Keaton Jennings has now made 26 first-class centuries – 5 of them towards Somerset, together with final summer time’s career-best 318LV= County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Floor, Taunton (day two)Somerset 441: Abell 151, Rew 117, Leach 40*; Anderson 5-76Lancashire 302-1 (59 overs): Jennings 124*, Wells 82, Bohannon 73*Lancashire (4 pts) path Somerset (3 pts) by 139 runs with 9 wickets remainingMatch scorecard
Keaton Jennings piled extra agony on Somerset’s bowlers with a flawless century as Lancashire hit again strongly day two at Taunton.
Having notched a career-best 318 towards Somerset at Southport final season, the Lancashire captain cruised to 124 not out on the shut, out of a complete of 302-1, nicely supported by Luke Wells (82) and Josh Bohannon, who’s on 73.
That was in reply to Somerset, who began the day on 311-4, being bowled out for 441 all out.
In a single day centurions Tom Abell (151) and James Rew (117) each went on to make career-best scores, whereas England’s James Anderson continued his pre-Ashes sequence warm-up by taking three extra wickets to complete with 5-76 from 28 overs.
The day started nicely for Lancashire with two fast wickets, when Anderson had Rew caught behind with solely three added to his in a single day rating earlier than pinning Lewis Gregory lbw for 5.
A lower single by Abell off Anderson took Somerset to a 3rd batting level, whereas Lancashire needed to be content material with two bowling factors because the one hundred and tenth over ended with the rating on 356-6.
When Kasey Aldridge edged Anderson to first slip it meant a 54th first-class five-wicket haul for the 40-year-old.
Somerset skipper Abell guided a 4 to 3rd man off George Balderson to succeed in 150, equalling his earlier greatest first-class rating however, having batted for 14 minutes wanting seven hours, he moved throughout his stumps to fall lbw to Balderson.
At 370-8, the hosts appeared like falling wanting 400. However Jack Leach’s high quality innings of 40 not out, filled with sweetly-timed orthodox photographs, helped the final two…
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