Nottinghamshire v Somerset - County Championship Division One – Live Cricket Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 93/6 (34.3 ov) - Somerset won the toss and elected to field
Somerset on Thursday, dominated Nottinghamshire in the rain-affected first day of the County Championship Division One match played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, by restricting the hosts on a small total, thanks to the bowling conditions.
30-year-old, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Trego-c2181, was the pick of the bowlers as he made full use of the conditions and nabbed three wickets by the end of the day to leave Notts flabbergasted as they failed to post a stiff total on the board, due to consistent interruptions caused by rain, but this was not the only problematic situation that they faced, as they also lost six wickets at stumps with just 93 runs on the board.
Had they kept wickets in hand, they could have hoped for a better show tomorrow, but now with the main batsmen already back in the pavilion, there is not much left in their batting to salvage.
Earlier in the day, after winning the toss, the visiting team from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 chose to field as they knew the conditions suited the bowlers and they wanted the batting side to collapse under the harsh weather.
Notts, suffered the demise of their first wicket with only 14 runs on the board as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Edwards-c2092 fell after scoring just three runs, becoming Trego’s first wicket of the day.
After trapping the inform opener in front of stumps, the Somerset bowler grabbed his second wicket in his next over, when he dismissed Nottinghamshire’s star batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981, on nil.
With Lumb back in the pavilion, all h**l broke loose, as the visitors sought an opportunity to incinerate the batting side without much on the scoreboard.
Notts were caught in deep trouble as by the time they had amassed 20 runs on the board, they were four wickets down and looking unimpressive in the middle.
With the top five batsmen back in the pavilion without scoring in double figures, the side desperately needed someone to halt the rampant bowling onslaught.
It was then the unbeaten knock of 52 runs by skipper, Chris Read, that prevented the batting side from faltering on the opening day, before the day was called off due to heavy showers.
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