County Championship: Middlesex skittle Somerset for 236 on day one
Harry Podmore the pick of the bowlers for Middlesex with 4-54
Sunday 10 July 2016 19:59, UK
Middlesex bowled Somerset out for 236 on day one of their Specsavers County Championship Division One clash at Taunton, 21-year-old seamer Harry Podmore taking 4-54.
Podmore - in only his third first class match - was the standout player in an impressive performance from all the Middlesex seamers, James Harris (3-67) and James Fuller (3-72) pitching in with three wickets apiece.
In reply, Middlesex reached 51-1 by the close of play with Sam Robson the only wicket to fall, for a second-ball duck to Craig Overton (1-18).
Elsewhere, Liam Dawson followed up his dream T20I debut for England with a hundred for Hampshire as they dominated on day one against Warwickshire, closing on 304-4 at Edgbaston.
Dawson (116) shared in a 155-run stand with Adam Wheater - who is unbeaten on 89 overnight - but fell lbw to Keith Barker with little more than five overs left in the day.
It was one of two strikes for left-armer Barker (2-58), a bright spark in an otherwise poor performance with the ball from the hosts.
In Division Two, Azharullah took 4-68 to help Northamptonshire dismiss Worcestershire for 277, though they themselves then slipped to 64-3 in reply.
Azharullah and Ben Sanderson (3-52) tore through the Worcestershire top order, reducing them to 54-5 before Ross Whiteley (66) and Ben Cox (74) led the recovery with a 129-run partnership and then Joe Leach smashed an unbeaten 51 off 68 balls to add further gloss to the score.
Leach then took 3-28 as Northants struggled during the first 17 overs of their first innings before stumps.
