Clark’s 4 for 36 helps arrange 10-wicket victory for Surrey

Surrey 368 (Latham 99, Jacks 99, Henry 6-80) and 29 for 0 beat Somerset 170 (Kohler-Cadmore 59, Lawes 4-41) and 226 (C Overton 70*, Rew 55, Clark 4-36) by 10 wickets

The hosts started their second innings initially of play trailing by 198 runs and have been bowled out for 226, Clark taking 4 for 36 to assist arrange a ten-wicket victory.

Somerset took solely three factors from the match after two brittle batting efforts, whereas their opponents claimed 22 to keep up a wholesome lead over nearest challengers Essex.

With solely 4 balls bowled, the morning session was interrupted by rain. When play resumed at 12.10pm, any hope Somerset had of getting again into the sport disappeared with some abject top-order batting.

Sean Dickson had already survived an opportunity to 3rd slip when in the identical Clark over, the fourth of the innings, he edged to first slip the place Dom Sibley made no mistake.

Four overs later, Tom Lammonby swished at a large supply from Clark, which he might need left and Will Jacks held a low two-handed catch.

It was 23 for 3 when George Bartlett shouldered arms to a Clark supply that crashed into his pads on off stump and fell lbw.

With solely 5 runs added, Kohler-Cadmore directed a pointy catch off Dan Worrall to Jamie Overton at backward level.

Clark completed his opening spell with figures of three for 15 from six overs. But Tom Abell put a innocent pitch in perspective with sound shot choice and by lunch, which was taken at 46 for 4, the Somerset skipper had struck 4 boundaries in shifting to 27.

Rew, who had taken 32 balls to get off the mark within the first innings, once more displayed a persistence missing in additional skilled team-mates and had but to open his account, having confronted ten deliveries.

The afternoon session noticed Rew and Abell progress their partnership to 64 with few alarms, the prolific teenager reaching a four-figure run tally for the summer time when shifting to 21 with a single to cowl off Worrall.

But Clark returned on the Marcus Trescothick Pavilion End to pin Abell leg earlier than for 46 with a yorker and at 92 for five Somerset nonetheless required 106 to make Surrey bat once more.

Kasey Aldridge edged a brief, huge ball from Tom Lawes to 3rd slip the place Jacks took a superb diving catch as his aspect continued to present wickets with injudicious strokes.

An exception was Rew, content material to build up quietly with out resorting to large photographs till, together with his rating on 31, he effortlessly lifted a ball from Lawes over deep backward sq. for six.

Ben Green was caught behind trying to drive a full-length supply from Jamie Overton to make it 130 for 7 earlier than Rew went to fifty for the seventh time this season, off 96 balls, with 4 fours and a six.

The unflappable younger wicketkeeper, who does not flip 20 till January, had turned 5 of his earlier half-centuries into a whole bunch, with a prime rating of 221 towards Hampshire at Taunton.

At tea, Somerset have been 139 for 7, nonetheless trailing by 59. They had added simply six runs when Rew, maybe feeling he was working out of companions, top-edged a pull shot off Gus Atkinson and skied a catch to nice leg. He had confronted 106 balls in one other mature contribution.

The finish appeared nigh as Atkinson rapidly adopted up by sending again Matt Henry, lbw to a yorker. But Craig Overton had different concepts, launching a savage assault with highly effective pulls and drives that noticed him take 20 off an Atkinson over and dominate a final wicket stand of 77 in 13 overs with Shoaib Bashir.

It merely prevented the inevitable and Surrey wrapped up victory at simply earlier than 6.15pm with openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley finishing the job.