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Somerset chief Gould wants to see Pro40 remain

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Somerset are bidding to win the Pro40 League this season and ensure the 40-over game is not scrapped.

Andrew Caddick: Somerset are in safe hands for the future

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Somerset legend Andrew Caddick believes the club is well-placed to build on success under the leadership of Brian Rose and Justin Langer.

Somerset skipper Langer beats Sir Don Bradman's record

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Somerset captain Justin Langer became the highest scoring Australian first-class batsman of all time yesterday but would swap it for more play.

England won't take any risks with Andrew Flintoff

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Ashes matchwinner Andrew Flintoff will only play at Edgbaston if England are 100 per cent confident of him getting through the whole five days at full capacity.

David Foot: Former Gloucestershire great Bev Lyon was well ahead of his time

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

B ev Lyon relished playing cricket at Cheltenham and would have been dismayed at Gloucestershire's record there over recent years.

David Foot: Billy became a cricket star, after the milking

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

David Foot column: Could anyone have looked more like a farmer and less like a county cricketer than Billy Neale? Yet he played 452 times for Gloucestershire – often doing the milking before motoring off to the match

Ponting angry over delays as England cling on for draw

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

England salvaged a dramatic draw in Cardiff as the first npower Ashes Test was embroiled in controversy during a tense finale.

Franklin and Lewis offer hope for Gloucestershire

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Welcoming as the Cheltenham Festival always is, Gloucestershire may rue extending some of that hospitality to their promotion rivals.

Stiff and Suppiah boost Somerset's victory bid

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Two bowlers who both endured a winter of discontent helped Somerset towards what could be a fourth successive County Championship win.

Trego stars as Somerset successfully complete amazing run chase

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

S omerset raced to the second highest run chase in the 145-year history of the County Championship thanks to the fastest first-class hundred of the season from Pete Trego.

Somerset set to bid farewell to Durston

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Somerset have made all-rounder Wes Durston available for a move.

Gloucestershire bowlers turn the heat on Kent

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Kent wilted in blistering heat at Beckenham to be dismissed for a sub-par 231 inside 75 overs as LV County Championship leaders Gloucestershire showed their promotion mettle.

Ton-up Rudolph makes Somerset toil

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

History repeated itself when Somerset played host to Yorkshire at Taunton yesterday. For the second year running Andrew Caddick made his seasonal debut and Jacques Rudolph also scored a first-day century.

Somerset are in title race, Langer insists

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Somerset captain Justin Langer has urged his side to keep their good form going after completing back-to-back Championship wins.

Shah dismissal opens door for Gloucestershire

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

While predictions of a scorching day two proved unfounded, Gloucestershire's clinical cricket means they deserve to feel the warm glow of victory.

David Foot: Dutch defeat reminds us of the strange case of Peter Roebuck

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

We assume that English cricket, at least the distinctive and often maligned Twenty20 variety, is still doing its best to obliterate the memory of that cringing four-wicket defeat last week against the Netherlands part-timers.

Gloucestershire hand young guns chance to shine

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

John Bracewell will take the opportunity to assess some young players when Gloucestershire take on Leeds Bradford UCCE in a three-day game at Weetwood, starting today.

Jon Lewis column: Clark controversy makes no difference to us

Fri, 29 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT

It will be fantastic to have Stuart Clark come over from Australia and play a few games for us.

David Foot column

Fri, 29 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT

How the one-day match at Nevil Road last week brought back memories of when the Australians came to Bristol in 1930

Langer: Notts are my title favourites

Wed, 06 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT