Captain Craig leads charge for Cidermen

STAND-IN skipper Craig Overton hailed Somerset’s character after they moved second in the South Group with a rain-affected five-run win over Middlesex.Overton stepped up to captain when Lewis Gregory was injured in the warmup, joining Tom Abell, James Hildreth and Tom Banton among Somerset’s absentees.The patched-up hosts were bowled out for 152 in the 19th over, Devon Conway making 45, before three wickets for Overton helped reduce Middlesex to 91-6.Nathan Sowter’s unbeaten 37 kept the contest alive but the visitors were 114-6 when rain arrived, five runs adrif...

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