Those who stayed at The County Ground after the heavy morning showers had prevented any play until 1.45pm, were bathed in sunshine and treated to some entertaining cricket.

After slipping to 33 for 3 the Cidermen were rescued by a fourth-wicket stand of 77 between Pakistan Test batsman Aamir Sohail and Matthew Wood. The 20-year-old played a cameo innings of 39 before he was unlucky enough to fall to a reflex catch at short leg.

Aamir Sohail spoke very highly of the youngster and told me: "Matthew Wood showed a lot of character out there. He played positive cricket, and hit the bad balls."

Of his own innings of 50 Sohail said: "It was OK, I haven't played cricket at this level for 14 months; I was quite happy with it."

Chief Executive Peter Anderson was also pleased with the crowd, given the weather. "It rained at the wrong time for us," he said, but went on: "We're expecting another good gate on Sunday, and there should be some more exciting cricket to watch."

Somerset Cricket Museum has also had a lot of visitors during the last couple of days. "On Friday 275 people came through the doors, and today there have been over 200," Museum Secretary Tony Stedall told me.

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