ESS vs SOM

Somerset (Overton 141, Rew 48) and 49 for 0 (Vaughan 41*) beat Essex 149 (Allison 49, Elgar 41, Shaw 3-30) and 245 (Walter 70, Critchley 59) by 10 wickets Craig Overton produced a consummate all-round captain’s performance to lead Somerset to a comfortable 10-wicket Rothesay County Championship victory over Essex with more than four sessions…

Somerset 179 for 5 (Overton 50*) lead Essex 149 (Allison 49, Elgar 41, Shaw 3-30) by 30 runs On a surreal day of 15 wickets on a capricious Chelmsford wicket, Somerset had red-ball wannabee Will Smeed racing across the breadth of the country from Wales to take up injury substitute duties in the Rothesay County…