Somerset vs Notts, at Taunton, Aug 17 2011 - Match Result

RESULT

Taunton, August 17 - 20, 2011, County Championship Division One

177

Nottinghamshire

402/9

Match drawn

Nottinghamshire prosper in drawn fixture

Nottinghamshire prosper in drawn fixture

However diligent their preparation and practice, Somerset cannot exert any control over rainfall that they feel afflicts the west country more than anywhere other than Old Trafford. A third severely interrupted day ensured that there was no time for their

20-Aug-2011•Jeremy James at Taunton

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Scorecard summary

Somerset • 177/10(54.4 overs)

1st INNINGS

43 (55)

6/33 (16.4)

35 (70)

3/52 (18)

Nottinghamshire • 402/9(88.2 overs)

1st INNINGS

128 (163)

Charl Willoughby

4/76 (16.2)

82 (75)

George Dockrell

2/76 (18)

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Match details

County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Nottinghamshire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2011
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	17,18,19,20 August 2011 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Martin Bodenham Richard Illingworth
Points	Somerset 6, Nottinghamshire 11

Match Coverage

Nottinghamshire prosper in drawn fixture

However diligent their preparation and practice, Somerset cannot exert any control over rainfall that they feel afflicts the west country more than anywhere other than Old Trafford. A third severely interrupted day ensured that there was no time for their

Nottinghamshire prosper in drawn fixture

Adams takes six before before Patel half-century

Andre Adams, swinging the ball into the bat at a deceptively gentle pace that could best be described as the slower side of medium, and seemingly occasionally reversing it to boot, enabled Nottinghamshire to bowl out Somerset for 177 in this rain-affected

Adams takes six before before Patel half-century

Lack of drainage frustrates Somerset

Somerset are at a serious disadvantage by comparison to the category A grounds in England on account of not having been given a grant by the ECB for a new drainage system at Taunton, according to their director of cricket, Brian Rose

Lack of drainage frustrates Somerset

Somerset hampered by rain-ruined day

All Somerset needed, at a time when Durham were not playing, was more rain. That, though, was exactly what they got at the County Ground, where play was restricted to just eight overs

Somerset hampered by rain-ruined day

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Notts Innings

Player Name		R	B
AD Hales	caught	28	30
K Turner	caught	36	50
DM Bravo	caught	27	69
SR Patel	caught	128	163
MH Wessels	caught	82	75
SJ Mullaney	caught	0	1
CMW Read	caught	36	72
PJ Franks	not out	39	71
AR Adams	bowled	0	3
LJ Fletcher	caught	4	2
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 12)
Total	402(9 wkts; 88.2 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	51	Alex Hales	Karl Turner
2nd	22	Darren Bravo	Karl Turner
3rd	67	Samit Patel	Darren Bravo
4th	178	Samit Patel	Riki Wessels
5th	0	Riki Wessels	Steven Mullaney
6th	0	Chris Read	Riki Wessels
7th	74	Chris Read	Paul Franks
8th	0	Paul Franks	Andre Adams
9th	10	Paul Franks	Luke Fletcher

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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