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Paul Farbrace hails "international quality" Sean Hunt after match-winning contribution

OSCAR RESS: The left-arm seamer was almost left out of Sussex's team, but with Ollie Robinson managing a foot injury, he played and took nine wickets, including a maiden first-class five-wicket haul, as they beat Somerset by 260 runs

Sussex end 10-year wait for Division One win despite Sean Hunt's final-day absence

OSCAR RESS AT HOVE: The left-armer missed the final day with an arm injury, but his nine wickets, including a maiden first-class five-wicket haul in the first innings, proved decisive in his team's 260-run win over Somerset

Record-breaking Tom Banton refusing to get carried away: "Things can quickly change again"

HUW TURBERVILL - INTERVIEW: The Somerset batter knows he must back up his 371 against Worcestershire if he is to force his way into England's Test plans

Mammoth feat casts Tom Banton onto all-time list

NICK FRIEND AT TAUNTON: Ultimately, Sunday came after the Lord Mayor's show, with Banton edging a cut inside the day's first half hour, but this was a remarkable feat, the fifth-highest score in the history of a competition that began 135 years ago

"This is the best day I've had in cricket": Tom Banton reflects on record-breaking 344

The batter, who came in at 39 for 3, made the highest score in the county's history, passing Justin Langer's 342 against Surrey in 2006, as Somerset racked up 637 for 6 to take a lead of 483 over Worcestershire

Somerset provide update on Matt Henry's arrival amid injury absence

The Taunton club had hoped the New Zealand seamer would join up for the round two trip to Division Two champions Sussex

Tom Kohler-Cadmore's Somerset availability confirmed as PSL looms

There were fears, Kohler-Cadmore, signed by Peshawar Zalmi in the draft, would have to quit red-ball cricket to avoid being denied a No Objection Certificate

Hooray as Matt Henry spearheads another Somerset title charge

MEN'S COUNTY TEAM GUIDE 2025: Third in the Championship and runners-up in both white-ball competitions was either an excellent, consistent campaign or a reminder of how often getting over the line has proved difficult

Shoaib Bashir: Can the loan system be relied upon to develop England's frontline spinner?

OSCAR RESS: Glamorgan will be the fifth team the off-spinner has appeared for in his last 16 first-class matches which is an unacceptable level of instability

England's Shoaib Bashir secures three-match County Championship loan move

For the second summer in a row, the off-spinner is taking his leave from Somerset in search of playing time

George Thomas: "I didn't want sympathy, just an opportunity"

NICK FRIEND – INTERVIEW: After Thomas was released by Somerset at the end of last season, he worked in a Melbourne factory over the winter and began planning for a life after cricket, only for Sussex to offer him a second chance last month

Will Smeed stays true to his word at Somerset

NICK FRIEND: When Smeed moved onto a white-ball contract in 2023 to focus his energy on his far stronger format, he always insisted that the door to red-ball cricket remained open; two years on, he has taken the plunge

Will Smeed agrees revised Somerset contract ahead of new season

The opener signed a white-ball-only deal in 2022 but is now available for all formats, including the County Championship

Roelof van der Merwe leaves Somerset to end "special 14-year relationship"

The 40-year-old left-arm spinner, who first played for the club in 2011, has agreed to cut short his contract a year early to spend more time with his family, who are based in South Africa