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4-40 and 4-69: England great and former Test bowler combine to spin County Championship side to famous victory
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4-40 and 4-69: England great and former Test bowler combine to spin County Championship side to famous victory

Joe Root and Dom Bess combined to bowl Yorkshire to victory against Somerset in the latest County Championship 2026 round on Monday (May 4).


Joe Root and Dom Bess star with the ball in Yorkshire's victory Yorkshire began Day four on 365-9, but added only six more runs to their total to set Somerset a target of 260. George Hill provided Yorkshire two early breakthroughs by removing Archie Vaughan (4) and Tom Lammonby (4). After that, their spin duo got into the act. Bess first had James Rew caught behind to push Somerset back to 21-3, before breaking a 64-run partnership by dismissing Tom Abell. Bess cut short another half-century partnership for the fifth wicket, getting rid of Joshua Thomas (57) as Somerset slipped to 136-5. Root then led the dismantling of the tail. He first dismissed Thomas Rew caught behind, before taking the wickets of Craig Overton, Will Smeed, and Migael Pretorius all in the space of eight overs. Bess then finished proceedings by clean bowling No.11 Alife Ogborne to win Somerset the game by 75 runs. Also read: Englandwatch: Gay stakes opening claim, Root receives hundred heartbreak in latest County Championship round Bess finished with 4-60 from 24.2 overs, while Root had 4-49 from 16. This was only the second time Root had taken a four-wicket haul in his County Championship career, and the first

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Source: Wisden

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