f50952 cc20530	Somerset v Durham
	LV County Championship 2008 (Division 1)
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th September 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 7 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Durham 12 (Batting 5, Bowling 3)
Umpires	GI Burgess, G Sharp
Scorers	B Hunt (Durham), GA Stickley (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Durham (1) 45/1 (Di Venuto 23*, Smith 21*; 18.4 overs)
Close of play day 3	Durham (1) 265/3 (Di Venuto 131*, Benkenstein 14*; 95.3 overs)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JL Langer	b Thorp	31	42	48	4	-
ME Trescothick	c Thorp b SJ Harmison	18	34	64	1	1
Z de Bruyn	run out (BW Harmison)	76	111	175	11	-
JC Hildreth	b SJ Harmison	19	65	78	2	1
WJ Durston	b Wiseman	19	34	35	4	-
ID Blackwell	c Mustard b BW Harmison	10	29	32	1	-
PD Trego	b SJ Harmison	23	60	68	2	1
+CM Gazzard	b Wiseman	6	32	36	-	-
AC Thomas	b SJ Harmison	1	5	2	-	-
MK Munday	c Wiseman b SJ Harmison	9	8	9	2	-
CM Willoughby	not out	6	5	7	-	1
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 288 minutes, 70.5 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Langer), 2-55 (Trescothick), 3-115 (Hildreth), 4-150 (Durston), 5-177 (Blackwell), 6-180 (de Bruyn), 7-198 (Gazzard), 8-199 (Thomas), 9-217 (Munday), 10-224 (Trego, 70.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
SJ Harmison	17.5	1	84	5	-	-
Thorp	15	4	36	1	-	-
Davies	10	2	18	0	-	-
BW Harmison	11	5	31	1	-	-
Benkenstein	1	0	1	0	-	-
Wiseman	16	4	48	2	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Di Venuto	run out (Munday)	135	290	385	16	1
MD Stoneman	c Langer b Willoughby	1	9	8	-	-
WR Smith	b Thomas	24	74	82	3	-
S Chanderpaul	b Willoughby	93	176	213	9	2
*DM Benkenstein	not out	62	113	184	6	-
BW Harmison	c Hildreth b Thomas	5	12	17	1	-
+P Mustard	c Langer b Thomas	7	13	12	1	-
PJ Wiseman	c and b Munday	52	72	65	6	1
CD Thorp	not out	10	7	4	1	1
M Davies	did not bat
SJ Harmison	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 492 minutes, 127.3 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Stoneman), 2-59 (Smith), 3-233 (Chanderpaul), 4-277 (Di Venuto), 5-290 (BW Harmison), 6-300 (Mustard), 7-386 (Wiseman)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willoughby	39	12	93	2	-	-
Thomas	26	5	86	3	-	-
Blackwell	23	6	84	0	-	-
Munday	8.3	0	36	1	-	-
Durston	17	0	40	0	-	-
de Bruyn	7	0	24	0	-	1
Trego	7	1	28	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JL Langer	not out	109	115	155	19	-
ME Trescothick	c Mustard b SJ Harmison	6	15	17	1	-
JC Hildreth	c Stoneman b SJ Harmison	44	81	90	7	-
WJ Durston	not out	12	35	42	1	-
Z de Bruyn	did not bat
ID Blackwell	did not bat
+CM Gazzard	did not bat
PD Trego	did not bat
AC Thomas	did not bat
MK Munday	did not bat
CM Willoughby	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 155 minutes, 41 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Trescothick), 2-136 (Hildreth)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
SJ Harmison	12	2	64	2	-	-
Thorp	8	0	28	0	-	-
Wiseman	11	2	55	0	-	-
Davies	5	3	5	0	-	-
Benkenstein	1	1	0	0	-	-
Chanderpaul	4	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CM Gazzard made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CM Gazzard made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MJ Di Venuto (1) 100 in 227 balls, 275 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six
--> S Chanderpaul (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in County Championship matches
--> JL Langer (2) 100 in 101 balls, 140 minutes with 18 fours
--> JL Langer (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 96
--> JL Langer (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 96
--> SJ Harmison reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed JC Hildreth, his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> CM Willoughby reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed S Chanderpaul, his 2nd wicket in the Durham first innings
--> SJ Harmison reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when he dismissed JC Hildreth, his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
There was no play on the first day because of rain.
On the second day bad light stopped play from 5.22pm to 5.34pm and again at 5.40pm until the close
On the third day the start was delayed until 11.30am due to overnight rain and rain stopped play from 3.47pm to 4.30pm and again at 5.56pm until the close

 

 

 

 

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