Rothesay County Championship, Division One, The Cooper Associates County Floor, Taunton (day one)
Glamorgan 194: Kellaway 51; Pretorius 3-45
Somerset 92-0: Thomas 46*
Somerset 3 pts, Glamorgan 0 pts
Somerset’s slip fielders shared seven catches as Glamorgan had been bowled out for 194 on a one-sided opening day of the Rothesay County Championship First Division match at Taunton.
Henry Nicholls and Tom Abell claimed three every and Craig Overton one as all of the Welsh county’s wickets fell to catches behind the stumps. Wicketkeeper James Rew additionally pouched three to reward seamers Migael Pretorius (3-45), Lewis Gregory (2-58), Overton (2-63) and Tom Lammonby (2-27).
Ben Kellaway top-scored with 51 after Glamorgan had been invited to bat first in overcast circumstances on a green-tinged pitch providing good carry and simply ample seam motion for the tempo bowlers, who additionally benefited from some swing.
By the shut, Somerset had replied with 92-0 on a day which instructed they’re properly able to clinching a primary ever Championship title in what’s constructing in direction of an exhilarating finale to the purple ball season.
Josh Thomas was unbeaten on 46 and Tom Lammonby 37 not out, having batted with an assurance that, Kellaway aside, was absent from the Glamorgan innings.
The guests seemed to be making fist of issues after the beginning of play had been delayed for half an hour by rain. Mason Crane and Asa Tribe took the rating to 33 within the eighth over earlier than the latter edged Pretorius by means of to Rew, who took a wonderful low catch diving to his proper.
It was 45-2 when Kiran Carlson introduced a waist-high catch to first slip Nicholls off Pretorius and 49-3 when second slip Abell accepted an opportunity provided by Crane on 27, with Overton the profitable bowler.
A quick bathe interrupted play at 68-3, however when the motion resumed there was nonetheless time earlier than lunch for Colin Ingram to edge Gregory to Abell and go away Glamorgan 80-4 going into the afternoon session.
Kellaway produced some sweetly-timed drives to maneuver to a half-century off 81 balls. However the next supply from Pretorius noticed him edge to Nicholls and shortly it was 125-6 as former Somerset participant Sean Dickson, celebrating his thirty fifth birthday, was snared within the slips by Overton driving at a large ball from Gregory.
Additional edges introduced the downfalls of Chris Cooke, Dan Douthwaite and Connor O’Riordan earlier than Timm van der Gugten pulled a defiant six off Pretorius and shared a last-wicket stand of 36 with Mir Hamza, who was final man out to Jack Leach – the one wicket to fall to spin.
Tea was taken instantly, however additional rain delayed a restart, with 9 overs added to the 4 misplaced within the morning session.
Situations remained bowler-friendly, with the floodlights on, for the start of Somerset’s reply. However, after a watchful begin, openers Thomas and Lammonby quickly elevated the tempo, Thomas smiting three successive fours off Hamza within the sixth over.
The 2 left-handers introduced up a half-century stand in 11.1 overs, wanting in complete management. Lammonby, on 19, edged van der Gugten simply in need of first slip, nevertheless it was a uncommon second of tension as Glamorgan’s bowlers struggled to match the house assault’s penetration.
Because the solar broke by means of for the primary time, batting seemed simpler than it had performed all day. By stumps, Thomas and Lammonby had shared 12 boundaries and put their facet in an immensely sturdy place on a day when title rivals had been inhibited by the climate.
Report provided by ECB Reporters’ Community, supported by Rothesay.
