KYLE HOGG continued to make a positive impression on his first LV County Championship appearance of the season for Lancashire on a frustrating second day of their game against Division One Somerset at Old Trafford.
Hogg, who had dismissed Arul Suppiah late on Tuesday, added the wickets of Nick Compton and Marcus Trescothick as Somerset reached 155 for four in reply to Lancashire’s first-innings total of 292.
Trescothick was looking dangerous after reaching 56 and sharing a third-wicket stand of 101 with Zander de Bruyn, who was out lbw to Lancashire’s young left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan late in the day.
Lancashire’s bowling options were reduced with Sajid Mahmood unable to take the field after suffering a calf strain in hitting a half century yesterday.
Steady drizzle had prevented any play before lunch but Lancashire made the perfect start as they aimed to make up for lost time, as Hogg dismissed Compton for a duck with his second ball of the day.
The 26-year-old seamer made it two wickets in three balls when he had Compton caught behind. That left Somerset on 14 for two, so it was no surprise when Trescothick accepted the offer of bad light five overs later.
Hogg, who bowled an opening spell of 16 overs, later switched to the Stretford End and had the former England opener caught behind off the glove.
COLLATED SUMMARIES: ICC World Twenty20 2010 Group A: Barbados Australia: 141-7 Bangladesh: 114. D P Nannes 4-18 Australia beat Bangladesh by 27 runs. LV County Championship Division One: The Rose Bowl: Hampshire First Innings: 300. M A Carberry 132. Nottinghamshire: First Innings: 273-7 . A D Brown 81 S J Mullaney 72no Canterbury: Warwickshire First Innings: 250. I J L Trott 67 M T Coles 4-55 S J Cook 4-66 Kent First Innings: 374-9 . J L Denly 95 D I Stevens 57no R Clarke 5-60 Old Trafford: Lancashire First Innings: 292. L D Sutton 118 S I Mahmood 64 D G Wright 5-41 Somerset First Innings: 155-4 . M E Trescothick 56 Scarborough: Yorkshire First Innings: 516. A W Gale 135 A McGrath 112 J M Bairstow 62 R M Pyrah 61 Essex First Innings: 159-5 . LV County Championship Division Two: Hove: Sussex First Innings: 217. M J Prior 123no Middlesex First Innings: 46-3 . Grace Road: Worcestershire First Innings: 308. M M Ali 80 D K H Mitchell 56 G M Andrew 53 Second Innings: 62-2 . Leicestershire First Innings: 181. P A Nixon 74 J D Shantry 5-49 The Brit Oval: Gloucestershire First Innings: 229. C T Tremlett 4-35 Second Innings: 139-7 . S C Meaker 4-29 Surrey First Innings: 178. A Harinath 51. MCC University Match: The SWALEC Stadium: Glamorgan: First Innings: 362. T L Maynard 112 N A James 80 M J Powell 56no J Leach 4-101 Cardiff MCCU First Innings: 43-1 . Durham University: Durham First Innings: 324. M D Stoneman 118 W R Smith 57 T Westley 4-55 D J Gale 4-94. Durham MCCU First Innings: 46-0 . FIXTURES: TODAY (11.00 unless stated): ICC World Twenty20 2010 Group E (1 day) Barbados: Pakistan v England (18.30). LV County Championship Division One (day 3 of 4): The Rose Bowl: Hampshire v Nottinghamshire. Canterbury: Kent v Warwickshire Old Trafford: Lancashire v Somerset Scarborough: Yorkshire v Essex. LV County Championship Division Two (day 2 of 4): Hove: Sussex v Middlesex. LV County Championship Division Two (day 3 of 4): Grace Road: Leicestershire v Worcestershire. The Brit Oval: Surrey v Gloucestershire. MCC University Match (day 2 of 3) The SWALEC Stadium: Glamorgan v Cardiff. MCCU Durham University: Durham MCCU v Durham.
