County Championship round-up: Stunning Somerset comeback, Hampshire go big and snow stops play
Somerset defeated Middlesex at Lord’s in the County Championship (Picture: Getty)Somerset recovered from 89-9 in their first innings and produced a fourth-innings chase of 285 to beat Middlesex and complete a stunning comeback victory in their County Championship opener at Lord’s. Jason Kerr’s side, who reached the Bob Willis Trophy final last summer, trailed Middlesex by 224 when they lost their ninth wicket on day two, but numbers 10 and 11 Marchant de Lange and Jack Leach almost doubled Somerset’s total to stay in contention. Middlesex posted 313 in their first innings – largely thanks to opener Sam Robson’s brilliant 165 – but they were bowled out for just 143 second time around, setting Somerset 285 to win. Captain Tom Abell impressed with 84 and, although Middlesex reduced...
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