Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alex Barrow	c †Cross b Chapple	8	19	26	1	0	42.10
Arul Suppiah	b Chapple	29	99	117	5	0	29.29
Chris Jones	c Croft b Smith	1	17	25	0	0	5.88
James Hildreth	c Horton b Smith	186	307	346	20	1	60.58
Jos Buttler †	c & b Keedy	68	137	157	9	0	49.63
Peter Trego	c Smith b Keedy	1	22	15	0	0	4.54
Craig Meschede	c †Cross b Hogg	27	72	76	2	0	37.50
Alfonso Thomas (c)	lbw b Keedy	20	52	64	3	0	38.46
Murali Kartik	lbw b Keedy	12	18	23	2	0	66.66
Gemaal Hussain	not out	5	13	13	1	0	38.46
Steve Kirby	lbw b Kerrigan	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 10)	23
Total	125.4 Ov (RR: 3.02)	380
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Alex Barrow, 6.3 ov), 2-20 (Chris Jones, 12.6 ov), 3-89 (Arul Suppiah, 30.1 ov), 4-259 (Jos Buttler, 80.6 ov), 5-265 (Peter Trego, 86.4 ov), 6-320 (Craig Meschede, 107.5 ov), 7-352 (James Hildreth, 114.4 ov), 8-372 (Murali Kartik, 120.4 ov), 9-379 (Alfonso Thomas, 124.5 ov), 10-380 (Steve Kirby, 125.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glen Chapple	14	2	43	2	3.07	-	-	-	0
Kyle Hogg	21	6	78	1	3.71	-	-	-	4
Tom Smith	18	2	67	2	3.72	-	-	-	0
Luke Procter	10	0	46	0	4.60	-	-	-	1
Simon Kerrigan	34.4	6	76	1	2.19	-	-	-	0
Gary Keedy	28	6	57	4	2.03	-	-	-	0

Lancashire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Horton	c †Buttler b Kartik	50	80	93	9	0	62.50
Stephen Moore	c Jones b Kartik	68	147	207	11	0	46.25
Karl Brown	c Trego b Kartik	60	138	131	10	0	43.47
Luke Procter	c Trego b Kartik	29	76	75	5	0	38.15
Steven Croft	c Trego b Kirby	54	98	124	6	1	55.10
Tom Smith	lbw b Thomas	28	46	57	1	0	60.86
Gareth Cross †	c Barrow b Thomas	20	28	39	2	0	71.42
Kyle Hogg	c Kartik b Hussain	46	61	68	6	0	75.40
Glen Chapple (c)	c Kirby b Hussain	23	26	43	2	0	88.46
Simon Kerrigan	st †Buttler b Kartik	40	41	44	5	1	97.56
Gary Keedy	not out	13	28	38	0	0	46.42
Extras	(b 14, lb 8, nb 22, w 5)	49
Total	126.2 Ov (RR: 3.79)	480
Fall of wickets: 1-104 (Paul Horton, 24.5 ov), 2-206 (Stephen Moore, 56.2 ov), 3-219 (Karl Brown, 62.6 ov), 4-272 (Luke Procter, 80.6 ov), 5-325 (Tom Smith, 95.2 ov), 6-331 (Steven Croft, 96.5 ov), 7-371 (Gareth Cross, 103.3 ov), 8-418 (Kyle Hogg, 113.6 ov), 9-423 (Glen Chapple, 115.1 ov), 10-480 (Simon Kerrigan, 126.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve Kirby	17	4	51	1	3.00	-	-	-	0	1
Gemaal Hussain	21	2	99	2	4.71	-	-	-	0	1
Alfonso Thomas	21	1	97	2	4.61	-	-	-	0	3
Murali Kartik	45.2	11	137	5	3.02	-	-	-	1	6
Peter Trego	7	0	25	0	3.57	-	-	-	0	0
Craig Meschede	4	1	13	0	3.25	-	-	-	0	0
Arul Suppiah	11	3	36	0	3.27	-	-	-	0	0

Somerset 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alex Barrow	c Horton b Hogg	8	27	40	1	0	29.62
Arul Suppiah	lbw b Chapple	12	23	26	2	0	52.17
Chris Jones	c †Cross b Hogg	4	16	17	0	0	25.00
James Hildreth	st †Cross b Keedy	39	59	73	5	0	66.10
Jos Buttler †	c Horton b Kerrigan	27	86	84	3	0	31.39
Peter Trego	c Smith b Kerrigan	120	217	222	9	1	55.29
Steve Kirby	lbw b Chapple	4	16	21	1	0	25.00
Craig Meschede	c †Cross b Chapple	1	11	21	0	0	9.09
Alfonso Thomas (c)	c Smith b Kerrigan	18	73	78	1	0	24.65
Murali Kartik	not out	65	100	90	6	2	65.00
Gemaal Hussain	run out (Keedy)	0	12	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 2)	12
Total	106.4 Ov (RR: 2.90)	310
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Arul Suppiah, 7.1 ov), 2-24 (Alex Barrow, 10.3 ov), 3-25 (Chris Jones, 12.2 ov), 4-92 (James Hildreth, 32.2 ov), 5-104 (Jos Buttler, 39.4 ov), 6-116 (Steve Kirby, 45.4 ov), 7-130 (Craig Meschede, 51.1 ov), 8-205 (Alfonso Thomas, 78.6 ov), 9-300 (Peter Trego, 102.5 ov), 10-310 (Gemaal Hussain, 106.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Kyle Hogg	13	1	52	2	4.00	-	-	-	0
Glen Chapple	19	4	53	3	2.78	-	-	-	1
Tom Smith	4	0	15	0	3.75	-	-	-	0
Simon Kerrigan	35.4	6	109	3	3.05	-	-	-	0
Gary Keedy	30	8	55	1	1.83	-	-	-	0
Steven Croft	5	0	16	0	3.20	-	-	-	0

Lancashire 2nd Innings (T: 211 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Horton	lbw b Meschede	55	49	76	5	1	112.24
Stephen Moore	c Hildreth b Trego	71	55	79	6	1	129.09
Steven Croft	not out	40	33	45	5	0	121.21
Karl Brown	not out	33	39	41	4	0	84.61
Extras	(b 3, lb 7, nb 2, w 2)	14
Total	29.1 Ov (RR: 7.30)	213/2
Did not bat: Luke Procter, Tom Smith, Gareth Cross †, Glen Chapple (c), Simon Kerrigan, Kyle Hogg, Gary Keedy
Fall of wickets: 1-131 (Paul Horton, 16.6 ov), 2-135 (Stephen Moore, 17.2 ov)

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve Kirby	3	22	0	7.33	-	-	-	0	0
Alfonso Thomas	7	51	0	7.28	-	-	-	0	0
Murali Kartik	5	40	0	8.00	-	-	-	1	0
Peter Trego	7	43	1	6.14	-	-	-	0	1
Craig Meschede	3.1	24	1	7.57	-	-	-	0	0
Arul Suppiah	4	23	0	5.75	-	-	-	0	0

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Mon, 12 Sep - day 1 - Somerset 1st innings 314/5 (James Hildreth 161*, Craig Meschede 24*, 104 ov)

Tue, 13 Sep - day 2 - Lancashire 1st innings 247/3 (Luke Procter 12*, Steven Croft 20*, 71 ov)

Wed, 14 Sep - day 3 - Somerset 2nd innings 105/5 (Peter Trego 10*, Steve Kirby 0*, 41 ov)

Thu, 15 Sep - day 4 - Lancashire 2nd innings 213/2 (29.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

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Day 3

Day 4

PD Trego 50 off 103 balls, 97 mins, 4x4, 0x6
Lunch: 205/8 off 79 overs
PD Trego 100 off 187 balls, 181 mins, 7x4, 1x6
M Kartik 50 off 83 balls, 72 mins, 5x4, 2x6
Tea: 32/0 off 5 overs
SC Moore 50 off 37 balls, 54 mins, 4x4, 1x6
PJ Horton 50 off 46 balls, 74 mins, 4x4, 1x6

Match Details

County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Somerset, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2011
Series result	Lancashire won the 2011 County Championship Division One
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	12,13,14,15 September 2011 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	George Sharp Peter Willey
Points	Lancashire 23, Somerset 5

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Lancashire Innings

Player Name		R	B
PJ Horton	lbw	55	49
SC Moore	caught	71	55
SJ Croft	not out	40	33
KR Brown	not out	33	39
Extras	(b 3, lb 7, nb 2, w 2)
Total	213(2 wkts; 29.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
SP Kirby	3	22	0	7.33
AC Thomas	7	51	0	7.28
M Kartik	5	40	0	8
PD Trego	7	43	1	6.14 (1 nb)
CAJ Meschede	3.1	24	1	7.57
AV Suppiah	4	23	0	5.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	131	Paul Horton	Stephen Moore
2nd	4	Stephen Moore	Steven Croft
3rd	78	Steven Croft	Karl Brown

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County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LAN	16	10	4	2	246
WAR	16	9	4	3	235
DUR	16	8	4	4	232
SOM	16	6	7	3	189
SUS	16	6	6	4	182
NOT	16	5	6	5	173
WOR	16	4	11	1	142
YOR	16	3	6	7	138
HAM	16	3	6	7	127

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LAN	16	10	4	2	246
WAR	16	9	4	3	235
DUR	16	8	4	4	232
SOM	16	6	7	3	189
SUS	16	6	6	4	182
NOT	16	5	6	5	173
WOR	16	4	11	1	142
YOR	16	3	6	7	138
HAM	16	3	6	7	127

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LAN	16	10	4	2	246
WAR	16	9	4	3	235
DUR	16	8	4	4	232
SOM	16	6	7	3	189
SUS	16	6	6	4	182
NOT	16	5	6	5	173
WOR	16	4	11	1	142
YOR	16	3	6	7	138
HAM	16	3	6	7	127

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LAN	16	10	4	2	246
WAR	16	9	4	3	235
DUR	16	8	4	4	232
SOM	16	6	7	3	189
SUS	16	6	6	4	182
NOT	16	5	6	5	173
WOR	16	4	11	1	142
YOR	16	3	6	7	138
HAM	16	3	6	7	127