Date-stamped : 15 May94 - 02:30
India vs Somerset
Taunton, July 28, 29 & 30 . Drawn

After a brisk innings by Rose and Marks, Somerset faltered to 139
for  5  against  steady  seam  bowling  and  safe  slip catching.
Richards and Breakwell launched a  recovery  and Gard  made   his
maiden first-class fifty. Popplewell, on his Somerset debut, bat-
ted well, and Gurr helped in the highest stand of the innings  as
Chandrasekhar  took  the  last  4 wickets. Gurr broke down in his
second over, but against a limited attack the  Indians  collapsed
to 106 for 5 on the second day. The substitue, Lloyds, brough off
a brilliant catch and run out. Rain reduced play  on  the  second
day  to two and a half hours, but against a depleted attack, gen-
erously handled, Yashpal dominated the rest of the  innings.  His
powerful  strokes  brought  three 6's and 18 4's as he hit 111 in
two and three-quarter hours. With fewer than 5 hours left, Somer-
set collapsed after a third wicket stand of 56 in an hour between
Slocombe and Roebuck in a much-changed order. At one time, Somer-
set  were  only  115 ahead with 4 wickets left, but Roebuck, with
two 6's and 7 4's in three hours, and  Popplewell safely   batted
through the danger period.

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