Nottinghamshire v Somerset - County Championship Division One – 2nd Day – Live Cricket Score and Update
Nottinghamshire 162 v Somerset 78/1 (33.0 ov) - Somerset trail by 84 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
After ending the first day of play on 93 runs for the loss of six wickets, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826, went on to amass 162 runs at the end of their first innings and then their opponents managed to post 84 runs with nine wickets remaining at stumps on the second day of play at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
Coming out to bat from Nottinghamshire, CMW Read (52) and PJ Franks (0) resumed their side’s innings in order to take a comfortable lead over their rivals by aiming to score runs as quickly as possible.
Franks, however, failed to prosper as he lost his wicket after scoring only two runs, becoming the first wicket of the day. At the time of his wicket, Nottinghamshire had managed to amass 97 runs on the board.
Then it was time for the 8th wicket to fall as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Phillips-c1138 departed after scoring only four runs, leaving the side on a tally of 101.
With all this chaos going around him, Read kept a steady nerve and bolstered a stupendous knock of 104 runs to remain not out at the end of the innings, playing a vital role in posting a good total on the board.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 as he finished with five wickets to his name in the first innings.
Having stopped the Notts from amassing a huge total, Somerset launched their first innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lewis-Gregory-c72822 in a bid to humble their opponents.
However, the openers failed to forge a tough partnership as Gregory faltered after scoring six runs, with his team standing 12 runs.
This early breakthrough gave Notts a ray of hope and encouragement to restrict the batting side from getting carried away.
Nonetheless, the alliance between Suppiah and Nick Compton was pivotal in halting Nottinghamshire bowlers from dictating terms in the remaining part of the day.
The side later posted 78 runs at stumps with Suppiah unbeaten on 50 and Compton on 19.
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