Punters impressed by in-form Somerset

Profiles / Editor / 08 June 2007 / Leave a Comment

Justin Langer believes Somerset are in a good position for promotion from County Championship Division Two and Betfair punters share his confidence.

The south west county picked up another comfortable victory at Taunton on Friday, defeating Leicestershire by an innings and 259 runs.

After dismissing the visitors for just 168 runs, Somerset made 675-5d in their first innings with centuries for four players - Marcus Trescothick, Neil Edwards, James Hildreth and Cameron White.

South African seamer Charl Willoughby then claimed 5-82 as Leicestershire were skittled out for 248 in their second innings.
The result sees Somerset pick up 22 points and moves them up to second in the Division Two table.

Skipper Langer admitted: "After seven games, we are just about where we wanted to be in the Championship and consider ourselves a good bet for promotion.

"We have a lot of selection options with so many players in good form."

He added: "Getting back to Division One was a major target from the start of the season and we feel we are on course.
"We have an experienced seam attack, who exploited the conditions really well."

Somerset are currently on offer at 4.6 to win the division, with table-toppers Nottinghamshire the 1.68 favourites.