There was no hiding the feeling of disappointment that there was in the Somerset camp after they lost their opening championship match of the season at Bristol by just eight runs.

Somerset live to fight another day after a career best innings from Richard Johnson who blasted his way to an unbeaten 106 to keep the Cidermen's hopes alive in their opening county championship of the season at Bristol on Friday

Somerset have named their strongest available team for the championship opener against old rivals Gloucestershire

Anyone who has visited the County Ground over the last few days will have noticed a digger busily shifting a pile of rubble on the Coal Orchard side of the ground

Somerset fast bowler Richard Johnson is looking forward to next season and being involved with one of the best pace attacks in the country

Somerset took their first step towards the next stage of the new Twenty20 Cup competition when they beat Glamorgan in Cardiff this evening to earn themselves two valuable points

Somerset tightened their grip on the county championship match against Glamorgan at Taunton and by the end of the second day's play they had a first innings lead of 194 with four wickets remaining

Marcus Trescothick was in majestic mood at the County Ground in Taunton today scoring an impressive 70 runs to put Somerset in a strong position at the end of the first day of their championship match against Glamorgan

Somerset go into their championship match against Glamorgan at the County Ground in Taunton this morning knowing that if they are to keep up their challenge for promotion back to the top flight they need to gain maximum points

Somerset will be hoping to emulate their Cheltenham and Gloucestershire performance against Scotland tomorrow when they take on the Scottish Saltires at Grange Cricket Club in Division Two of the National Cricket League

Somerset had to settle for a draw from their championship match against Derbyshire today, after the weather interrupted on several occasions during the last days play

Mike Burns and his Somerset team were thwarted by the rain at Derby on Friday as they attempted to win their second successive championship match of the season, and will hope for better weather when they resume at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning

Somerset ended the second day of their championship match at Derby in a strong position after a painstaking century by Jamie Cox helped them to a first innings lead of 207

There was an air of confidence about the Somerset team as they had their final practice session at the County Ground on Tuesday morning before their journey north to Derbyshire later in the day ready for the championship match that gets underway

There was no containing the delight and pleasure that there was on the faces of the Somerset players after they completed a six-wicket victory over Durham early this afternoon

Somerset were once again indebted to their pacemen at Taunton today where they bowled out the remaining Durham batsmen cheaply to dismiss the visitors for 180 and will start the final day requiring 120 runs for victory with 8 wickets remaining

The second day of Somerset's championship match against Durham at the County Ground in Taunton ended with the game evenly balanced after the visitors finished 167 runs ahead with five second innings wickets remaining

Somerset enjoyed some success on the opening day of their championship match against Durham at Taunton thanks to a fine bowling display by Richard Johnson, and a welcome return to form by Marcus Trescothick

Marcus Trescothick was back batting at the County Ground at 9.30 this morning only a few hours after Somerset had been defeated by Gloucestershire in their opening championship match of the season

The Somerset pace attack gave just a hint of what lies in store for their supporters when they reduced Loughborough UCCE to 90 for 6 at the County Ground before the students recovered to 132 for 7 to hang on for a draw in their three day match that