Nottinghamshire thumped Somerset inside three days to send a message to the rest of the County Championship Division One teams that the club mean business this year as they chase a Lords Final and a first ever Bob Willis Trophy.<\/p>\n
It was a first County Championship win in the south-west since 1984 and it was pretty much all over by day two of the match, Notts put into bat, would make a first innings score of 448 thanks largely to a first ever century down the pecking order by number eight Liam Patterson-White who\u2019s innings took the total along towards a position the away side could barely lose from.<\/p>\n
Joe Clarke had earlier scored 59 whilst Sam Northeast on debut scored 34, Steven Mullaney (42) and Tom Moores (46) had vital knocks before Patterson-White let leash, his 101 in 121 balls was largely assisted by a 31 from Ben Hutton and 51 from Luke Fletcher as the tail end played their part at both ends of the wicket.<\/p>\n
By the end of day one, Somerset were heading towards the inevitable, seven down for 87 in their chase, early wickets for Luke Fletcher who ended with 4 for 21 did a lot of the damage, Fletcher is the nations finest bowler this year thus far with 54 competition wickets in the red ball format.<\/p>\n
Hutton and Dane Paterson both with 3 for 42 helping along Somerset\u2019s downfall, all out in the first innings for 107.<\/p>\n
By the end of the third day it was equally as devastating, this time the hosts reaching 181 in veign, falling an innings and 160 runs short. A dominant display with bat and ball completed by the wicket taking of the Notts bowlers, Dane Paterson taking 4\/46 in the second innings with Fletcher 3\/29 including the last wicket of Jack Brooks.<\/p>\n
Liam Patterson-White capping off a magnificent match with2\/54 whilst Brett Hutton added another wicket to his collection.<\/p>\n