By Paul Hiscock

Cover story: Ryan ten Doeschate plays the ball into the off side during his century
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AFTER spending most of the day trying to avoid the follow-on which they successfully achieved, Somerset ended the third day nursing hopes of an unexpected victory
On a flat track and under sweltering conditions, it had proved arduous work for bowlers who toiled away manfully but with little encouragement from either pitch or ball.
On day one, spinner Dom Bess sent down 35 overs unchanged starting and ending either side of the second session of play. Such had been the ...