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West Indies coach heaps praise on Holder and team after series win, but has a bone to pick with quality of pitches offered by Zimbabwe

Liam Brickhill in Bulawayo02-Nov-2017After a tough tour of England, West Indies won their first Test series under Jason Holder’s captaincy after a 1-0 victory over Zimbabwe. Coach Stuart Law, who has been in the position for a year, was full of praise for his captain, and for some of the players who struggled in England but played defining roles in Zimbabwe. Devendra Bishoo took just three wickets in England, but was named Man of the Series for his 13 wickets across two Tests in Zimbabwe, while Shane Dowrich overcame poor form to score his maiden Test hundred.”I’m super proud of Jason and the way he’s led this team, as well as the way the boys have played,” Law said. “For Devendra Bishoo to come here after a tough series in England and get Man of the Series is a great effort, and I thought Shane Dowrich has been outstanding. His glovework behind the stumps and that hundred was great. I’m very proud of our boys.”Law has played a fundamental role in West Indies’ steady progress in recent times, and has been a strong advocate for giving selected players extended runs in the team. West Indies came to Zimbabwe with the same squad that had travelled to England, and Law suggested that he would like to keep the squad together when West Indies move on to their next engagement in New Zealand.”I’ve been pretty clear to the selectors that this group that we have together is worth working with,” Law said. “It’s a short turnaround between now and the New Zealand series, to bring someone else – or a number of players – in, I don’t think would be a great move. We would have to start again with those players. We’re starting to make strides and go forward. We competed well in England and won a Test match there, we’ve now won a series in Zimbabwe. I think it would be great if we could keep the guys together. Those guys who have struggled might be our heroes in the next match. I understand some people think we could chop and change, but I believe that if we stay together and become one, we’ll start producing the results.”Law was particularly impressed with the performances of his two fast bowlers, Shannon Gabriel and Kemar Roach. Gabriel touched 150kph during the series, picking up five wickets, while Roach filled the role of senior seamer to perfection with eight wickets at just 17.25.”On very slow, low wickets, to have Shannon and Kemar doing what they did was great to watch,” Law said. “When the ball was flying through, it excites everybody at the ground. They toiled manfully in these conditions. The first Test was very hot and dry, and they kept coming. Those guys have been great and the captain himself got a hundred in the first innings and bowled well today as well. I can’t be more proud of our boys. Fast bowlers get the rough end of the stick in these conditions, but it was tough for the spinners as well. The turn was slow and the batsmen had time to adjust. I’m sure our fast bowlers are looking forward to going to New Zealand.”Law was also magnanimous enough to praise Zimbabwe’s efforts at putting up a good fight and battling to a draw in the second Test. “Zimbabwe are full of quality cricketers. To come here and beat them in their own patch is a tremendous effort. They have some high-class players.”Aside from his gripes with the use of the DRS in this series, Law’s only other point of contention was the quality of pitches that Zimbabwe provided. Both tracks played slow and low throughout, resulting in a lot of hard graft for both bowlers and batsmen and some moribund cricket.”It’s tough enough taking 20 wickets in a Test match, but when the pitch offers you nothing on the final day… It seemed to offer more on days one and two than it did on days four and five. Credit to Zimbabwe, they fought really hard.””The challenge [for Zimbabwe] is always going away from home. To play your cricket on slow, turgid, nothing wickets is not really going to set yourself forward and continue your growth to win games of cricket. We have issues around the world with the quality of pitches, especially when a touring team lands on your shores. I’d just like to see a more even contest between bat and ball. We’ve come from England where the ball was swinging and seaming, it provided great cricket. There are a lot of people saying that Test cricket is dying; on a pitch like this, it is. No disrespect – they utilised what they had to get ahead, but for the growth of the sport, I think we need to be growing on better pitches.”

Mendis had also played the previous U-19 World Cup, in Bangladesh in 2016

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Dec-2017Kamindu Mendis, who can bowl orthodox left-arm spin as well as right-arm offspin, and is also a handy batsman, will lead Sri Lanka Under-19s at the World Cup in New Zealand. Mendis was named as part of the 15-man squad announced by Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday. He had also played the previous U-19 World Cup, in Bangladesh in 2016.Sri Lanka are in Group D for the showpiece junior event, which runs from January 13 to February 3. They are grouped alongside Pakistan, Ireland and Afghanistan. They will begin their campaign on January 14 in Whangarei against Ireland, before playing Afghanistan on January 17 and rounding off their group-stage games against Pakistan on January 19.Squad: Kamindu Mendis (capt), Dhananjaya Lakshan, Santhush Gunathilaka, Hasitha Boyagoda, Nawanidu Fernando, Nipun Dananjaya, Ashen Bandara, Kishan Sanjula, Nishan Madushka, Jehan Daniel, Praveen Jayawickrama, Haren Buddila, Thisaru Rashmika, Kalana Perera, Nipun Malinga

The chase was on with PNG at 140 for 2 in the 55th over, but they collapsed to 185 all out

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Jan-2018ScorecardFaisal Jamkhandi runs in to bowl•ICC/Getty Images

Akash Gill held Canada together with a splendid century – at better than a-run-a-ball – to see off Papua New Guinea in the Under-19 World Cup match in Lincoln. Gill was the first Canada player to score a hundred at a Under-19 World Cup.He took a scoreline that read 82 for 4 in the 18th over – with their captain and in-form batsman Arslan Khan back in the pavilion – and dragged it all the way to 247 before he was dismissed. His 120 off 115 balls with 15 fours and two sixes as well.Set a target of 266, PNG struggled to mount any sort of challenge. At one end, opener Simon Atai fought hard, making 81 off 117 balls with six fours, but the other one was a revolving door. There were six single-digit scores as PNG fell from 140 for 2 in the 35th to 185 all out. The damage was mostly done by fast bowler Faisal Jamkhandi, who took 3 for 48, and left-arm spinner Aran Pathmanathan, who finished with 3 for 23.Gill, the Man of the Match, said: “I didn’t really know about that record [the first Canada batsman with a century at the U-19 World Cup], but it’s honestly a great feeling. When I got to that milestone, I was just overwhelmed. It still feels surreal to me, I’m just letting it sink.”

Pakistan’s Under-19 captain launched a last-over six off Kieron Pollard to seal a dramatic win that lifted Quetta Gladiators to fourth in PSL standings

The Report by Danyal Rasool07-Mar-2018
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsA thrilling contest got the finish it deserved, with teenager Hasan Khan smashing Kieron Pollard for six off the penultimate ball to sealing a much-needed two-wicket win for Quetta Gladiators. Multan Sultans had looked like they were slightly ahead for much of the Quetta’s 152 chase, only to pipped at the end. This came despite a superb vintage performance from Umar Gul, who took 6 for 24 in his first game this season.Multan’s first innings total owed much to its skipper Shoaib Malik, who blazed an unbeaten 43-ball 65 after they had lost Kumar Sangakkara off the first ball. Quetta’s bowlers kept the batsmen in check for the first 15 overs, Mohammad Nawaz and Rahat Ali in particular hitting their targets to ensure there would be no repeat of the massive total Multan amassed against Peshawar on Tuesday. But 57 were scored off the last five as Quetta, much like Peshawar, lost their discipline and composure towards the death overs.Quetta’s innings began on track before a quick double-strike by Gul removed both openers either side of the 50-run mark. The game remained evenly poised for much of the chase, but the early dismissal of an off-colour Kevin Pietersen was a huge blow for last year’s finalists. Cameos from Rilee Rossouw and Rameez Raja Jnr kept them in the hunt, with Anwar Ali, and at the very end Hasan, sealing the win in a massive heist.Where the match was wonWhile the early loss of their openers meant Multan spent their Powerplay regrouping, Quetta’s opening pair gave them a fast start that kept them in touch with the asking rate for the best part of their chase. Shafiq and Watson put on 46 without loss for the first Powerplay, the most runs Multan have conceded in the first six so far. They may have lost both of them soon after, but the start meant they had a margin for error, and by the time the lower middle order began to regroup, the asking rate wasn’t yet insurmountable. That was in stark contrast to Multan’s first six. They were reduced to 3 for 2 by the end of the first two overs, and sent in Sohail Tanvir to try and up the ante. That didn’t quite work either, and they ended up with 35 by the time the fielding restrictions were lifted. In a close contest, those 11 runs made all the difference.The men that won itNot many people get the chance to bookend a game like Hasan did. He took a catch to remove Sangakkara first ball at short midwicket. Nearly 40 overs later, he smashed Pollard for six off the penultimate delivery to seal a framatic win. He didn’t have a great deal to do in the middle, but was stellar when called upon, conceding just nine runs in the two overs of left-arm spin he bowled. With the bat, he didn’t even breach double figures, but his nine runs off three balls is guaranteed to be a more famous innings than the 65 Malik smashed earlier on.Vintage Umar GulGul rolled back the years with a scintillating performance, becoming only the second player in PSL history – after Ravi Bopara – to take six wickets in a match. It began with the removal of the openers, and he returned to remove opposition captain Sarfraz with the first ball of his second spell, swinging the game back in his side’s favour. By the end of three overs, his figures read a mightily impressive 3-0-11-4. His last over was the definition of a mixed bag, as the two sixes he conceded brought Quetta right back into the game, although the two wickets he took – taking his tally to six and his overall T20 tally to 200 wickets – seemed to have edged Multan back ahead. You’re unlikely to see a better bowling performance end up on the losing side all season.Where they standMultan are still at the top of the table with nine points, but second-placed Karachi have two games in hand. Quetta, meanwhile, go from 5th to 4th, having won three of six games.

The 26-year old replaces his former Western Australian captain Adam Voges, who served as the club’s captain last year

Adam Collins02-Apr-2018Australian allrounder Hilton Cartwright will join Middlesex for the first five games of the county championship, with the potential to stay on deeper into the season.The 26-year-old, who played two Tests for Australia in 2017, replaces his former Western Australian captain Adam Voges, who served as the Middlesex captain last year.A hard-hitting, right-handed batsman who has spent the bulk of his first-class career at number three, Cartwright has also been turned to at international level for his medium pace bowling. Conversations between him and the club took place over the course of the last week before a deal was finalised over Easter weekend. As Cartwright also holds a British passport he will not require a visa, and in turn can fly to the United Kingdom this week to join Middlesex before their season opener on April 13.Cartwright debuted against Pakistan in January 2017 at Sydney and played his second Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong in September. He made 37 and 18 in his two innings. At domestic level, he finished the 2017-18 Sheffield Shield in top form, making 83 and an unbeaten 111 against South Australia in Glenelg in March.It was Cartwright’s only first-class century of the Australian summer, averaging 32.5 in 10 matches for his state. But it was his 2016-17 campaign that pushed him into national calculations, accumulating 898 runs at 52.8, the second-best tally among all batsmen. Overall, since making his bow for Western Australia in January 2013, Cartwright averages 43.4 with five centuries to his name and has claimed 19 wickets at 51.Considered a player of promise across the three formats by national selectors, Cartwright has also played twice for Australia’s one-day international side in India last October.

They remain top of the DPL table after they beat Prime Doleshwar by 20 runs in a rain-interrupted game

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Mar-2018Abahani Limited remained on top of the Dhaka Premier League’s points table after their 20-run win (via D/L method) against Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club in the Super League stage at the BKSP-3 ground. A result along expected lines after they had put up 393 for 4, the highest List A total in Bangladesh domestic history. They broke their own record from last season.But rain did add a few twists to the contest. At the first interruption, Doleshwar were actually ahead of the D/L par score, but then play resumed, they fell behind and a second shower forced an early end to the day.Doleshwar were 217 for 2 – chasing 394 – after 30 overs when play was stopped at 4.05pm. At the time, they were ahead on D/L calculations – by one run. However, when the weather cleared at 5.28 pm, Doleshwar’s target was revised to 278 to win in 35 overs, leaving them 61 runs to win off the remaining 30 balls.They added only 27 runs in the 4.1 overs before rain stopped play once again at 5.52pm, with Abahani declared the winner. Both Marshall Ayub and Fazle Mahmud reached centuries for Doleshwar, and it was their 207-run third-wicket stand that kept them in the contest for much of the time. Marshall made an unbeaten 108 off 88 balls with the help of nine fours and three sixes, while Mahmud made 100 off 87 balls with nine fours and four sixes.There were two centuries in Abahani’s innings as well as Anamul Haque and Nazmul Hossain Shanto added 236 runs for the first wicket. Anamul made 128 off 126 balls, having struck seven fours and six sixes. Shanto made a 106-ball 121 with 12 fours and two sixes.A fine bowling effort helped Legends of Rupganj to a 12-run win over Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity in the Dhaka Premier League’s Super League stage at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium.No 8 Nazmul Hossain Milon’s brisk 63, which contained three fours and two sixes, took Rupganj to 216 for 8 after they had slipped to 86 for 6 in the 23rd over. Paceman Mohammad Saddam took four wickets while the left-arm spinner Tanvir Islam picked up three.Khelaghar were on course for their first win in the Super League phase as they reached 138 for 3 in the 38th over, with Mahidul Islam Ankon (73) and Nazimuddin putting on 84 for the fourth wicket. But Khelaghar went into freefall after their partnership ended, as they lost their last seven wickets for 66 runs to get bowled out for 204 in 48.5 overs. Asif Hasan, Parvez Rasool, Mosharraf Hossain and Syed Rasel took two wickets each for Rupganj.Rain brought an early end to the DPL encounter at the Shere Bangla National Stadium where Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club beat Gazi Group Cricketers by eight runs via the DLS method.Sent in to bat, Dhanmondi Club were bowled out for 248 in 47.4 overs, with Ziaur Rahman top scoring with 86 off 74 balls (6×4, 5×6) and Shykat Ali and Tanbir Hayder contributing fifties too. Abu Hider took four wickets while there were two each for Mominul Haque and Sikandar Raza.In reply, Dhanmondi Club reached 217 for 7 in 47 overs with Jaker Ali top scoring with 61 and Asif Ahmed unbeaten on 52 when the rain began. Robiul Haque took three wickets.

Virat Kohli steered his side to 175 in Bengaluru, but the KKR top order fired collectively to win with five balls to spare

The Report by Nikhil Kalro29-Apr-2018
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Agarkar: KKR doing the basic things better than RCB

Kolkata Knight Riders gained two significant advantages even before a ball was bowled in Bengaluru. First, Dinesh Karthik chose to bowl at a favourable chasing ground. Then, Knight Riders found out that AB de Villiers was out with a viral fever. Both those factors had a decisive impact as Knight Riders chased down a target of 176 with relative ease, with five balls to spare, consigning Royal Challengers to their fifth loss in seven games.Without their highest run-scorer of the season, Royal Challengers had to employ a less attacking approach, aiming for par instead of a 200-plus score, like the one they got in the previous game against Chennai Super Kings after losing the toss. All they could manage was 175 – the par score in day-night games at this ground in the IPL since 2015 has been 172 – even with a terrific, 44-ball 68 from Virat Kohli.Even on a pitch that was turning appreciably, Knight Riders had too much firepower. Led by Chris Lynn’s 62, along with rapid cameos from Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa and Dinesh Karthik, Knight Riders cruised home against a bowling attack that lacked penetration and sufficient defensive skill.Sussing out conditionsBrendon McCullum was brought into the XI due to de Villiers’ sickness. Quinton de Kock, despite coming off a half-century in the previous game, hadn’t quite found his fluency. For Royal Challengers’ batting line-up, already weakened significantly, a strong start was imperative.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

McCullum and de Kock scored 40 runs in the Powerplay, 11 runs below their average score in the period this season. McCullum soon found his hitting rhythm, though, with two fours and two sixes in two overs after the Powerplay, lifting the scoring rate to over eight.Soon after the time-out, however, Royal Challengers lost their way. De Kock holed out to deep cover. McCullum toe-ended a pull to the keeper. Two balls later, Manan Vohra was bowled off the inside edge. A score of 67 for 0 quickly turned to 75 for 3.Kohli owns the deathDe Villiers’ absence also hampered Kohli’s scoring template. Aware that his presence in the death overs could marginally increase the utility of Royal Challengers’ score, Kohli was cautious early in his innings. He took 18 balls to score 20, but with Royal Challengers at 100 for 3 in 14 overs at that point, Kohli couldn’t wait any longer.Royal Challengers hit nine boundaries in six overs thereon; Kohli hit six of them. Royal Challengers scored 75 from there; Kohli hit 48 of them. His innings included three sixes, two of which were a direct result of a strong bottom hand through the line of the ball, hit in the arc between long-on and deep midwicket. Royal Challengers had 175, a score that seemed below par given the ground dimensions.Theatrics of T20sBefore the start of the chase, Knight Riders’ target of 176 – one less than the score Royal Challengers needed to beat Delhi Daredevils earlier this season and one more than the score Knight Riders needed in the reverse fixture against Royal Challengers at the Eden Gardens – seemed insufficient.Lynn and Narine made a strong start before a rain interruption that lasted 30 minutes. Then, with Knight Riders seemingly in control, the game drifted on with the illusion of control. Royal Challengers made a strong comeback in that period, including having Andre Russell caught for a golden duck on his 30th birthday.The equation by then came down to 43 off 24 balls. But just when the game seemed in the balance, Knight Riders broke the chase open, much like those two previous games Royal Challengers were involved in.

A dead game, a dud pitch, a soft ball – floodlit cricket was not exactly leaving hearts racing at the Ageas Bowl

ECB Reporters Network23-Jun-2018
ScorecardHarry Brook and Jack Leaning’s half centuries couldn’t prevent Hampshire and Yorkshire from a dour draw during the day-night Specsavers County Championship match at the Ageas Bowl.The pair made sure Yorkshire avoided any chance of losing with a 108-run stand, which stretched over 38 overs, as they both chalked up milestones.Yorkshire and Hampshire both move above Lancashire into fifth placed of the Division One table as they moved level on points – the former taking 10 points to Hampshire’s 11 from the match.Yorkshire had started the day with a slender two run deficit, with two wickets intact – with key batsmen Gary Ballance and Cheteshwar Pujara at the crease.But both departed within the first hour to spark Hampshire’s hopes of starting a collapse, and possibly a route to victory.The pair had added exactly 50, having been joined the previous night, before Ballance edged on loan off-spinner Ollie Rayner behind to Tom Alsop.The England middle-order batsman had only managed to add three runs to his overnight score in 14 afternoon overs.An over later Indian Test man Cheteshwar Pujara was bowled between bat and pad by Ian Holland, the American born Australian’s first wicket of the season.Just as Yorkshire were staring at a slump, Brook and Leaning came together for the fifth wicket to take the game back towards a stalemate.Brook was the more aggressive and actively sought the bad ball to drill towards the boundary, while Leaning set in for the long haul.The completely soft first pink ball offered little chance to bowlers, while making it almost impossible for the batsmen to get value for their shots.Brook accelerated from 35 to his half century in a single Holland over – caressing a quartet of boundaries through the off-side – with the milestone shot his 68th delivery.The 19-year-old had early scored 79 in the first innings to prove his talent as one of the most exciting young players on the circuit.The new ball, taken with a minimum 53 scheduled overs remaining, also failed to take effect as Dale Steyn and Fidel Edwards struggled to get anything out of it the ball or slow pitch.Brook fell in freak circumstances as he was run out at the non-strikers end, after Gareth Berg had pushed Leaning’s straight drive into the stumps.But Leaning continued and completed a second half century of the season in an epic 174 balls.Jonny Tattersall reached 22 before he was bowled by Rayner – the debutant ending with figures of 4 for 54.When Steven Patterson and James Vince eventually shook hands at 7.50pm, Leaning had crawled to 54 from 191 balls – with Yorkshire ending 170 runs in front.

The board will also withhold his match fee for the ongoing Test, in addition to the suspension that will come into effect immediately after the match at SSC

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Jul-2018Sri Lanka batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended from all forms of international cricket by SLC for breaching the ‘Player Code of Conduct’, pending inquiry. The board will also withhold Gunathilaka’s match fee for the ongoing Test against South Africa, in addition to the suspension that will come into effect immediately after the match at SSC.Without divulging more details, an SLC release said, “the decision to suspend the player was taken following an initial inquiry conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket, after the team management reported that the player have violated the ”Code of Conduct’.” The offence, for now, is understood to be a breach of curfew during the ongoing Test against South Africa. There is a possibility that a further, more serious offence will come to light as well, which is what has prompted the strong action from SLC.Gunathilaka has had a sequence of disciplinary issues in the recent past. In January this year, he had been officially reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the final of the T20 tri-series against Bangladesh. He had been reprimanded for giving Tamim Iqbal a send-off when the batsman was on his way to the dressing room. As a result, one demerit point had been added to his disciplinary records.Last year, Gunathilaka had been suspended for six white-ball matches for misconduct, and was hence omitted from the ODI squad for the series against Pakistan in the UAE. ESPNcricinfo had reported that Gunathilaka missed a training session, turned up for a match without his gear, and was generally found to have had an indifferent attitude towards training – all during Sri Lanka’s home series against India. The suspension was later revised to three matches, the remaining three matches being part of a suspended sentence over a one-year period, which could come into force in the event of any further disciplinary breaches. He had also been fined 20% of his annual contract fee.

Alex Milton and Steve Magoffin put on 136 for the last wicket but it was not enough to prevent Somerset beating bottom-placed Worcestershire on the final day at Blackfinch New Road

ECB Reporters Network25-Jul-20181:13

Somerset silence stubborn Worcestershire

Somerset 337 (Davies 72, Abell 70, Hildreth 57, Moeen 3-63) and 362 for 9 dec (Azhar 125, Trescothick 71, Moeen 5-107) beat Worcestershire 257 (Wood 65*, J Overton 4-61, Davey 4-68) and 301 (Milton 104*, J Overton 4-82) by 141 runs

ScorecardSomerset climbed up to second in the Specsavers County Championship as they defeated bottom-placed Worcestershire by 141 runs on the final day at Blackfinch New Road, despite record-breaking resistance from debutant centurion Alex Milton and Steve Magoffin.Jamie Overton and Josh Davey looked to have broken the back of the Worcestershire batting by taking four wickets in the space of 15 balls inside the first hour after they had resumed on 50 for 2.They were aided during the morning by undistinguished shots from some of the Worcestershire top six. But wicketkeeper Milton, standing in for broken rib victim Ben Cox, kept them waiting until after tea with superb support from No. 11 Magoffin in a Worcestershire record stand of 136 for the last wicket against any opposition.It beat the previous best of 119 by William Burns and George Wilson in 1906 – coincidentally also against Somerset at New Road.Milton, the Cardiff MCCU captain, went to his hundred by clipping Craig Overton off his legs for his 15th boundary to go with one six. It came from 172 balls. But Somerset ultimately sealed their fourth win in eight games when Magoffin was dismissed by Craig Overton for 43 shortly after tea to leave Milton undefeated on 104.1Victory meant Somerset moved above Nottinghamshire to become the nearest challengers to title favourites Surrey.There were many pluses for the visitors throughout the game but the most heartening sight was the form of Jamie Overton. He has been gradually eased back to fitness here bowled with pace, aggression and accuracy.He ended the game with figures of 31-6-143-8 and received superb support from the equally effective Davey with seven wickets.On the batting front, new overseas player Azhar Ali made an instant impact with a century on his debut while Marcus Trescothick, James Hildreth, skipper Tom Abell and keeper Steven Davies also made sizeable contributions.Craig Overton appeals for a wicket•Getty Images

For Worcestershire, all is not lost. They are still in touch with the teams above them in the battle to stay up but there will have to be a improvement in their overall performance, although England spinner Moeen Ali’s eight-wicket haul was encouraging. Milton also kept tidily on his Championship debut.Worcestershire had been rocked by the dismissal of Moeen to the final delivery on the third evening and quickly ran into trouble in the morning.Davey was the first to strike as England Lions batsman Joe Clarke played down the wrong line and was bowled. Then Jamie Overton struck with successive deliveries as Travis Head and Ed Barnard perished to expansive shots.Head, in his final Championship innings for Worcestershire, had moved onto 46 but then threw his bat at a wide delivery and nicked through to keeper Steven Davies. Barnard then aimed a drive at another tempting delivery and this time Trescothick pouched the chance at second slip.Milton blocked the hat-trick ball but it was not the end of Worcestershire’s woes. In the next over skipper Brett D’Oliveira edged Davey into the safe hands of James Hildreth at first slip.Milton and Ross Whiteley tried to salvage some pride and looked reasonably secure in defying the Somerset attack for 20 overs. The returning Jamie Overton broke the partnership when Whiteley (39) was caught behind to leave Milton unbeaten on 31 at lunch.Somerset moved closer to victory after the resumption with Jack Leach striking twice in the same over. Luke Wood drilled the ball to Peter Trego at mid-off and Dillon Pennington edged the spinner and the ball bounced up off Trescothick kneeling at slip to keeper Davies.But last man Magoffin accompanied Milton in providing more defiance until the former sliced Craig Overton to backward point..