Somerset's Summer - A View from the Commentary Box
Somerset’s Summer - A View from the Commentary Box I started writing this Journal one game into the 2019 season, after Somerset had beaten Kent in their opening Championship match. It had already occurred to me that, with four top-class seam bowlers and two of the best spinners in the country in their squad, Somerset were as well equipped as any team to win four day matches, provided that the batsmen performed to something like their potential. The Kent game seemed to confirm that. Perhaps this could, at last, be Somerset’s championship year. And besides, there was the Royal London One Day Cup and the Vitality Blast, in both of which Somerset ought to have a chance. There was always the possibility that, in writing a journal, in the anticipation of success, I might be jinxing the chances of it. But then again, if I didn’t write it, and Somerset were to win something - the Championship especially - I would regret it for the rest ...