Report Haseeb Hameed, Ben Slater battle back after Migael Pretorius stars for Somerset Openers overturn the deficit as Nottinghamshire set themselves for final-day push ECB Reporters Network 25-Jun-2024 • 1 hr ago Haseeb Hameed hits down the ground • Getty Images Nottinghamshire 360 and 177 for 1 (Hameed 91, Slater 70*) lead Somerset 470 (Abell 111, Pretorius 95*, Pennington 5-96) by 67 runs South African all-rounder Migael Pretorius added an unbeaten 95 to his four first-innings wickets to help Somerset carve out a 110-run first innings lead on day three at Trent Bridge - yet with Nottinghamshire 177 for one in their second innings at the close, Craig Overton's team have a lot to do if they are to take home a third Vitality County Championship win of the season. Pretorius, who spent part of last season with Durham, hammered six sixes and eight fours in a 71-ball assault to ensure that the efforts of Tom Abell and Tom Lammonby on day two were not wasted. Somerset had suffered a mid-innings stumble from 315 for four to 356 for eight and were still in arrears until Pretorius and Jack Leach (37) put on 79 in rapid time, the 29-year-old Pretorius missing out on a second career hundred only because he ran out of partners.
Nottinghamshire fast bowler Dillon Pennington took five for 96, raising his tally for the season to 29 with his first five-wicket haul since moving from Worcester to Trent Bridge in the winter. Leg spinner Calvin Harrison 's reward for bowling 39 overs in the.
