da stake casino： Somerset gradually turned the screw on Surrey on the third day at Taunton,building a lead of 360 by the close, with five wickets still in hand
da cassino： Richard Latham25-Aug-2001Somerset gradually turned the screw on Surrey on the third day at Taunton,building a lead of 360 by the close, with five wickets still in hand.Richard Johnson swung the ball in the opening session to return 5-62 as thevisitors were bowled out for 278 – a deficit of 95 – having begun the day on224-6.Then Mike Burns (70), Jamie Cox (46) and Peter Bowler (34) batted soundly totake Somerset’s second innnings to 265-5, despite a good post-lunch spellfrom Martin Bicknell, who bowled with no luck and beat the outside edgeseveral times.As on the first two days, the humid conditions encouraged the ball to movearound in the air. Johnson capitalised in the morning by removing BenHollioake (56) and Bicknell (34), both to diving catches by wicketkeeper RobTurner, who equaled a Somerset record by catching six victims in theinnings.Steffan Jones wrapped up the Surrey innings by dismissing Ian Salisbury andSaqlain Mushtaq, taking his first class wicket tally for the season to 50 inthe process.Somerset began their second innings looking to bat Surrey out of the game.Matt Wood fell early, but Cox and Burns then put together a watchful standof 75 for the second wicket.Burns reached his half-century of 138 balls, with 5 fours, also receivinggood support from Bowler in a third-wicket partnership of 77.By the time Saqlain removed Burns and Bicknell sent back Bowler for anoverdue success Surrey were looking at the prospect of a formidable last-daytarget, something Mark Lathwell (27) and Ian Blackwell (36 not out) assured.
