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Brilliant, just brilliant. Patel's first over, and it looks like he's bowing on that Taunton wicket. Good luck guys!

Just come down the pitch a little and negate the spin.

Slow spin will be manageable, if its spitting then we've had it.

Somerset win.
Hampshire or Middlesex now (barring any pitch penalties).

I think Patel could have had a wicket with all six balls of that over. Two of them he was already celebrating.

Well done guys, really well done. Step one, passed.

And breathe.

For 40 minutes anyway!

Getting started again after lunch was always going to be tricky.

Now for Vince to justify his Ashes selection.

Here comes the collapse.

No blame attached to Alsop there. Just like the Middlesex batters against Leach and Bess, I'm don't know how anyone - especially a left-hander - can bat against Patel turning it like this.

Lucky that Vince and Bailey are right handers then!

OK James Vince... time to pay back the England selectors faith in you.

We're almost done.

Dawson will offer little resistance.

He'll ponce around for 20 minutes for sod all runs, before succumbing.

No points deduction for Somerset. "Below average" grading - it needed a "poor" grading for a deduction.