Vaughan takes 11 wickets as Somerset boost title hopes

Vitality County Championship Division One, Taunton (day four)

Somerset 317 & 224: Overton 49*; Hasan 5-96

Surrey 321 Vaughan 6-102 & 109: Sibley 56; Leach 5-37, Vaughan 5-38

Somerset (21 pts) hit Surrey (5 pts) by 111 runs

Match scorecard

Spinners Archie Vaughan and Jack Leach sparked a melodramatic precocious Surrey illness arsenic Somerset boosted hopes of a first ever County Championship title pinch a thrilling 111-run triumph complete nan Division One leaders astatine Taunton.

Chasing 221 to triumph connected a turning pitch, Surrey were bowled retired for 111 pinch little than 5 minutes near successful nan game, pinch 18-year-old Vaughan claiming 5-38 and lucifer figures of 11-140, while Leach vanished pinch 5-37.

Only Dom Sibley (56) and Ben Foakes (20) offered prolonged resistance, but their fourth-wicket guidelines of 49 successful 29 overs looked to person secured a tie earlier 7 wickets fell for 14 runs astatine nan end.

Somerset had extended their second-innings people from an overnight 194-9 to 224 each out, acknowledgment to injured Tom Banton’s 46 and Craig Overton’s unbeaten connected 49 aft an improbable guidelines of 71 gave their broadside genuine dream of victory.

They claimed 21 points from nan crippled to Surrey’s 5 and closed nan spread astatine nan apical of nan array to conscionable 8 points pinch 2 matches to play.

Early rainfall deed pinch 8 overs mislaid but Overton and Banton brought up a half-century business disconnected 61 balls.

The memorable 65-ball innings ended erstwhile Shakib Al Hasan recovered a measurement done Banton’s defence and bowled him, leaving Overton 1 short of a deserved half-century.

Surrey were near pinch a tricky 13 overs to bat earlier lunch, but Rory Burns and Sibley negotiated it safely.

The shot began to move sharply and Vaughan struck a double rustle successful nan 22nd over, having Burns caught down for 15 and past bowling Ryan Patel for a third-ball duck.

Ben Geddes’ luck ran retired successful Leach’s adjacent complete erstwhile he was pinned him successful beforehand and astatine 46-3, Surrey were successful a deepening hole.

Sibley and Foakes abandoned immoderate attacking intent and met nan nagging accuracy of Somerset’s spinners pinch a spell of coagulated defence.

Both were speedy to make for nan pavilion erstwhile rainfall started falling again astatine 14:45 BST pinch nan people astatine 63-3.

A swept azygous disconnected Vaughan took Sibley to a 165-ball half-century that perfectly suited nan situation. But past Foakes edged Leach to Lewis Gregory astatine first gaffe and erstwhile Sibley’s defiance ended successful akin manner successful nan left-armer’s adjacent over, panic group successful for nan visitors.

Gregory claimed a 3rd gaffe drawback to nonstop backmost Shakib for a duck and springiness Vaughan his ninth wicket of nan match. It became 10 erstwhile Tom Curran (5) aimed to trim nan 18-year-old and sewage an wrong separator onto his stumps.

Cameron Steel was trapped successful beforehand by Vaughan for different duck and Surrey were 8 down pinch a minimum of 9 overs remaining.

Jordan Clark and Kemar Roach ran down nan overs pinch an obdurate business earlier nan erstwhile was bowled by Vaughan for a 47-ball duck.

Last man Dan Worrall came retired to beryllium surrounded by adjacent fielders and lasted conscionable 2 balls earlier Leach dismissed him lbw to spark chaotic Somerset celebrations.