Neesham to Trego, out Trego Run Out!! 1 run completed. Swishes it down to deep square leg. And a selfless attempt to take the second, despite the fielder out there firing in the throw, well in time. Puts in the dive as well, falls short. The third umpire wasn't even needed. So, Somerset end with a whopping 193. Trego run out (Bell-Drummond/Billings) 26(24) [4s-4]
19.5
4
Neesham to Trego, FOUR, a waste down leg. Trego instead of ignoring it, sinks down and swings across the line to spank it into the fine leg fence. Finally some flourish for Trego at the end
19.2
Neesham to Trego, 1 run, dropped. A bouncer, a colpulsive pull and flies through the hands of the substitute at backward square leg
18.3
W
Claydon to Johann Myburgh, out Caught by Billings!! A tied up pull. The result - a fat top edge flying down the throat of the keeper. Gets away, looks to give himself the room and Claydon gets the short one to follow him. A mistimed pull off the bat sticker. A breezy knock nevertheless. Johann Myburgh c Billings b Claydon 64(35) [4s-1 6s-6]
18.2
4
Claydon to Johann Myburgh, FOUR, moves away. Gets the follow in on leg and clubs it over extra cover, inside-out. He's bored with the plunder on only one side of the wicket. Equally as effective on the other
17.5
4
M Coles to Trego, FOUR, the back of the hand slower one. Trego is reading it like a hawk. Lets it get close and rolls his wrists on it too in a hack across the line. Around the corner, the fence of course
17.4
4
M Coles to Trego, FOUR, pace this time. Misses the length. And Trego stands and smokes it over. Through the line, full bat-faced and hammered away over long-off
17.2
6
M Coles to Johann Myburgh, SIX, slower ball. Fast hands. Hastier bat. Out of the back of the hand and Myburgh waits, waits and waits some more in pulling it powerfully. Mid-wicket is a spectator
15.4
F
Neesham to Johann Myburgh, 1 run, on the base of leg. A move away in toe-ending it into the covers. A fifty off 27 balls. He's broken windows and egos in getting there
15
6
Imran Qayyum to Johann Myburgh, SIX, in the zone. And back breaking the windows. Qayyum keeps dishing it in the slot, firing it in and Myburgh keeps taking it down and over cow corner
14.4
6
Imran Qayyum to Johann Myburgh, SIX, the sledge hammer is back on duty. Puts it to use going downtown this time with an uppish drill. Enough of the elevation as he backs away and muscles his way over long-on
14.3
6
Imran Qayyum to Johann Myburgh, SIX, against the turn but with the wind, with the slope. Pays off. Right under it in time to slog his way through, his favoured cow corner again
13.5
4
M Coles to Trego, FOUR, loses the radar. A short-wide combo and enough power on it from Trego to 'cut' all hell loose. Behind point and nothing third man can do with it
13.2
W
M Coles to Hildreth, out Caught by Billings!! A tickle on the wood. And Kent pierce the balloon once again to slow things down, to pull back the run-rate. A wide tease this, tempting Hildreth into the drive. He throws his hands at it, flashing the blade out and ends up getting a faint nick on the outside edge to the keeper. Hildreth c Billings b M Coles 11(10) [4s-1]
12.2
6
Denly to Johann Myburgh, SIX, huge. Into the flat, oh it's broken a window as well. Right out of the screws, long levers too into action as he sits and deposits it into the house past the cow corner boundary
11.4
6
Imran Qayyum to Johann Myburgh, SIX, a peach of a shot. The best of the day, on one we've seen many a ball getting smoked. Inside-out, with the dancing shoes in depositing it over extra cover
11.2
4
Imran Qayyum to Hildreth, FOUR, now connects with the reverse. Right low and nailing it through point, behind him in fact. All timing, all placement to take it to the fence
10.4
Denly to Johann Myburgh, 1 run, put down. Oh dear. The fielder running in from long-off did ever so well in getting close from the edge of the ground slides and gets both hands to it too as he puts down the airy lofted chip
10.2
W
Denly to Steven Davies, out Caught by Bell-Drummond!! That's all the show we are having tonight. It has been a pleasure nevertheless. A fullish delivery, in the slot and Davies swings across the line, off one knee and miscues it big time. Top edging it with the bat handle turning in his palms too. Mid-wicket snaps it up. Steven Davies c Bell-Drummond b Denly 62(32) [4s-7 6s-2]
9.4
4
Claydon to Steven Davies, FOUR, now some wood. And now the placement. Moves away, frees his levers and runs it away through the cordon. He's in some mood tonight is Davies
9
4
Imran Qayyum to Steven Davies, FOUR, an angry charge away, exposes all his stumps and as Qayyum follows him with the line, squeezes out the drive and hammers it through extra cover
7.4
F
Claydon to Steven Davies, 1 run, slows it up. On the ribs and fended away to square leg
6.2
W
Imran Qayyum to Allenby, out Caught by Billings!! Agricultural with his slog. Wide enough and short enough to be sitting down and looking to smoke these away. Mows, gets a top-edge, a fat chunk of it as it balloons well up in the air as the keeper runs across to square leg and collects. Some respite in the end from the carnage that was threatening to break all hell loose. Allenby c Billings b Imran Qayyum 25(15) [4s-3 6s-1]
5.2
4
D Stevens to Steven Davies, FOUR, now the deft touch to follow the power show. Makes full use of the vacant cordon, to run it away through. The powerplay doing the rest
5.1
6
D Stevens to Steven Davies, SIX, bang in the slot. Targets it with the breeze and the short boundaries. Adopts, swings and dispatches it over mid-wicket, and out. New ball please
4.4
6
Milne to Allenby, SIX, more of the sitting up length. Short, aiming for the nose, finds the chunk of the flashing wood, dragging it from front of his face and putting it behind square. Into the residential building
4.2
6
Milne to Steven Davies, SIX, smoked! Looks to bounce Davies in, and is intimidated in return. Rocks back, opens himself up and swings across the line, getting it to soar over cow corner. The swivel only amplifies the beauty
3.4
4
M Coles to Steven Davies, FOUR, a full bat swing. Pitched up on the stumps, time for Davies to line up as he goes full-blooded over the man at mid-off, a couple of bounces and into the fence
3.1
4
M Coles to Allenby, FOUR, too short, too easy. Right up on the bounce, with a rise on the toes to flat bat it with aplomb. On the bounce and whacked
2.4
4
Milne to Allenby, FOUR, all too polite now. Opens up the gap in the covers with a caress, holding his pose as he drives it through as well
2.2
4
Milne to Steven Davies, FOUR, 84.4mph, friendly width. With the pace for help too. Davies stays deep inside the crease, waits for the ball to get close and guides the punch square. Through no man's land
1.4
4
M Coles to Allenby, FOUR, dancing shoes. Down, away, creates the room for himself and takes it from the stumps to spank it through the line. Flying through extra cover
1
4
Neesham to Steven Davies, FOUR, goes uppish. Reaches out to the line, keeps the bat dead straight and lofts it over mid-on with his drive. Elegance, in full flow
0.5
W
Neesham to Gregory, out Caught by Milne!! The ploy of banging it in short pays off. Gregory, compulsively looks to take this one on, but the ball rises sharply gets big on him and cramps him up for room as he mistimes his pull to mid-on. Was quite wide in the first place to be pulling, takes the to end as well, something that never helps matters. Gregory c Milne b Neesham 1(3)
0.3
4
Neesham to Steven Davies, FOUR, bumps it in. Davies latches on. Waits on it and pulls it away, using the line down leg to run it down behind square. He doesn't believe in sighters, does he