Cidermen end the second day against Leicestershire well on top

Somerset ended the second day of their championship match against Leicestershire at the County Ground in Taunton in a considerable position of strength.

Resuming this morning at 390 for 3, Somerset took the score onto 565 before they were all out, with Keith Dutch making 70, Peter Bowler 60 and Rob Turner 44.

The Somerset attack bowled well this afternoon and by close of play had made considerable inroads into the Leicestershire innings. When stumps were drawn the visitors had reached 241 for 7 still needing 175 runs to avoid the follow on.

Left arm seamer Matt Bulbeck was the pick of the Cidermen's attack accounting for both of the openers and trapping Aussie star Michael Bevan LBW, to end the day with figures of 17 overs 3 wickets for 44.

At the end of the day Somerset coach Kevin Shine told me: " In cricket you get out what you put in and today they have given 110%. They batted well this morning to get that total and then this afternoon they have gone out there and bowled aggressively on a good wicket."

He continued: "You are rarely going to lose with 565 on the board. We had the choice that we could either try to dry them out or be attacking, and we have been attacking. We have bowled in an attacking way and the fields have been set to allow our bowlers to do that. It's been another very good day for us."