Somerset continue their excellent form

REPORT BY PAUL EDWARDS

- ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay

A SUPERBLY judged unbeaten century by Tom Lammonby helped Somerset maintain their excellent form with a seven-wicket defeat of Durham in the Rothesay County Championship match at the Banks Homes Riverside.

Resuming on 71-1 and needing 194 more runs to clinch their third victory in succession, Lewis Gregory’s batsmen encountered few problems on a pitch where 31 wickets had fallen in two days.

Instead, they reached their target in mid-afternoon having lost only two wickets on this third day. Lammonby finished on 104 not out and Tom Abell, with whom he had put on an unbroken 139 for the fourth wicket, was unbeaten on 73.

Yet Durham had enjoyed the perfect start to the morning when Gregory was caught behind by Ollie Robinson off Ben Raine for 38 in the second over of the day. But Lammonby and new batsman James Rew made light of that setback by adding 55 runs in 15 overs and seizing on some wayward bowling by the callow Durham seamers.