Day Four
Yorkshire V Somerset
LV County Championship

YORKSHIRE can blame the weather for missing out on a third successive LV County Championship win following what turned out to be a thrilling draw against Somerset at Headingley.

Rain and bad light accounted for the loss of approximately 120 overs across the four days, including two full sessions on day three and one yesterday.

It left Andrew Gale’s men with 52 overs to take 15 wickets after Somerset, replying to a first-innings 505-9 declared, started day four at 2.10pm on 190-5.

When the players shook hands, they were 61-6 from 22.3 overs of their second innings having been bowled out for 252 first time around and made to follow on. Yorkshire claimed ten points, and they have consolidated their position in the top three of the Division One table.

Jack Brooks was the White Rose’s star of the day with the first four wickets in Somerset’s second innings as they slipped to 32-4.

Having taken five wickets to secure a last gasp win over Derbyshire here last week, he had Test batsmen Nick Compton and Alviro Petersen caught at second slip by Adam Lyth before bowling James Hildreth and Arul Suppiah in a 25-ball spell.

Brooks left the field midway through his sixth over with an injured left thumb after attempting to field a straight drive from Jos Buttler and figures of 4-22 from 5.3.

He went to hospital for an xray, and Yorkshire are hoping it is nothing worse than a dislocation.

All six wickets in Somerset’s second innings fell from the Kirkstall Lane End.

Steve Patterson completed the Brooks over before forcing Buttler to edge to Gary Ballance at first slip and trapping Peter Trego lbw, leaving the score at 48-6 in the 18th over.

Seventh-wicket pair Marcus Trescothick (33 not out) and Alfonso Thomas batted for 4.4 overs to save Somerset’s skins.

Earlier, Patterson and Tim Bresnan (4-76 from 29 overs) took two wickets apiece to wrap up Somerset’s first innings just after tea.

Patterson even struck with the second ball of the day to get Buttler caught behind.

Bresnan had also struck with the second ball of day three following a wicket in the first over of day one.

Yorkshire and Somerset are back in action at Headingley today for a Yorkshire Bank 40 match (1.45pm).

Brooks is in the squad, but will almost certainly be left out. Ryan Sidebottom has been selected to get some overs having missed the last two Championship matches through rest and illness.

He is set to return to Championship action against county champions Warwickshire at Edgbaston, starting on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Joe Root scored an unbeaten 105 for the England Lions against the touring New Zealanders at Grace Road yesterday. He will be in the squad for Thursday’s first Test at Lord’s when it is announced this morning. Jonny Bairstow and Bresnan are also likely inclusions.

SCORECARD

Yorkshire v Somerset
At Headingley Carnegie
Overnight: Yorkshire 505-9 dec (A U Rashid
180, G S Ballance 107, R MPyrah 55; P D
Trego 4-107). Somerset 190-5 (A N Petersen
54, M ETrescothick 53).
Somerset First Innings
J C Hildreth c A U Rashid b Pyrah ........39
J C Buttler c Hodd b Patterson ............. 1
P D Trego c Pyrah b Patterson ..............10
A C Thomas not out .............................26
S P Kirby c Sayers b Bresnan ...............15
J Overton lbw b Bresnan ....................... 0
Extras (b1 lb10 nb2 pens 0) ........13
Total (96 overs) ............................ ..
252
Fall: 1-90 2-92 3-123 4-189 5-189 6-190 7-
200 8-222 9-252
Total Bonus Pts: Yorkshire 7 Somerset 4
Bowling: Bresnan 29-8-76-4. Brooks 20-6-
51-1. Pyrah 17-5-48-1. Patterson 22-5-46-
2. A U Rashid 8-2-20-2.
Somerset Second Innings
M E Trescothick not out .......................33
N R Compton c Lyth b Brooks .............. 0
A N Petersen c Lyth b Brooks ............... 4
J C Hildreth b Brooks ...........................12
A V Suppiah b Brooks .......................... 0
J C Buttler c Ballance b Patterson ........ 7
P D Trego lbw b Patterson .................... 1
A C Thomas not out ............................. 4
Extras (pens 0)...........................0
Total 6 wkts (22.3 overs)..........61
Fall: 1-6 2-10 3-30 4-32 5-46 6-48
Did Not Bat: S P Kirby, M J Leach, J
Overton.
Total Bonus Pts: Yorkshire 7 Somerset 4
Bowling: Bresnan 11-2-32-0. Brooks 5.3-
2-22-4. Patterson 4.3-3-4-2. A U Rashid
1.3-0-3-0.
Yorkshire (10pts) drew with Somerset
(7pts)