Somerset v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 - County Championship Division One - Day 4 - Live Score and Update
Warwickshire 400 & 124 v Somerset 254 & 273/9 (69.1 ov) - Somerset won by 1 wicket
On the final day of the four-day match between Warwickshire and Somerset, the latter secured a narrow win by one wicket against their rivals in the match that was played at County Ground, Taunton.
The day began with Warwickshire, resuming their second innings from a tally of 66 for three. Having posted a staggering total of 400 runs, and then restricting their opposition on 253, the side needed to amass a moderate total in their second round to secure a likely win.
However, Somerset made early inroads by grabbing their first wicket of the day with 74 runs on the board, as the dangerous V Chopra was trapped in front of stumps on a score of 32 runs.
With the Warwickshire opener out of the way, the fielding side knew they could be back on the saddle within a span of a couple of more wickets.
A run later, they nabbed another wicket, by sending home TR Ambrose, before the batsman could score his second run of the day.
While Maddy held his end, he saw another wicket go down as with 82 runs on the board, R http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, departed after scoring just five runs. Without the addition of another run, CR Woakes, fell for nil on the penultimate delivery of the same over.
This put enormous pressure on the batting side, and created panic, as they were not expecting such resurgence from the opposition.
While, Maddy stayed unbeaten on a tally of 17, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JS-Patel-c1747 was the best scorer on the final day with an innings of 21 runs to his name, as Warwickshire finished their second innings of 124 runs, giving Somerset a target of 271 runs to win the match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 on the other hand, had a terrorizing start to their run chase as with 15 runs on the scoreboard, they had lost three of their top batsmen, decreasing their chances of actually winning the game.
However, NRD Compton’s and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206’s majestic knocks of 52 and 152 yielded a favourable outcome of the match, as the side won in 69.1 overs.
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