County Championship: Somerset beat Warwickshire by an innings and 82 runs

Somerset celebrate

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Somerset lost their opening three matches before this crushing victory
LV= County Championship Division One, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day three)
Somerset 458: Renshaw 129; Hannon-Dalby 5-89
Warwickshire 209 & 167 f/o: Hain 43; Brooks 4-44
Somerset (23 pts) beat Warwickshire (3 pts) by an innings and 82 runs
Scorecard

Somerset rounded off a resounding team display by defeating Warwickshire by an innings and 82 runs inside three days of their County Championship game at Taunton.

After starting with three successive defeats, Tom Abell’s side are well and truly up and running after they completely outplayed the champions.

They swiftly took Warwickshire’s last first-innings wicket in the morning to secure a first innings lead of 249, then bowled them out for 167 second time round.

Jack Brooks led the way with 4-44 but it was a hugely impressive collective effort, with all five bowlers used getting among the wickets and maintaining pressure on the batters.

Sam Hain (43) and Will…

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