Jack Leach's eight-for keeps Somerset in title hunt
A career-best haul from Somerset's England spinner saw Essex beaten by 45 runs in a close encounter at Taunton
A career-best haul from Somerset's England spinner saw Essex beaten by 45 runs in a close encounter at Taunton
JA Porter lbw b Leach 0 (28m 20b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
A career-best haul from Somerset's England spinner saw Essex beaten by 45 runs in a close encounter at Taunton
The defending champions made sizeable inroads into a demanding chase, but still face the prospect of combatting Jack Leach and Dom Bess on the final day
Jack Leach and Dom Bess have only 14 wickets between them but they will anticipate getting among Essex before this match is through
Championship cricket returned to Taunton for the first time in 68 days and Marcus Trescothick wasted no time adding to his enormous runs tally