After seeing his side finish the day on 265 for five, nearly 400 ahead of Surrey, Somerset coach Kevin Shine said: "It's been a very good day for us today, and we have finished in a strong position. Congratulations to Steffan Jones who took his 50th championship wicket . He has grafted hard on very flat wickets. On any other track he would have taken more. There was also some fabulous bowling from Richard Johnson - a real Test Match performance."

Regarding the batting he said: "We did a professional job when we batted , and we have built upon our first innings lead of a hundred to put ourselves in a commanding position in the match. We will bat for a bit longer in the morning and hope to bat them out of the game. At the start of the day we planned to be 350 ahead by close, so we are a little bit ahead of that."

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