Marcus Trescothick hit a brilliant 146 to keep Somerset competititve on the second day of the LV County Championship match with Yorkshire at Taunton. To see video highlights of the days play please follow the below link;

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Despite the opener's heroic effort in batting for eight minutes short of five hours in sweltering heat, the home side closed on 326-9, still 112 runs behind their opponents' first innings total.

Yorkshire, who began the day on 375-7 added 63 in 70 minutes before being bowled out for 438. Ajmal Shahzad finished unbeaten on 27, while David Stiff claimed all three wickets for figures of 4-92.

Somerset looked capable of grabbing a first innings lead at 144-2 and 215-3. But James Hildreth and Zander de Bruyn perished to shots they will want to forget and by the close Yorkshire had regained the initiative.

When play ended Trescothick told somersetcountycc.co.uk: "We're disappointed to be nine down on that pitch, but the game may well produce a decisive result one way or the other.

"If they can bowl us out we can do the same to them and then bat well second time around.

"I have been working hard to get a big score. With my previous two hundreds this season I was out soon after reaching three figures and I didn't want that to happen again.

"I feel I've been playing pretty well for a while now and I certainly enjoyed it out there today.

"Hildy was hitting it everywhere and then just missed a straight one. With him playing like that, Yorkshire will find it hard to know how many to set us in our second innings.

"The game has opened up a bit and we have to feel we can still win it. Tomorrow promises to be very interesting day."

Trescothick established himself as the leading run-maker in the Championship by scoring his 146 off 223 balls, with a six and 24 fours.

He shared an exhiliarating stand of 80 in ten overs with Hildreth (51) and partnerships of  71 with de Bruyn (31) and 62 with Craig Kieswetter (28).

It was another dominant performance by the former England opener, who has made at least a half-century in all seven of Somerset's Championship games this summer.

After an array of sweetly-timed shots, he finally fell in the closing overs to a tired stroke, offering a return catch to young seamer James Lee.

Arul Suppiah was caught at second slip for 17 on the stroke of lunch, which was taken with Somerset 51-1. Then Steve Patterson sent back Justin Langer for four, pinning the Somerset captain lbw with the total 64.

Hildreth looked in prime form, striking 11 fours in his 38-ball innings, before undoing all the good work with a very loose shot. Having just nicked Shazad wide of first slip to bring up his half-century, he had a swing at the next delivery and was bowled middle stump.

Trecothick and de Bruyn played sensibly and looked set to bat through to tea. But just before the interval the South African inexplicably mistimed a cover drive off Lee and spooned a simple catch to Andrew Gale.

It was 215-4 at tea, Trecothick having reached his hundred off 123 balls, with 19 fours and a six. Somerset were 223 behind and the game looked in the balance.

Shahzad tilted it back Yorkshire's way by penetrating Kieswetter's defence and bowling him with the total on 277. Ten runs later Hoggard sent back Peter Trego lbw for seven and the visitors were definitely in the ascendancy.

Hoggard drove it home by having Alfonso Thomas caught down the leg side by wicketkeeper Jon Bairstow for 13 and bowling Andy Caddick for a single to end the day with 4-82 from 19 overs.

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