Abell's intervention leaves Yorkshire with a tough task
[ad_1] Yorkshire 96 and 49 for 1 require a further 272 runs to beat Somerset 216 (Renshaw 112, Brooks 5-57) and 200 (Abell 82, Coad 4-61) Scorecard Tom Abell produced a captain's innings to guide Somerset into a strong position on the third day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Yorkshire at Taunton. The 24-year-old skipper rescued his team from 24 for 4 in their second innings, making 82 off 137 balls, with 8 fours and a six, as they recovered to 200 all out. Ben Coad claimed 4 for 61 and Jack Brooks 3 for 44. That set Yorkshire a testing target of 321 to win on a pitch still offering assistance to the seamers. By the close of a day interrupted three times by bad light, the visitors had reached 49 for 1, with Adam Lyth unbeaten on 25, and trailed by 271. The day began with Somerset six without loss, leading by 126. They soon plunged into trouble as Coad and Brooks made good use of the new ball to pick up four cheap wickets between them. Coad had Marcus Trescothick ...