A delayed start and a really dismal day in the end for Hampshire. It started promisingly as the Somerset tail only managed to add 36 runs to their overnight score and this gave me false hope of a lead as we often struggle to dismiss the tail quickly.
Unfortunately the Hampshire innings unraveled quickly with excellent new ball bowling from Alfonso Thomas backed up by Craig Overton. Nobody really made a score of any note apart from perhaps Gareth Berg who impresses more and more with each game. Hampshire were all out for 147 and Somerset took the only option available with 14 overs left in the day to ask Hampshire to have another go with the bat.
Sean Terry and Jimmy Adams failed to see out those overs and it meant that defeat arrived late on day three despite more brave fighting cricket from Gareth Berg.
Other results mean we slip into the bottom two again. An important fortnight starts now as we play away at Middlesex followed by fellow strugglers Worcestershire.
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