 263

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O M R W
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P Franks 10 1 39 2
S Broad 10 0 42 1
C Shreck 10 0 62 0
G Clough 10 0 53 1
G Swann 10 0 63 0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-1 2-99 3-123 4-184



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Nottinghamshire v Somerset
Challenge Trophy - final - 16 Aug 2008
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Nottinghamshire - 1st Innings
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W Jefferson c Durston b Phillips 6
M Wood c T'cothick b Caddick 2
D Hussey b Blackwell 24
S Patel lbw b Caddick 6
M Wagh lbw b Blackwell 12
C Read run out 7
G Swann c T'cothick b Thomas 31
P Franks c T'cothick b Phillips 56
S Broad not out 5
G Clough c T'cothick b Phillips 0
C Shreck lbw b Phillips 4
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Extras: (nb2,w2,b8) 12
TOTAL: (all out, 35 overs) 165

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O M R W
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A Caddick 8 1 27 2
B Phillips 9 0 36 4
A Thomas 8 0 45 1
I Blackwell 4 0 17 2
A Suppiah 4 0 30 0
O Banks 1 0 2 0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-9 2-15 3-28 4-56 5-65
6-71 7-146 8-159 9-161 10-165

 

[treva]

Good win, and Kieswetter did nothing after I bigged him up Still better than Spurway even when he scores a duck!

Congrats Gas

 

[The_gas]

Thanks mate, delighted with the result. For some reason i still don't like playing Munday in the OD games, for one he can be expensive, but mainly because somerset have so many all round spin bowlers who's batting can come in very handy late order.

The_gas added 8 Minutes and 26 Seconds later...

Next up is a tough pro 40 game at home to Hampshire. Given my form i should win, but they have a better side.

Conditions

Teams

The_gas added 19 Minutes and 1 Seconds later...

Result

A really good, and satisfying performance. Everything is going right, luck is on my side. Hants one the toss, but put me into bat. If conditions are good, i can really take advantage on batting first currently. Treco and Kieswetter, put on a top notch opening stand, really set the game up for me. A good performance form all the bowlers helped seal a decent victory.

Here are the current tables, i really seem to have hit a purple patch, my squad rotation system seems to be working well. The tables are below, top of the CC now, (somehow, odd considering i was bottom after 3 or 4 games) and top of the Pro 40 by 4 points. The future looks bright, but i must keep focus. If you lose form, its easy to lose a lot of games, in a short space of time.



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Somerset v Hampshire
Pro League - D1 - 17 Aug 2008
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Somerset - 1st Innings
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M Trescothick b Bond 36
C Kieswetter c Lamb b M'arenhas 63
J Hildreth c Taylor b Lamb 37
P Trego lbw b Lamb 14
I Blackwell lbw b M'arenhas 16
W Durston lbw b Lamb 0
O Banks lbw b M'arenhas 2
A Suppiah not out 13
A Thomas lbw b Taylor 6
B Phillips c M'arenhas b Bond 7
A Caddick
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Extras: (nb6,w4,b4) 14
TOTAL: (9 wkts, 40 overs) 208

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O M R W
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C Tremlett 8 0 56 0
S Bond 8 0 30 2
A Mascarenhas 8 2 42 3
G Lamb 8 2 26 3
B Taylor 8 0 50 1
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Fall of Wickets:
1-70 2-133 3-157 4-172 5-172
6-176 7-191 8-198 9-208



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Somerset v Hampshire
Pro League - D1 - 17 Aug 2008
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Hampshire - 1st Innings
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M Carberry b Blackwell 38
M Lumb c Thomas b Blackwell 20
N Pothas c & b Banks 0
J Crawley c Banks b Thomas 16
M Brown lbw b Thomas 26
C Benham c & b Thomas 27
A Mascarenhas lbw b Suppiah 5
G Lamb b Phillips 21
C Tremlett lbw b Phillips 10
S Bond not out 4
B Taylor b Caddick 1
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Extras: (nb6,w1) 7
TOTAL: (all out, 36.3 overs) 175

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O M R W
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A Caddick 6.3 0 32 1
B Phillips 7 0 37 2
I Blackwell 8 1 44 2
O Banks 8 0 33 1
A Thomas 4 1 19 3
A Suppiah 2 0 2 1
W Durston 1 0 8 0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-43 2-47 3-71 4-89 5-122
6-129 7-159 8-169 9-170 10-175

Domestic Tables

The_gas added 12 Minutes and 21 Seconds later...

Hampshire get a chance for revenge as i travel to them for a 4 day game. Kieswetter keeps his place as Langer is away with the Aussies ( and Edwards is injured. Munday comes in for Suppiah, and Banks drops out for an extra batsmen in Byrne. Think the toss could be crucial in this game.

Conditions

Teams

 

[Ollie_H]

Mate iirc you were down the bottom of the CC table not long ago! This season is going very well for you!

 

[The_gas]

Result

Lost the key toss, and was not batted out of the game. Shame, i was so close to snatching a win near the end, but didn't have enough spare wickets to push for the win. Because Hants are 2nd in the CC, i could not afford defeat. Pretty gutted to be honest, do the maths, i was very close to winning. :



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Hampshire v Somerset
County Championship - D1 - 19 Aug 2008
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Hampshire - 1st Innings
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M Carberry b Caddick 11
J Adams b Caddick 2
J Crawley b Blackwell 26
N Pothas c Byrne b Caddick 0
M Brown lbw b Munday 21
M Lumb c & b Munday 69
B Howell lbw b Blackwell 11
G Lamb lbw b Munday 16
A Mascarenhas lbw b Thomas 76
C Tremlett c Byrne b Caddick 7
S Bond not out 31
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Extras: (nb6,b3) 9
TOTAL: (all out, 96.1 overs) 279

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O M R W
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A Caddick 22 5 58 4
B Phillips 19 4 49 0
A Thomas 7.1 1 25 1
M Munday 27 1 80 3
I Blackwell 21 3 64 2
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Fall of Wickets:
1-16 2-21 3-21 4-61 5-71
6-88 7-110 8-208 9-236 10-279



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Hampshire v Somerset
County Championship - D1 - 19 Aug 2008
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Somerset - 1st Innings
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M Trescothick c Pothas b Tremlett 16
C Kieswetter lbw b M'arenhas 46
J Hildreth lbw b Lamb 48
A Byrne c Lamb b M'arenhas 0
P Trego lbw b Lamb 63
I Blackwell lbw b Bond 0
W Durston c Pothas b M'arenhas 55
A Thomas st Pothas b Carberry 7
B Phillips c Adams b Carberry 14
A Caddick lbw b Tremlett 3
M Munday not out 0
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Extras: (nb10,w4) 14
TOTAL: (all out, 76 overs) 266

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O M R W
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C Tremlett 20 1 98 2
S Bond 18 2 55 1
A Mascarenhas 16 4 48 3
G Lamb 16 3 60 2
M Carberry 5 1 5 2
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Fall of Wickets:
1-40 2-108 3-108 4-122 5-123
6-241 7-243 8-259 9-266 10-266



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Hampshire v Somerset
County Championship - D1 - 19 Aug 2008
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Hampshire - 2nd Innings
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M Carberry c & b Munday 150
J Adams c Phillips b Caddick 1
J Crawley c Byrne b Thomas 31
N Pothas lbw b Munday 1
M Brown c T'cothick b Munday 31
M Lumb b Blackwell 20
B Howell lbw b Munday 30
G Lamb b Caddick 27
A Mascarenhas b Munday 20
C Tremlett lbw b Munday 36
S Bond not out 1
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Extras: (nb8,b11,lb3) 22
TOTAL: (all out, 122.3 overs) 370

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O M R W
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A Caddick 25 4 69 2
B Phillips 10 4 19 0
A Thomas 18 2 62 1
M Munday 40.3 5 121 6
I Blackwell 29 5 85 1
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Fall of Wickets:
1-5 2-68 3-73 4-125 5-158
6-236 7-298 8-321 9-369 10-370



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Hampshire v Somerset
County Championship - D1 - 19 Aug 2008
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Somerset - 2nd Innings
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M Trescothick lbw b Tremlett 23
C Kieswetter c Brown b Bond 7
J Hildreth b Bond 16
A Byrne lbw b Bond 40
P Trego c Pothas b Lamb 141
I Blackwell not out 99
W Durston lbw b Bond 3
A Thomas b M'arenhas 2
B Phillips lbw b Lamb 5
A Caddick b Tremlett 17
M Munday
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Extras: (nb16,w2,b4,lb2) 24
TOTAL: (9 wkts, 116 overs) 377

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O M R W
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C Tremlett 31 4 127 2
S Bond 27 4 74 4
A Mascarenhas 28 3 71 1
G Lamb 24 0 73 2
M Carberry 6 0 26 0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-10 2-44 3-56 4-152 5-299
6-307 7-314 8-335 9-377

 

[freddiw]

Spurway is crap. Kieswetter is a future England keeper!

Good to see Kieswetter at the top of the innings. It's a strong line-up, especially with the youngsters in good form. Get rid of their first 3 batsmen and then they're in trouble. Good luck and do Somerset proud!

QUACK QUACK

63 was all edges

mate open the batting with Spurway and Kietswetter the better performer tells the story

 

[The_gas]

I now host Gloucs, in the Pro 40, looking for my 6th straight win in the comp.

Conditions

Teams

Result

A close game ensured as Gloucs batted really well first up. The game looked to be won thanks to a Top Knock from the in form Kieswetter, but a middle order collapse meant that Suppiah and Thomas had to come in to grind out the final few runs.



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Somerset v Gloucestershire
Pro League - D1 - 23 Aug 2008
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Gloucestershire - 1st Innings
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H Marshall run out 63
G Hodnett c Kieswetter b Caddick 23
M North c Durston b Blackwell 77
D Ready lbw b Caddick 4
K Ali st Kieswetter b Banks 6
L Hind lbw b Caddick 0
S Adshead c T'cothick b Phillips 3
V Banerjee not out 5
J Lewis not out 10
A Ireland
I Fisher
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Extras: (nb4,w3) 7
TOTAL: (7 wkts, 40 overs) 198

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O M R W
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A Caddick 8 0 30 3
B Phillips 8 0 48 1
A Thomas 7 0 32 0
O Banks 5 1 18 1
I Blackwell 4 0 22 1
A Suppiah 4 1 22 0
W Durston 4 0 26 0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-48 2-163 3-168 4-179 5-179
6-181 7-182



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Somerset v Gloucestershire
Pro League - D1 - 23 Aug 2008
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Somerset - 1st Innings
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M Trescothick c North b Lewis 28
C Kieswetter c Adshead b Banerjee 96
N Edwards st Adshead b Fisher 1
P Trego lbw b Ready 16
I Blackwell b Banerjee 12
W Durston st Adshead b Fisher 7
O Banks c Fisher b Ready 10
A Suppiah not out 17
A Thomas not out 7
B Phillips
A Caddick
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Extras: (w1,b4) 5
TOTAL: (7 wkts, 39.1 overs) 199

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O M R W
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J Lewis 7.1 0 35 1
A Ireland 8 0 48 0
I Fisher 8 0 55 2
D Ready 8 1 29 2
V Banerjee 8 0 28 2
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Fall of Wickets:
1-64 2-65 3-108 4-132 5-143
6-163 7-189

The_gas added 22 Minutes and 26 Seconds later...

Pro 40 against Worcs. Gone for a seaming pitch this time.

Conditions

Teams

Result

Another pleasing victory. Ali and Magnoffin bowled such tight early spell, and picked up a couple of early wickets that i had to just see them off, then attack the other bowlers. Suppiah and Banks came in late order to ensure i had a total to defend.

I attacked hard and was aggressive in the field, and bowled mainly pace. Phillips picked up 3, but Suppiah claimed the best figures, to cap a good performance from him overall, picking up 3 for 12, off 1.4 overs.



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Somerset v Worcestershire
Pro League - D1 - 28 Aug 2008
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Somerset - 1st Innings
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M Trescothick lbw b Ali 0
C Kieswetter lbw b Ali 7
N Edwards lbw b Andrew 55
P Trego b Mason 64
I Blackwell c Knappett b Mason 1
W Durston lbw b Andrew 21
O Banks not out 21
A Suppiah not out 21
A Thomas
B Phillips
A Caddick
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Extras: (nb2,w4,b1) 7
TOTAL: (6 wkts, 40 overs) 197

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O M R W
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K Ali 8 0 24 2
S Magoffin 8 0 30 0
M Mason 8 0 35 2
G Andrew 8 1 57 2
G Batty 8 0 50 0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-0 2-11 3-122 4-126 5-149
6-160



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Somerset v Worcestershire
Pro League - D1 - 28 Aug 2008
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Worcestershire - 1st Innings
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A Drake lbw b Phillips 6
S Moore lbw b Thomas 32
G Hick run out 25
B Smith run out 9
D Mitchell c Kieswetter b Phillips 3
J Knappett b Caddick 10
G Batty lbw b Phillips 4
K Ali not out 21
S Magoffin c T'cothick b Suppiah 7
G Andrew lbw b Suppiah 0
M Mason lbw b Suppiah 12
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Extras: (nb4,w6) 10
TOTAL: (all out, 31.4 overs) 139

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O M R W
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A Caddick 8 0 36 1
B Phillips 8 0 27 3
A Thomas 8 0 38 1
P Trego 6 0 26 0
A Suppiah 1.4 0 12 3
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Fall of Wickets:
1-12 2-46 3-80 4-85 5-89
6-93 7-104 8-117 9-117 10-139

The_gas added 5 Minutes and 59 Seconds later...

Next up, a 4 day game at Notts.

Conditions

Teams

 

[gutterman]

awesome update mate kutgw

 

[The_gas]

Result

Hmmm, cheating ICC me thinks. Notts bat in very cloudy conditions and make 400 odd, i bat in sunny conditions and get bowled out twice. : One of those games, didn't matter how aggressive, or defensive i batted, every time i pressed space bar a wicket had fallen. Gay.



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Nottinghamshire v Somerset
County Championship - D1 - 3 Sep 2008
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Nottinghamshire - 1st Innings
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W Jefferson lbw b Caddick 20
M Wood c Edwards b Caddick 9
D Hussey lbw b Phillips 113
S Patel lbw b Caddick 118
M Wagh lbw b Phillips 9
C Read c Durston b Munday 16
A Hales lbw b Caddick 51
P Franks not out 59
A Harris c Phillips b Munday 3
G Clough lbw b Munday 6
C Shreck st Gazzard b Munday 0
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Extras: (nb12,w4,b1,lb6) 23
TOTAL: (all out, 117.5 overs) 427

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O M R W
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A Caddick 36 5 120 4
B Phillips 33 3 109 2
A Thomas 13 2 39 0
M Munday 12.5 0 55 4
I Blackwell 10 1 37 0
M Trescothick 7 0 36 0
N Edwards 6 0 24 0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-25 2-60 3-271 4-273 5-296
6-308 7-386 8-417 9-427 10-427



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Nottinghamshire v Somerset
County Championship - D1 - 3 Sep 2008
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Somerset - 1st Innings
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M Trescothick lbw b Franks 12
N Edwards lbw b Franks 35
A Byrne lbw b Shreck 20
P Trego lbw b Clough 16
I Blackwell lbw b Franks 3
W Durston c Hussey b Franks 63
C Gazzard b Shreck 30
A Thomas lbw b Franks 37
B Phillips not out 5
A Caddick lbw b Shreck 4
M Munday lbw b Shreck 0
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Extras: (nb2,w2,lb4) 8
TOTAL: (all out, 88.3 overs) 233

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O M R W
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C Shreck 25.3 4 69 4
G Clough 17 3 53 1
P Franks 22 3 47 5
A Harris 14 3 33 0
S Patel 7 2 22 0
W Jefferson 3 2 5 0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-35 2-70 3-70 4-81 5-101
6-157 7-221 8-228 9-233 10-233



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Nottinghamshire v Somerset
County Championship - D1 - 3 Sep 2008
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Nottinghamshire - 2nd Innings
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W Jefferson not out 1
M Wood not out 3
D Hussey
S Patel
M Wagh
C Read
A Hales
P Franks
A Harris
G Clough
C Shreck
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Extras: 0
TOTAL: (0 wkts, 1.2 overs) 4

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O M R W
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A Caddick 1 0 2 0
B Phillips 0.2 0 2 0
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Fall of Wickets:



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Nottinghamshire v Somerset
County Championship - D1 - 3 Sep 2008
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Somerset - 2nd Innings
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M Trescothick lbw b Franks 11
N Edwards c Hussey b Clough 26
A Byrne c Read b Franks 0
P Trego rtrd ht 0
I Blackwell not out 78
W Durston c Read b Franks 61
C Gazzard lbw b Shreck 4
A Thomas lbw b Shreck 0
B Phillips lbw b Shreck 0
A Caddick lbw b Clough 0
M Munday lbw b Clough 0
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Extras: (nb2,w2,b4,lb8) 16
TOTAL: (9 wkts, 75.3 overs) 196

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O M R W
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G Clough 15.3 4 37 3
C Shreck 22 4 52 3
P Franks 22 5 53 3
A Harris 14 3 40 0
S Patel 2 0 2 0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-28 2-28 3-60 4-175 5-190
6-190 7-190 8-192 9-196

The_gas added 4 Minutes and 26 Seconds later...

4 day game against Durham at Taunton. Should lose on paper, better play better than i did last game. Really need to pick up some better pace bowlers for next season.

Conditions

Teams

 

[Ollie_H]

Thats a bad defeat there mate. Batsmen didnt perform but maybe you should let them off as they are doing so well at the moment! Hopefully you can pull it back in the next game!

 

[gutterman]

unlucky not getting the win

 

[The_gas]

Result

Another disappointing performance, against a good bowling attack this side just cannot score a lot of runs.


Next up away to Lancs at the Pro 40, team out of form now. Not feeling confident.

Conditions

Teams

 

[gutterman]

another disapointing loss for somerset. they need to improve

 

[The_gas]

Result

Well, at least my poor CC form is not affecting my excellent OD performance. Looking good to win the pro 40 now (actually, i have won it yay! :Lol). Lancs set a commanding total, but chased it down really well. The openers set the base well.

Here is the Pro 40 Table

One place off relegation in the cc, hope i can stay up.



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Lancashire v Somerset
Pro League - D1 - 14 Sep 2008
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Lancashire - 1st Innings
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K Hardwick lbw b Blackwell 51
P Horton not out 99
A Shelley lbw b Munday 24
M Yousuf not out 45
M Loye
A Flintoff
L Sutton
D Cork
G Chapple
S Mahmood
J Anderson
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Extras: (nb2,w2) 4
TOTAL: (2 wkts, 40 overs) 223

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O M R W
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A Caddick 8 0 50 0
C Willoughby 8 0 39 0
M Munday 8 1 36 1
A Suppiah 8 0 37 0
I Blackwell 8 0 61 1
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Fall of Wickets:
1-100 2-160



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Lancashire v Somerset
Pro League - D1 - 14 Sep 2008
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Somerset - 1st Innings
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M Trescothick b Cork 64
N Edwards lbw b Anderson 83
A Byrne c Horton b Cork 19
J Hildreth lbw b Flintoff 17
I Blackwell c & b Chapple 2
W Durston c Cork b Chapple 19
C Kieswetter not out 11
A Suppiah not out 3
A Caddick
C Willoughby
M Munday
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Extras: (nb4,w2) 6
TOTAL: (6 wkts, 40 overs) 224

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O M R W
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S Mahmood 8 0 59 0
J Anderson 8 0 34 1
A Flintoff 8 0 48 1
G Chapple 7 0 49 2
D Cork 8 0 34 2
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Fall of Wickets:
1-149 2-149 3-179 4-182 5-205
6-221

 

[Ollie_H]

Gutted Horton getting 99no!

Your CC form seems to be very up and down top of the table not long ago and now your one place above relegation You'll get out of it and it will all be good! Then look forward to seeing who you will sign in the next season