Cricket Counties see matches fizzle out in draws

A HALF-century from the experienced bat of Tom Abell was key as Somerset secured the draw that had seemed inevitable for much of their Rothesay County Championship visit to Trent Bridge on Friday.

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In the context of the race for the title, the result left Surrey, who won at Durham earlier in the week, with a nine-point advantage over Nottinghamshire at the top of Division One as they seek a fourth consecutive title, although they still have to meet Haseeb Hameed’s side at The Kia Oval next month. Nottinghamshire were all out for 544 in their first innings - 208 of those runs scored by Hameed - after their last four wickets fell in the first 40 minutes of the final morning as former Nottinghamshire seamer Jake Ball finished w