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County Championship analysis: Division One – Somerset top, Sussex shake off deduction

Adam Hopkins takes a look at where things stand in Division One of the County Championship after the opening two rounds.
Somerset are top of the table but Notts are close behind

Adam Hopkins takes a look at where things stand in Division One of the County Championship after the opening two rounds

Somerset have taken an early lead in the race for the County Championship title and are one point ahead of defending champions Nottinghamshire.
The top two met in the opening round of the season, taking 13 points apiece in a stalemate at Taunton, before Somerset comfortably turned over Essex by 10 wickets in their second fixture.
A game in which Somerset had to call upon not one but two injury substitute players – as is permitted by the ECB’s new trial rule this season –...

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