Wood stars on return as wickets tumble at Taunton

Durham 154 for 7 (Stoneman 35, van der Merwe 3-47) trail Somerset 184 (Wood 3-24, Rushworth 3-47) by 30 runsScorecard

Mark Wood struck in the first over of his first-class comeback on day of contrasts at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, as 17 wickets fell on the first day of the Specsavers’ County Championship game between Somerset and Durham.

Having chosen to bat first, Somerset were bowled out for 184 with Durham’s four-man seam attack taking all 10 wickets inside 42 overs. When Durham took to the crease, it was the Somerset spinners Roelof van der Merwe and Jack Leach who did the damage. The pair took six of the seven wickets to fall as Durham finished the day on 154 for 7.

Somerset found themselves in early trouble with the bat, as Chris Rushworth and Graham Onions grabbed a wicket apiece to remove openers Tom Abell (0) and veteran Marcus Trescothick (6).

Captain Chris Rogers and James Hildreth did stem the tide with a 55-run stand for the third wicket. However, when …

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