By Richard Latham

ANDY UMEED is hoping Somerset’s disappointing campaign will prove a major breakthrough in his own ambition to play red and white-ball cricket for the county. Umeed was the competition’s second highest run-scorer, with 613 runs at 87.57, with three hundreds and two further fifties. Last season he made just one County Championship appearance for Somerset, and he has played just one Championship match this year but he is hoping to be given a chance to take his 50-over form into the last three four-day fixtures. He said: “I knew I was going to g...