22/07Result

Specsavers County Championship Division One at Worcester, Jul 22-25 2018

SomersetSomersetSOM
337 & 362/9d
WorcestershireWorcestershireWORCS
257 & 301 (87 ov)

Somerset won by 141 runs

22/07Result

Specsavers County Championship Division One at Worcester, Jul 22-25 2018

SomersetSomersetSOM
337 & 362/9d
WorcestershireWorcestershireWORCS
257 & 301 (87 ov)

Somerset won by 141 runs

Somerset silence stubborn Worcestershire

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Somerset go second despite defiant maiden century from Alex Milton

Alex Milton and Steve Magoffin put on 136 for the last wicket but it was not enough to prevent Somerset beating bottom-placed Worcestershire on the final day at Blackfinch New Road

Match Centre

Match Details

County Ground, New Road, Worcester

Series

Specsavers County Championship Division One 2018

Toss

Worcestershire , elected to field first

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

22,23,24,25 July 2018 (4-day match)

Umpires

Points

Somerset 22, Worcestershire 5

Scorecard Summary

SOMERSET 337(101.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Steven Davies72 (95)
Tom Abell70 (151)

Steve Magoffin2/51 (19)
Moeen Ali3/63 (22)

WORCESTERSHIRE 257(63.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Luke Wood*65 (77)
Dillon Pennington37 (73)

Josh Davey4/68 (16.5)
Jamie Overton4/61 (15)

SOMERSET 362/9d(100.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Marcus Trescothick71 (106)
Azhar Ali125 (188)

Steve Magoffin1/33 (17)
Moeen Ali5/107 (33.5)

WORCESTERSHIRE 301(87 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Travis Head46 (55)
Alex Milton*104 (181)

Josh Davey3/43 (19)
Jamie Overton4/82 (19)

END OF OVER:
87 | (wicket maiden) | WORCS: 301/9

Alex Milton104 (181b)

Craig Overton19-3-55-1
Josh Davey19-6-43-3

86.6

W

C Overton to Magoffin, OUT,

SJ Magoffin c Davey b C Overton 43 (152m 142b 8x4 0x6) SR: 30.28

86.5

0

C Overton to Magoffin, no run,

86.4

0

C Overton to Magoffin, no run,

86.3

0

C Overton to Magoffin, no run,

86.2

0

C Overton to Magoffin, no run,

86.1

0

C Overton to Magoffin, no run,

Match Coverage

Somerset go second despite defiant maiden century from Alex Milton
Alex Milton and Steve Magoffin put on 136 for the last wicket but it was not enough to prevent Somerset beating bottom-placed Worcestershire on the final day at Blackfinch New Road
Moeen Ali takes five but Somerset soar on Azhar Ali's debut hundred
Somerset picked up two wickets before the close having set Worcestershire a daunting target of 443 to win
Luke Wood battles as Jamie Overton fires up Somerset
Jamie Overton claimed four wickets and bowled with impressive pace as Somerset took control at New Road
Moeen Ali makes Test case as Steven Davies digs in to guide Somerset
Steven Davies top-scored against his former county as Somerset twice fought back from testing situations

Videos

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Somerset silence stubborn Worcestershire
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Worcs INNINGS		R	B
DKH Mitchell	lbw	6	28
TM Head	caught wk	46	55
MM Ali	bowled	7	20
JM Clarke	bowled	5	5
BL D'Oliveira	caught	6	8
EG Barnard	caught	0	1
AG Milton	not out	104	181
RA Whiteley	caught wk	39	64
L Wood	caught	13	17
DY Pennington	caught wk	0	2
SJ Magoffin	caught	43	142
EXTRAS	(b 18, lb 7, w 5, nb 2)
TOTAL	301 (all out; 87 ovs)

Somerset BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
C Overton	19.0	3	55	1	2.89
JH Davey	19.0	5	43	3	2.26	(1nb)
J Overton	19.0	2	82	4	4.31	(1w)
MJ Leach	22.0	2	76	2	3.45
PD Trego	1.0	0	5	0	5.00
Azhar Ali	7.0	2	15	0	2.14

Worcs 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	21	DKH Mitchell	TM Head
2nd	29	MM Ali	TM Head
3rd	15	TM Head	JM Clarke
4th	0	BL D'Oliveira	TM Head
5th	0	BL D'Oliveira	EG Barnard
6th	6	BL D'Oliveira	AG Milton
7th	71	RA Whiteley	AG Milton
8th	23	AG Milton	L Wood
9th	0	AG Milton	DY Pennington
10th	136	SJ Magoffin	AG Milton

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	10	1	3	254
SOM	14	7	2	4	208
ESSEX	14	7	4	2	187
YORKS	14	5	5	3	158
HANTS	14	4	5	5	144
NOTTS	14	4	8	2	133
LANCS	14	3	7	3	133
WORCS	14	2	10	2	104