The Somerset Seconds one day final against Surrey at The County Ground on Monday will be the last match that coach Julian Wyatt will take charge of.

Shortly after the end of the season Julian, who played for Somerset between 1983 and 1989, and who has been in charge of the Second Eleven since 1999, will set off on his travels.

Initially he will spend sometime in Ireland, before going round the world, with a stop scheduled for New Zealand after Christmas where he plans to link up with former players Ricky Bartlett and Richard Harden, and England players Andy Caddick and Marcus Trescothick during the Test series.

Meanwhile Julian Wyatt has named the following team to face Surrey at Taunton in the final of the Second Eleven One Day Competition:- Keith Parsons, captain, Matthew Wood, Pete Trego, Jason Kerr, Matt Bulbeck, Wes Durston, Arul Suppiah, Joe Tucker, Jamie Grove, Ian Jones and Tim Burt.

Speaking earlier in the day the coach told me," We are going into the match with the intention of winning. We have done well to get to the final and hope that we can take confidence from the example set by the first team at Lord's on Saturday. We've got a lot of young players who can hopefully take inspiration from that victory."

Chief Executive Peter Anderson said, "This is a big occasion for the club, and the first time that this final has been played at The County Ground. We are expecting a large crowd to turn up, and catering facilities will be available all day. The match gets underway at 10.30am, with entry being free to Somerset and Surrey members, and £3 to non members."

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