Surrey v Somerset - County Championship Division One – Day 1 - Live Score and Update
Somerset 441/5 (96.0 ov) v Somerset won the toss and elected to bat
Wednesday, May 16: In another match of the ongoing County Championship Division One tournament, Somerset clobbered an intimidating first innings total of 441 runs for the loss of five wickets on the first day at Kennington Oval, London.
After winning the toss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 chose to bat first as the track was perfect for batsmen to give the bowlers a run for their money.
Openers AV Suppiah and AWR Barrow gave their side an impressive start as they hammered an opening stand of 63 runs to neutralize the bowling side, by scoring runs at will to keep the scoreboard ticking, giving fans plenty to cheer about.
It was then in the 15th over when the side suffered the demise of their first wicket when Barrow found his way off the field after belting an astounding innings of 47 runs off 48 deliveries.
The fall of the opener, brought NRD Compton in the middle, and he also proved an asset for his team by giving a commendable performance with the bat to leave the bowlers disgusted.
The batsmen completely dominated the fielding side, where Surrey looked helpless and out of anymore ideas to contain runs.
Finally with a massive total of 206 runs on the board, the batting side saw their second wicket go down when Suppiah perished after clobbering 106 runs.
However, the departure of the opener had no effect on the scoring run rate as Compton was joined by skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Clare-c1729 Hildreth which became another matter of great concern for the bowling team.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 then saw the back of Compton who departed after bolstering an innings of 83 runs, leaving his side standing on 290 runs.
The skipper was then joined in the middle by wicketkeeper/batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206, who also exhibited impressive colour with the bat.
The two batsmen gave an insurmountable performance as they took the team total to 398 runs before the partnership met its doom on the wicket of Kieswetter, who fell after scoring 49 runs.
Hildreth was the last man to fall on the first day as he met his demise after smashing a brilliant innings of 120 runs, playing a vital role in helping his side amass a staggering total on the board.
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