Zander de Bruyn makes his County Championship debut for Somerset in the match with Hampshire at Taunton, starting tomorrow.

And there is a first appearance of the season for Neil Edwards, who missed the opening four-day fixture against Lancashire because of a family illness.

Edwards will partner Marcus Trescothick at the top of the batting order with de Bruyn slotting in at number five.

Mark Turner is expected to miss out because of an abdominal strain so Ben Phillips could share the new ball with Charl Willoughby.

Somerset will be looking to bounce back from Sunday's shock Friends Provident Trophy setback against Glamorgan, their first defeat of the season.

Hampshire's team is expected to include Kevin Pietersen and they arrive on the back of a Friends Provident victory over Gloucestershire.

Somerset have named 12 players and are likely to pick between Michael Munday and Steffan Jones in the morning.

Somerset (from) M.Trescothick, N.Edwards, J.Langer (capt), J.Hildreth, Z.de Bruyn, I.Blackwell, C.Kieswetter (wkt), P.Trego, B.Phillips, M.Munday, C.Willoughby, S.Jones.

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