Published: Jul 05, 2016, 02:30 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 07:11 PM (IST)
Greetings everyone! Welcome to CricketCountry’s live match coverage of the third Day’s play between Somerset and Pakistan. After batting first Pakistan had declared at 359-4 as veteran Younis Khan notched up a hundred. It was then the turn of the Pakistan bowlers to come out and put in good performance with the ball, and they didn’t disappoint. Mohammad Aamer and Sohail Khan took 3 wickets each, along with Rahat Ali’s and Yasir Shah’s 2 wickets each. They ripped through the Somerset batting and bowled them out for just 128. They began the 2nd innings with a lead of 231 runs. Although at Stumps on Day 2, the score read 140-4. Get ready for an action packed Day 3 as Pakistan look to find a win and begin their tour of England in some fashion.
Live Cricket Scores and Updates, Somerset vs Pakistan – Somerset 258/7 in 73 overs:Jack Leach 6(35), Tim Groenewald 4*(8): DOT! Yasir Shah is to bowl the last over and he starts with a dot. DOT! Another dot by Shah. TWO! Leach grabs two runs as the match seems draw until the right arm spinner gets two wickets from his last three balls. DOT! Two more balls to go. DOT! Somerset are not losing it from here. DOT! That’s it. A spirited performance by Pakistan to start their England tour. They were on top against Somerset for most part of the match. Somehow they ended up not picking two wickets to earn a victory. Somerset kept fighting till the end to earn a good draw.
Live Cricket Scores and Updates, Somerset vs Pakistan – Somerset 251/7 in 69 overs:Dominic Bess 21* (34), Jack Leach 3(21): Yasir Shah comes back into the attack. DOT! Starts off with a dot. DOT! Follows it with another good ball which gets Somerset no run. ONE! Leach gives strike to Bess. FOUR! Bess sits back and sends the ball across the line. DOT! Good bowl by Yasir after that four. DOT! Follows it up with another good delivery and ends the over with no more runs.
Live Cricket Scores and Updates, Somerset vs Pakistan – Somerset 226/6 in 58 overs: Josh Davey 8(25), Dominic Bess 0(5): OUT! Aamer comes back into his new spell and grabs a wicket of his first ball. Are Pakistan on the verge of a victory here? DOT! Dominic plays the first ball without any run. DOT! Another dot from Aamer as he is looking good in his new spell. DOT! No run yet off Bess’ bat. DOT! No run added to the scores. DOT! Aamer finished the over with a wicket and no run.Its a wicket maiden.
Live Cricket Scores and Updates, Somerset vs Pakistan – Somerset 183/3 in 44 overs: Marcus Trescothik 106 (111), James Hildreth 25* (27) : DOT! Rahat Ali starts off with a dot. DOT! Another dot by Ali. DOT! Hildreth is happy playing patiently as scores remain unchanged. ONE! A run to give Trescothik strike. DOT! No run of the centurion’s bat. OUT! Trescothik edges it to the keeper and his finally dismissed.
Live Cricket Scores and Updates, Somerset vs Pakistan – Somerset 106/1 in 30 overs: Marcus Trescothik 60*(76), Tim Rouse 35* (72): Sohail Khan comes to bowl the over. FOUR! He starts off with a bad ball which is given the treatment by Rouse for four. DOT! Sohail recovers well with a dot. DOT! Another dot from Sohail Khan. DOT! Rouse is settled now and plays it sensibly but for no run. DOT! Rouse concedes another dot from his willow. DOT! Sohail ends the over well as only four came from it.
Live Cricket Scores and Updates, Somerset vs Pakistan – Somerset 80/1 in 23 overs: Marcus Trescothik 55*(64), Tim Rouse 14* (44): FOUR! Shah misses his line and Trescothik pounces on it with full monty. DOT! Shah follows it with a dot. DOT! Trescothik plays this one carefully for no run. DOT! Trescothik is in no hurry and pushes this but no run. DOT! Another dot by Yasir Shah. DOT! Yasir finishes off the over with no run. Four of it only.
Both the teams have gone for Lunch. Two sessions are left for play with Somerset still needing 421 runs to win which is an unlikely task. Yasir Shah has provided the first breakthrough for his side with Adam Hose being leg before wicket. Let’s see what happens in the last two sessions.
Live Cricket Scores and Updates, Somerset vs Pakistan – Somerset 47/1 in 12 overs: Marcus Trescothik 37*(32), Adam Hose 8 (32): Yasir Shah, the right-arm spinner comes back into the attack. DOT! No run of the first ball. DOT! Another ball in line by Shah which gets respected by Hose. DOT! Third dot of Shah’s new spell. OUT! Shah gets his first victim of the second innings as Hose reads the line wrong and is plumbed infront of wicket.
Live Cricket Scores and Updates, Somerset vs Pakistan – Somerset 12/0 in 3 overs: Marcus Trescothik 6*(12), Adam Hose 5* (6): FOUR! Aamer concedes a boundary off his first ball to Hose. DOT! He comes back well with a dot. ONE! Hose goes to the other end with a single. DOT! Trescothik plays Aamer carefully as no run is added to Somerset’s score. DOT! Another good bowl from Aamer which is respected by Trescothik. DOT! Good ball to end the over from Aamer.
Pakistan have declared their second innings at 236 for 4 with a whopping lead of 467 runs. Somerset have a big task in hand to draw the match, as a win seems out of the box for them against a quality Pakistan bowling attack. It will be difficult playing against Mohamad Aamer in particular and once again the onus will be on him.
Live Cricket Scorecard, Somerset vs Pakistan, Pakistan 208/4 in 56 overs: Azhar Ali 91* (157), Asad Shafiq 52* (79): FOUR! Azhar adds another boundary to his name to start the over from Groenewald. DOT! No run of the second ball. FOUR! Ali pounces on this ball for another four and inches towards his hundred. Good signs for Pakistan before the England series. DOT! Groenewald again comes back well after a boundary with a dot. DOT! Scores remain unchanged again. DOT! Good comeback by the bowler after conceding two boundaries in the over. Pakistan still going very strong. Probably they are waiting for Azhar ALi to reach his ton and then declare.
Live Cricket Scorecard, Somerset vs Pakistan, Pakistan 149/4 in 47 overs: Azhar Ali 54* (127), Asad Shafiq 30* (55): DOT! Meekeren starts off on target. DOT! No run of the second ball as well. DOT! Scores unchanged after the third ball as well. DOT! Shafiq plays it down with no run. NO-BALL! Meekeren oversteps to add one run to Pakistan’s lead while Shafiq also gets to the other end. FOUR! Azhar Ali lashes the last ball of Meekeren for a four to end the over.
Mohammad Aamer made his return on Monday in spectacular fashion. He claimed 3 wickets of which two batsmen were comprehensively bowled. His inswinging deliveries proved too much for the Somerset batsmen. The other bowlers too, were right on the money. Pakistan though, will be concerned with the batting form of Mohammad Hafeez who has struggled to get runs in both the innings despite having struck sixes while at the crease. Although, there is still time for him to find his lost touch. With another practice match to go, he might fancy his chances then and would like to stay longer at the crease. WATCH: VIDEO: Mohammad Aamer unleashes himself on Somerset in 3-day tour game
For Somerset, James Hildreth was the lone warrior as he remained not out on 47 and saw wickets falling from the other end in the 1st innings. His team will look to avoid defeat when they come out to bat.
Teams
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Mohammad Aamer, Sohail Khan, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali
Somerset: Marcus Trescothick, Adam Hose, Tim Rouse, James Hildreth, Peter Trego (c), Alex Barrow (wk), Josh Davey, Dominic Bess, Jack Leach, Tim Groenewald, Paul van Meekeren
