Latham, Jacks 99s go away Somerset assault flaking
Surrey 368 (Latham 99, Jacks 99, Henry 6-80) lead Somerset 170 (Kohler-Cadmore 59, Lawes 4-41) by 198 runs
Tom Latham and Will Jacks each fell agonisingly wanting centuries as Surrey constructed a commanding place on a rain-shortened second day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Somerset at Taunton.
Both gamers had been dismissed for 99 in a first-innings rating of 368 all out, which gave the First Division leaders a lead of 198. Matt Henry completed with 6 for 80, the twenty second time the New Zealand seamer had taken 5 wickets or extra in a first-class innings.
Tea was taken at fall of the ultimate wicket and the rain which had been threatening for a lot of the afternoon arrived to complete play for the day, to the aid of the Somerset batters, who would have confronted testing circumstances below lights in opposition to the Surrey seam assault.
The guests started the day on 138 for 4, 32 runs behind, with Latham on 67 and Jacks 13. Both performed conservatively in opposition to Henry and Craig Overton, with Latham content material to go away something directed large of off stump.
Jacks upped the tempo with three fours in an over from Henry and batting regarded more and more simple on a benign second-day pitch with the ball having misplaced its hardness.
The century stand was introduced up in 23 overs and Somerset’s activity elevated when seamer Kasey Aldridge was compelled off with a facet pressure, having bowled 4 balls of the 52nd over.
Latham had been rock strong in transferring to inside one in all a ton when a lightweight bathe introduced a short interruption at 12.05pm. But the primary ball of the resumption ten minutes later introduced his downfall as he went to chop a supply from offspinner Shoaib Bashir and edged to slide, the place Overton held a juggling catch on the third try.
The Kiwi left-hander had confronted 167 balls and hit 16 fours. It was 218 for five and Somerset struck once more with 21 added when Jordan Clark pushed ahead to medium-pacer Ben Green and edge a catch to wicketkeeper James Rew.
Lunch was taken at 246 for six, with Jacks having moved impressively onto 72. He signalled Surrey’s need to construct shortly after the interval by hitting a 4 and a six over additional cowl in Bashir’s opening over.
Jacks took the lead previous 100 by clearing the ropes once more with a pull shot off Henry. It had not been Overton’s day with the ball and his frustration was compounded when he dropped brother Jamie at second slip off Henry together with his rating on 18.
Having dispatched Bashir for six over long-off, breaking a window within the Colin Atkinson Pavilion at his former dwelling floor, Overton had one other life on 28 when Rew missed a tough stumping probability off a really large supply from the spinner.
Jacks survived a assured enchantment for a catch behind off Green on 99, however then went to drive the subsequent supply off a very good size and solely succeeded in guiding the ball straight into the chest of Tom Abell at backward level.
It was a tragic finish to an entertaining 138-ball innings, which noticed Jacks strike 14 fours and two sixes. The second new ball was taken as quickly because it turned obtainable with Surrey 317 for 7 and main by 147.
Jamie Overton had progressed to 42 when top-edging a pull shot off Henry and providing a steepling catch, which Sean Dickson judged nicely at cowl.
Henry adopted up by having Dan Worrall pouched by Dickson at third-man off an uppercut and final man Tom Lawes caught behind, leaving Gus Atkinson 39 not out.
Henry, making the final look of a prolific spell with Somerset, which has seen him declare 32 wickets in six Championship video games and 31 to assist the membership win the Vitality Blast, was warmly applauded by team-mates and spectators alike as he left the sector.
But he and his team-mates confronted an enormous uphill battle to avoid wasting the sport when the clouds gathered and the rain which had been forecast earlier got here in to finish proceedings. Umpires Russell Warren and Mark Newell deserted any prospect of additional play at 5pm.