Live updates from county cricket’s five-day final at Lord’sThe Spin awards: a biosecure summer of unsung heroesDrop Tanya an email | Tweet @tjaldred 2.51pm BST 34th over: Somerset 94-3 ( Bartlett 12, Byrom 39) Essex regain the control lost during that rogue over from Beard just before lunch. A maiden from Porter is followed by one from Cook as Byrom watchfully prods him back up the pitch. All around the boundary edge groundstaff are perched on the edge of the covers, as if they might again be called into action at any moment. 2.44pm BST 32nd over: Somerset 94-3 ( Bartlett 12, Byrom 39) An all-seam post-lunch attack. Jamie Porter, tossing the ball from hand to hand, red soles to his shoes, starts up from the pavilion end. Bartlett squeezes him, edgily, through the slips for three. From the nursery end, it is Sam Cook, who has a vigorous appeal against Bartlett turned down.Something to put this innings in context: all of Somerset’s bowler have a bowling average of under 20 this season, apart from Jack Leach – who, stuck in the England bubble, has only bowled eight overs. Continue reading…
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