County Championship: Steven Davies helps Somerset edge day one in opposition to Gloucestershire

Somerset v Gloucestershire

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Craig Overton and Steven Davies helped Somerset recover in the afternoon session
LV= County Championship Group Two, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day one):
Somerset 312: Davies 87, Overton 54
Gloucestershire 13-0: Dent 9*
Gloucestershire (3 pts) trail Somerset (3 pts) by 299 runs
Scorecard

Steven Davies made 87 as Somerset edged the opening day of their County Championship match against local rivals Gloucestershire at Taunton.

The visitors took regular wickets after putting Somerset in, with Ryan Higgins (3-71) and Matt Taylor (3-67) reducing them to 110-5 shortly after lunch.

But Davies and Craig Overton (54) countered superbly, putting on 116 as the home side recovered to 312 all out.

Gloucestershire survived three tricky overs unscathed to close on 13-0.

They will be relieved to still have 10 wickets in hand heading into the second day, with West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite unbeaten on two.

But Somerset will hope to emulate the bowling display they produced on the same…

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