Somerset thrash Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge

Somerset strolled to a 10-wicket win over Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge to leave the home side in relegation trouble in Specsavers County Championship Division One.

Nottinghamshire collapsed from 74-2 to 135 all out in their second innings on Tuesday, leaving Somerset a target of only 100 for victory which they managed in 16.5 overs.

The home side started the day on 55-2 and had added another 19 runs when the collapse was started by Jim Allenby trapping Brendan Taylor leg before for 28.

Allenby (3-23) dismissed Riki Wessels in his next over for a duck while eventual top-scorer Jake Libby only made it to 44 before he was clean bowled by Craig Overton.

Samit Patel hung around for 35, but he saw partners Chris Read (7) and Luke Fletcher (0) dismissed before Notts had even reached three figures.

Patel put on 37 for the eighth wicket with Imran Tahir, who was eventually bowled by Jack Leach for seven, and the innings was over when Lewis Gregory (3-27) dismissed the England all-rounder with Brett Hutton unable to bat.

Somerset openers Marcus Trescothick, a first innings double centurion, and Johann Myburgh were in no mood to take their time in chasing down the paltry target.

After an opening maiden, they hit a combined eight boundaries in the next four overs, and Myburgh went from 24 to 46 in one over of leg-spin from Tahir.

He ended up unbeaten on 58, having hit seven fours and three sixes, while Trescothick was at the other end on 37 when his opening partner hit the winning run.

Victory moves Somerset up to fifth place on 119 points, while Nottinghamshire ended the day in the bottom two on 99 points.

They dropped to eighth when Surrey beat bottom-side Hampshire by an innings and 13 runs thanks to an inspired spell of bowling from Gareth Batty at the Ageas Bowl.

Hampshire were forced to follow-on during the morning session but not until Lewis McManus and Brad Wheal set a record 10th wicket partnership against Surrey by adding 96 runs.

McManus scored an unbeaten 132 but Wheal was run out for an obdurate 14 off 91 balls and Hampshire were forced to bat again, 214 adrift on first innings scores.

And from that point it was all Batty and Stuart Meaker for Surrey as they teamed up to claim all 10 wickets between them.

Meaker started things off by having Jimmy Adams caught behind for 16 and wicket-keeper Ben Foakes pouched a second catch, this time off Batty, when Tom Alsop fell for five. 

Batty broke a 69-run stand between Will Smith and Ryan McLaren by bowling Smith for 28 and wickets tumbled regularly to the veteran off-spinner after that.

He finished with figures of 6-51 and Meaker finished things off, returning 4-40 by dismissing Gareth Berg for 38 and Mason Crane for a duck.