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County Championship: Nottinghamshire shade first day at Somerset


Joe Clarke (right) in action for Nottinghamshire
Joe Clarke (right) has hit six half-centuries for Nottinghamshire in the Championship this season
LV= County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day one):
Nottinghamshire 282-6: Clarke 59, Patterson-White 46*, Mullaney 42; Abell 2-53
Somerset: Yet to bat
Nottinghamshire 2 pts, Somerset 2 pts
Scorecard

Joe Clarke hit a half-century as Nottinghamshire had the better of day one against Somerset at Taunton.

After being put in to bat, Jack Brooks (2-62) removed openers Ben Slater and Ben Duckett to leave Notts 44-2.

Sam Northeast was trapped lbw for 34 after lunch but Clarke’s 59 and an innings of 42 from Steven Mullaney saw Notts regain some control.

Liam Patterson-White (46 not out) helped put on 74 for the seventh wicket before the visitors closed on 282-6.

There was some swing and seam movement early on in overcast conditions for Somerset’s depleted seam attack, with Craig Overton away on England duty and Lewis Gregory nursing a back injury.

The first two wickets were given away fairly cheaply, with Slater guiding a short ball to backward point and Duckett top-edging an attempted pull shot.

After Northeast, on his Nottinghamshire debut on loan from Hampshire, was out looking to drive Josh Davey, Clarke brought up his half-century off 97 balls, with five fours.

But he headed back to the pavilion once he was caught behind off a thin bottom edge attempting to pull Tom Abell (2-53).

The gloomy conditions and cold wind continued after tea, with Lyndon James edging behind for 30 – and the pattern of batsmen getting a start and not going on to a big score continued when skipper Mullaney was given lbw to a straight ball from Marchant de Lange.

Patterson-White improved Notts’ position with a succession of fours before bad light ended play for the day 7.2 overs early.



Article courtesy of BBC Sport
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