da prosport bet： The Hollioake brothers frustrated Somerset’s victory bid as Surrey held outfor a draw on the final day at Taunton
da casino： Richard Latham26-Aug-2001The Hollioake brothers frustrated Somerset’s victory bid as Surrey held outfor a draw on the final day at Taunton.Skipper Adam led the way, batting for nearly two-and-a-half hours, facing115 balls and hitting 12 fours in his 83 after his side had been set an unlikelytarget of 407 to win from a minimum of 83 overs.Ben contributed an equally valuable 56, taking only 51 balls to reach hishalf-century, with 6 fours and 2 sixes.And Alistair Brown showed good concentration to make 64 in more studiedfashion as Surrey closed on 294-6.Somerset had batted on for 35 minutes at the start of the day, extendingtheir overnight 265-5 to 311-6 before Jamie Cox declared at the fall of IanBlackwell’s wicket for 67.Richard Johnson then got to work with the new ball and soon added Ian Wardto his five first innings victims, trapping the opener lbw with afull-length delivery.It was 24-2 when Gareth Batty drove loosely at a Johnson outswinger to givewicketkeeper Rob Turner his seventh catch of the match. And Surrey looked insome trouble when Mike Carberry was run-out soon after lunch to make thescore 90-3But Adam Hollioake and Brown put on 95 for the fourth wicket beforeHollioake fell to Steffan Jones. And Brown and Ben Hollioake then added afurther 73 to frustrate a Somerset attack lacking sufficient support forJohnson, who recorded match-figures of 9-152.Turner ended the game with nine dismissals to equal a Somerset record healready had a share in. And the home side’s 11 points were enough to takethem back into second place in the Championship table, with just two matchesleft.It was a special match for Taunton-based Ray Julian, given a guard of honourby the Somerset players as he took the field after tea for his last sessionas a first class umpire at the County Ground.
