Date-stamped : 09 Jul95 - 22:26 Somerset v Young Australia, Taunton, 5, 6, 7 July 1995 ====> Day 1, 5 Jul 95 Gilchrist finally falls in hat-trick - Steve Whiting First day of three: Somerset (176-4) trail Australia A (380) by 204 runs SOMERSET took a chance by making their members pay to see the cream of Australia`s talented young cricketers - had they known what was coming they would have charged double! Australia A arrived quietly last Friday but yesterday blew their cover as 556 runs were scored while 80 fours and 15 sixes flew to all parts. The tourists, with four Test players in their party, hit 380 be- fore their innings ended at four o`clock - a hectic period in which two hundreds were scored and Marcus Trescothick took a hat-trick. Queensland Test batsman Matthew Hayden was out to the first ball of the day and Australia slid to 158 for five. But that brought together left-handers Shaun Young, of Tasmania, and West Australia`s Adam Gilchrist, a young wicketkeeper who left New South Wales in search of first-team cricket. They danced down the pitch, they ran like rabbits, and in 28 overs plundered 195 runs for the sixth wicket before Young holed out at long on after hitting 16 fours and three sixes in his 110. That was Trescothick`s first wicket in senior cricket. He fol- lowed up with a hat-trick. Gilchrist, after hitting 13 fours and eight sixes also found Graham Rose`s hands. Jo Angel then went lbw again to Trescothick. Next ball Peter McIntyre was caught behind. There was time after tea for Mark Lathwell to stroke 18 fours and a six in his 81-ball 89 as Somerset reached 176 for four. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com) ====> Day 2, 6 Jul 95 Love sets task for Somerset - Steve Whiting Second day of three: Young Australians (380 & 386-3) lead Somer- set (306-9 dec) by 460 runs UNLIKE most of Australia`s best young batsmen, Martin Love turned down the chance to hone his skills at Rodney Marsh`s cricket academy in Adelaide. The Queensland country boy, raised on a farm in Munddeberra 200 miles west of Brisbane, preferred to study for physiotherapy ex- ams. But he still scored more than 1,100 runs for Queensland as they won the Sheffield Shield for the first time last winter, 146 of them in the final against South Australia. Against Somerset yesterday he hit 24 fours and three sixes in an innings of 181 off 190 balls, holing out at midwicket with his first tame shot of the day. If the tourists, on 386 for three, declare this morning as they surely must, Somerset will need 461 to win - and 1,072 runs have already been scored in two days. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com) ====> Day 3, 7 Jul 95 Somerset fall short - Steve Whiting SOMERSET`S glorious chase after 461 runs on the final day fell 30 short when fast bowler Jo Angel circled at mid-on and finally homed in on the deciding catch. Angel was one of the Young Australian bowlers to suffer most as Mark Lathwell, Keith Parsons and Graham Rose revealed the tour- ists` weak spot - their bowling is not as good as their batting. Fast bowler Brad Williams dropped out of the attack with blistered feet, so it fell to Peter McIntyre to reel off 31 overs on the trot. Angel did the work from the other end. His 24 overs cost 160 runs, but he did account for Lathwell, who added an 84 to his first innings 89, and Parsons. Parsons hit 105, his highest first class score, off 167 balls, with 22 fours, before slashing Angel to slip. While Rose, who made 71, was in, Somerset had a chance. But he was brilliantly caught at extra-cover and the chase died a death. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@*ogi.edu)