08/09Result

60th Match, County Championship Division One at Leicester, Sep 8-10 2026

SomersetSomersetSOM
363 & 316/5d
LeicestershireLeicestershireLEI
157 & 145 (45.1 ov)

Somerset won by 377 runs

08/09Result

60th Match, County Championship Division One at Leicester, Sep 8-10 2026

SomersetSomersetSOM
363 & 316/5d
LeicestershireLeicestershireLEI
157 & 145 (45.1 ov)

Somerset won by 377 runs

Day 3

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Somerset thrash Leicestershire in three days to stay top

Overton, Leach run through Foxes after Nicholls cruises to first Championship hundred

Day 2

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Somerset take control after running through Leicestershire

League leaders decline follow-on opportunity but grow huge lead at Grace Road

Day 1

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Thomas fuels Somerset's belief with opening-day century

Crucial innings on green-tinged pitch allows table-toppers to set the pace against troubled Foxes

Leics INNINGS		R	B
RK Patel	caught	2	18
SSE Gumbs	bowled	7	31
Rehan Ahmed	caught	6	9
Hamza Shaikh	lbw	24	43
NF Kelly	caught wk	6	32
SS Eskinazi	caught	9	21
OB Cox	caught wk	39	59
BWM Mike	lbw	9	11
AY Patel	caught	18	17
J Hull	not out	12	26
NN Gilchrist	lbw	2	5
AM Green
EXTRAS	(b 4, lb 5, nb 2)
TOTAL	145 (all out; 45.1 ovs)

Somerset BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Gregory	6.0	3	10	2	1.66	(1nb)
M Pretorius	9.0	2	21	0	2.33
C Overton	11.0	2	33	4	3
JT Ball	10.0	2	42	1	4.2
MJ Leach	9.1	1	30	3	3.27

Leics 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	RK Patel	SSE Gumbs
2nd	6	Rehan Ahmed	SSE Gumbs
3rd	15	SSE Gumbs	Hamza Shaikh
4th	21	NF Kelly	Hamza Shaikh
5th	14	NF Kelly	SS Eskinazi
6th	5	OB Cox	NF Kelly
7th	24	OB Cox	BWM Mike
8th	29	OB Cox	AY Patel
9th	21	OB Cox	J Hull
10th	6	NN Gilchrist	J Hull

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SOM	12	6	2	4	189
NOT	12	5	1	6	185
WAR	12	5	1	6	184
SUS	12	5	3	4	154
YOR	12	4	4	4	142
SUR	12	2	3	7	137
GLA	12	3	5	4	127
ESS	12	4	6	2	124
LEI	12	2	6	4	116
HAM	12	2	7	3	92