Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Keith Parsons	c Blewett b Kasprowicz	71	93	115	13	0	76.34
Piran Holloway	c †Healy b McGrath	11	45	76	1	0	24.44
Simon Ecclestone (c)	lbw b Warne	12	28	33	2	0	42.85
Mark Lathwell	c ME Waugh b Warne	18	29	38	3	0	62.06
Marcus Trescothick	b Warne	8	21	19	2	0	38.09
Robert Turner †	c Slater b Julian	58	88	94	9	0	65.90
Graham Rose	c Slater b McGrath	4	13	17	0	0	30.76
Steven Herzberg	b Kasprowicz	18	53	79	2	0	33.96
Andy Caddick	c McGrath b Warne	16	19	23	3	0	84.21
Andre van Troost	not out	12	11	19	3	0	109.09
Steffan Jones	lbw b Warne	4	14	14	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 10, nb 42)	52
Total	65.3 Ov (RR: 4.33, 267 Mins)	284
Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Piran Holloway), 2-122 (Simon Ecclestone), 3-122 (Keith Parsons), 4-143 (Marcus Trescothick), 5-154 (Mark Lathwell), 6-167 (Graham Rose), 7-240 (Robert Turner), 8-258 (Steven Herzberg), 9-262 (Andy Caddick), 10-284 (Steffan Jones)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	14	2	95	2	6.78	-	-	-	10
Brendon Julian	14	2	52	1	3.71	-	-	-	7
Glenn McGrath	11	2	31	2	2.81	-	-	-	2
Shane Warne	18.3	7	57	5	3.08	-	-	-	1
Michael Bevan	8	2	39	0	4.87	-	-	-	1

Australians 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	c †Turner b Caddick	18	34	37	3	0	52.94
Justin Langer	b Caddick	30	37	66	5	0	81.08
Greg Blewett	b Caddick	20	15	16	5	0	133.33
Mark Waugh	c †Turner b Rose	37	34	54	7	0	108.82
Steve Waugh (c)	c Lathwell b Caddick	62	83	112	9	0	74.69
Michael Bevan	c †Turner b Caddick	16	25	41	3	0	64.00
Ian Healy †	c Trescothick b Jones	33	65	99	4	0	50.76
Brendon Julian	c †Turner b Jones	71	60	81	10	3	118.33
Shane Warne	c Rose b van Troost	1	6	5	0	0	16.66
Michael Kasprowicz	not out	1	4	11	0	0	25.00
Glenn McGrath	lbw b van Troost	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 32)	34
Total	59.3 Ov (RR: 5.42, 269 Mins)	323
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Michael Slater), 2-63 (Greg Blewett), 3-82 (Justin Langer), 4-145 (Mark Waugh), 5-188 (Michael Bevan), 6-211 (Steve Waugh), 7-317 (Ian Healy), 8-320 (Shane Warne), 9-320 (Brendon Julian), 10-323 (Glenn McGrath)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Caddick	16	2	54	5	3.37	-	-	-	1
Andre van Troost	15.3	0	132	2	8.51	-	-	-	12
Steffan Jones	5	1	32	2	6.40	-	-	-	0
Graham Rose	14	3	50	1	3.57	-	-	-	0
Keith Parsons	2	0	4	0	2.00	-	-	-	1
Steven Herzberg	5	0	36	0	7.20	-	-	-	0
Marcus Trescothick	2	0	13	0	6.50	-	-	-	0

Somerset 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Robert Turner †	not out	65	114	148	6	0	57.01
Piran Holloway	c Langer b McGrath	17	31	43	2	0	54.83
Simon Ecclestone (c)	c McGrath b ME Waugh	47	63	71	8	0	74.60
Mark Lathwell	st †Healy b Warne	11	17	15	2	0	64.70
Steffan Jones	not out	5	22	16	1	0	22.72
Extras	(nb 2)	2
Total	41 Ov (RR: 3.58, 148 Mins)	147/3
Did not bat: Keith Parsons, Marcus Trescothick, Graham Rose, Steven Herzberg, Andy Caddick, Andre van Troost
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Piran Holloway), 2-118 (Simon Ecclestone), 3-138 (Mark Lathwell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	5	2	11	0	2.20	-	-	-	0
Brendon Julian	5	1	22	0	4.40	-	-	-	0
Glenn McGrath	7	1	24	1	3.42	-	-	-	1
Greg Blewett	4	0	33	0	8.25	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	11	3	26	1	2.36	-	-	-	0
Mark Waugh	9	1	31	1	3.44	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Fri, 01 Aug - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 182/4 (Steve Waugh 51*, Michael Bevan 12*, 32 ov)

Sat, 02 Aug - day 2 - Somerset 2nd innings 147/3 (Robert Turner 65*, Steffan Jones 5*, 41 ov)

Sun, 03 Aug - day 3 - no play

Mon, 04 Aug - day 4 - no play

Match Details

County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Somerset, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England and Scotland
Season	1997
Match days	(4-day match)
Umpires	John Steele Nigel Plews