Somerset scores 7d/850, Langer makes 315 of them

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Cameron White also scored 114 in that innings.

With Middlesex scoring 4d/600 as well, it's no surprise it finished in a draw.



First-class match
County Championship Division Two
Somerset v Middlesex 2007 season

Played at County Ground, Taunton, on 18,19,20,21 April 2007 (4-day match)

Result Match drawn

Middlesex 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
BL Hutton lbw b Jones 17 67 55 2 0 30.90
NRD Compton c Spurway b Blackwell 67 247 195 8 0 34.35
OA Shah lbw b Trego 193 381 286 29 0 67.48
ET Smith run out 68 123 99 8 0 68.68
BA Godleman not out 113 222 183 17 0 61.74
DC Nash not out 100 144 127 15 0 78.74
Extras (b 18, lb 15, w 3, nb 6) 42

Total (4 wickets dec; 157 overs) 600

Did not bat TJ Murtagh, RL Johnson, M Kartik, CEW Silverwood, A Richardson

Fall of wickets1-39 (Hutton), 2-170 (Compton), 3-327 (Smith), 4-407 (Shah)

Bowling O M R W Econ
AR Caddick 34 7 127 0 3.73 (2nb)
CM Willoughby 30 6 89 0 2.96 (1w)
PS Jones 27 5 109 1 4.03 (1w)
PD Trego 18 6 48 1 2.66
ID Blackwell 24 4 88 1 3.66
CL White 21 0 79 0 3.76 (1nb, 1w)
JC Hildreth 3 0 27 0 9.00

Somerset 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
ME Trescothick c Godleman b Kartik 70 111 87 12 0 80.45
NJ Edwards c Richardson b Silverwood 9 26 19 2 0 47.36
JL Langer b Murtagh 315 573 412 38 0 76.45
JC Hildreth c Compton b Silverwood 116 218 200 18 0 58.00
CL White st Nash b Kartik 114 177 161 13 1 70.80
ID Blackwell c sub b Kartik 6 15 14 0 0 42.85
PD Trego b Kartik 130 142 130 12 3 100.00
SHP Spurway not out 44 76 50 4 2 88.00
PS Jones not out 1 2 4 0 0 25.00
Extras (b 14, lb 17, w 2, nb 12) 45

Total (7 wickets dec; 178.3 overs) 850

Did not bat AR Caddick, CM Willoughby

Fall of wickets1-25 (Edwards), 2-120 (Trescothick), 3-362 (Hildreth), 4-589 (White), 5-611 (Blackwell), 6-719 (Langer), 7-845 (Trego)

Bowling O M R W Econ
CEW Silverwood 30 4 125 2 4.16 (1nb)
RL Johnson 27.3 1 142 0 5.16 (2nb, 1w)
A Richardson 26 0 127 0 4.88
TJ Murtagh 25 1 147 1 5.88
M Kartik 50 8 168 4 3.36 (1nb, 1w)
OA Shah 16 0 90 0 5.62 (2nb)
NRD Compton 4 0 20 0 5.00

Middlesex 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
BL Hutton b Blackwell 10 32 34 1 0 29.41
NRD Compton b Caddick 15 37 23 2 0 65.21
OA Shah not out 72 155 144 9 0 50.00
ET Smith not out 103 150 112 18 0 91.96
Extras (lb 1, w 6, nb 2) 9

Total (2 wickets; 52 overs) 209

Did not bat BA Godleman, DC Nash, TJ Murtagh, RL Johnson, M Kartik, CEW Silverwood, A Richardson

Fall of wickets1-25 (Hutton), 2-25 (Compton)

Bowling O M R W Econ
AR Caddick 10 1 54 1 5.40
ID Blackwell 18 7 27 1 1.50
CM Willoughby 10 2 38 0 3.80
CL White 6 0 42 0 7.00 (1nb, 2w)
PS Jones 8 1 47 0 5.87

Toss Middlesex, who chose to bat first
Points Somerset 10, Middlesex 10

Umpires PJ Hartley and VA Holder

Close of play
18 Apr day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 347/3 (OA Shah 160*, BA Godleman 7*, 104 ov)
19 Apr day 2 - Somerset 1st innings 215/2 (JL Langer 82*, JC Hildreth 49*, 49 ov)
20 Apr day 3 - Somerset 1st innings 683/5 (JL Langer 303*, PD Trego 30*, 155 ov)
21 Apr day 4 - Middlesex 2nd innings 209/2 (52 ov) - end of match

[RoosterMarty]

Aussies dominating county cricket once again.

[smithy]

Andy Caddick, LMAO.

Good to see the county scene is as strong as ever if that guy still gets the new aggott at age 38???

[rod_rooster]

Andy Caddick, LMAO.

Good to see the county scene is as strong as ever if that guy still gets the new aggott at age 38???

Thought the same thing when i saw his name. Had a real good chuckle at that

[jackpot jim]

Andy Caddick, LMAO.

Good to see the county scene is as strong as ever if that guy still gets the new aggott at age 38???

Thought the same thing when i saw his name. Had a real good chuckle at that

Ditto,

Sums up everthing that is wrong with English cricket.

[MAY-Z]

Andy Caddick, LMAO.

Good to see the county scene is as strong as ever if that guy still gets the new aggott at age 38???

Thought the same thing when i saw his name. Had a real good chuckle at that

Ditto,

Sums up everthing that is wrong with English cricket.

why does that sum up what is wrong with their cricket- caddick yes he is 38 but he is still taking wickets, in last years county championship he took 63 wickets playing every 2nd game on a batters paradise, as evidenced by the above, in his career he has 1076 fc wickets at an average of 26.3.

andy bichel is 36 i suspect he will still be playing in 2 years time will thaty make australian cricket a joke? no of course not just as a comparison bichel has taken 725 first class wickets at 26.13

[rod_rooster]

Andy Caddick, LMAO.

Good to see the county scene is as strong as ever if that guy still gets the new aggott at age 38???

Thought the same thing when i saw his name. Had a real good chuckle at that

Ditto,

Sums up everthing that is wrong with English cricket.

why does that sum up what is wrong with their cricket- caddick yes he is 38 but he is still taking wickets, in last years county championship he took 63 wickets playing every 2nd game on a batters paradise, as evidenced by the above, in his career he has 1076 fc wickets at an average of 26.3.

andy bichel is 36 i suspect he will still be playing in 2 years time will thaty make australian cricket a joke? no of course not just as a comparison bichel has taken 725 first class wickets at 26.13

Don't think the value of a first class scalp is quite as high in County cricket compared to Sheffield Shield cricket. Plenty of military medium pace bowlers have taken a heap of wickets in county cricket but wouldn't get a game in Australia.

[Rik E Boy]

LOL May-Z. Comparing county cricket second division bunnies to the toughest domestic league in the World. Would you want Caddick at the Redbacks next year?

regards,

REB

[smithy]

LOL May-Z. Comparing county cricket second division bunnies to the toughest domestic league in the World. Would you want Caddick at the Redbacks next year?

regards,

REB

Spot on.
Comparing Caddick to Bichel is a worry as well.

[MAY-Z]

LOL May-Z. Comparing county cricket second division bunnies to the toughest domestic league in the World. Would you want Caddick at the Redbacks next year?

regards,

REB

Spot on.
Comparing Caddick to Bichel is a worry as well.

i am not saying that i would want caddick at the redbacks next year although he would be a better bowling option than ryan harris, i am saying that you cant just slag off teh value of the level of cricjket just because an older bolwer is playing- bichels first class record also includes a lot of wickets in county cricket and a lot ot the green seeming gabba where as caddick has been bowling on batsmens paradise half his life.

just because caddick isnt australian doesnt mean he is no good

[Dogwatcher]

just because caddick isnt australian doesnt mean he is no good

Yeah, he's not bad for a New Zealander...

[Dutchy]

Cmon lads its Div 2 FFS, lets not get carried away about any big scores in this league...maybe Div 1 would be different

[Dogwatcher]

Stats don't recognise divisions (it's still first class cricket), and JL's going to have a triple century to his credit.

[heater31]

Stats don't recognise divisions (it's still first class cricket), and JL's going to have a triple century to his credit.

but we can recognise that the game was played at Somerset's home ground which is the size of a postage stamp and Somerset would get nowhere near that total if they were playing on any current Australian 1st class ground

[Dogwatcher]

stats wouldn't recognise that either....

[MW]

Arguing over whos better between Caddick and Bichel is like arguing over which is better, HIV or Hep C

[Dutchy]

Stats don't recognise divisions (it's still first class cricket), and JL's going to have a triple century to his credit.

why is Div 2 classified as 1st Class Cricket?

[Dogwatcher]

Don't ask me...

[stan]

LOL May-Z. Comparing county cricket second division bunnies to the toughest domestic league in the World. Would you want Caddick at the Redbacks next year?

regards,

REB

Bahh REB, SACA is probably on the phone to him now. I thought you already knew the SACA's policy of recuritng hacks that are well and truely past it.

[Rik E Boy]

Arguing over whos better between Caddick and Bichel is like arguing over which is better, HIV or Hep C

Bollocks MW. Bichel is a fine cricketer. He might not have been a gun at test level but his efforts duirng the 2003 World Cup were outstanding and even in his *ahem* old age he is still a formidable force to be reckoned with at Pura Cup level.

regards,

REB