Somerset skipper Jamie Cox, who has been missing from the team since sustaining a chipped thumb whilst fielding at Bath against Yorkshire, may well be fit to return to the side to face Essex in the four-day CricInfo Championship match that starts at Taunton on Wednesday.

Coach Kevin Shine told me on Sunday: "Jamie is coming in for some tests tomorrow and will have a full net on Tuesday. If he comes through all of this then he will play on Wednesday."

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