By Paul Hiscock

Impressive: Essex have a young talent in Aaron Beard

Picking up pace! Jamie Porter rediscovered his top form to inflict a first defeat of the season on Somerset
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AARON BEARD and Jamie Porter combined to wreck the Somerset batting as Essex closed the gap on the league leaders to just 13 points.
The deadly duo combined to take a match haul of 16 wickets to destroy the visitors and promote the Essex claims of being recognised as serious title contenders on the back of four successive home wins.
It was only Beard’s second Championship appearan...