By Paul Eddison

Bucking the trend: James Hildreth has been averaging 40 for Somerset despite the county’s struggles with the bat
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IT’S A case of what might have been for Somerset who should have welcomed Surrey to Taunton with the Division One title on the line and a potentially historic double in their sights.
Instead the recent slip-ups with the bat, most notably the catastrophic tie with Lancashire followed by defeat at Hampshire, have meant that Surrey have the title wrapped up with two games to go.
That leaves this clash as a dead rubber, with the on...