County Championship: Tom Abell century offers Somerset the sting over Northants

Tom Abell’s knock carried him past 900 County Championship runs for the season

LV= County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day one)

Somerset 271-4: Abell 111, Bartlett 62

Northamptonshire: Yet to bat

Somerset 2 pts, Northamptonshire 1 pt

Match scorecard

Tom Abell’s fourth century of the season led a solid Somerset batting display against Northamptonshire at Taunton, on the day his club paid tribute to one of their most prolific ever run-scorers.

The lunch interval on the opening day of the County Championship Division One game saw the unveiling of the James Hildreth Stand by the player himself, who recently announced his retirement.

Hildreth hit more than 27,000 runs for Somerset, including 54 centuries, in over 700 appearances across all competitions, and ranks behind only Harold Gimblett and Marcus Trescothick in terms of first class runs for his only county.

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