Jonathan Trott leads Warwickshire charge
Jonathan Trott passed 150 for the 20th time in first class cricket as Warwickshire piled up the runs against Somerset in a rain-affected County Championship Division clash at Taunton.
The former England batsman made 175 as the Bears made 413, receiving solid support from Sam Hain (39), Tim Ambrose (63) and Rikki Clarke (57).
Warwickshire had resumed on 124-3 with Trott unbeaten on 50. The first half hour saw him survive a confident appeal for a catch behind down the leg side off Peter Trego, who then dropped him at fourth slip off Craig Overton before he had added to his overnight score.
The total had progressed to 150 when Hain was bowled by a full delivery from left-arm spinner Jack Leach. It was Somerset’s only success of the morning session as Ambrose and Trott took the score to 215-4.
Trott brought up his century with three successive boundaries off the previously economical Leach. He had faced 212 balls and hit 16 fours.
Ambrose played confidently to reach a 100-ball half-century, with 5 fours and a six, before falling to an unusual and brilliant catch by Marcus Trescothick, who anticipated a sweep off Leach and moved from slip as the shot was being played to take a left-handed catch at leg slip.
Clarke came in with licence to attack and added 95 in 16.2 overs with Trott.
The Bears made early in-roads with the ball to reduce their hosts to 94-4 at stumps with former England opener Trescothick passing 25,000 first class runs as he ended the day unbeaten on 41.
