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Warwickshire ease past Essex to go top: County Championship cricket, day two – live

Somerset suffered a disastrous opening 25 minutes of play, crumbling to 86 for eight. The slide deepened when Ben Cliff produced a sharply rising delivery that found Jack Leach's edge, sending an easy catch through to Jonny Bairstow.

That wicket put Cliff on the verge of a hat-trick, though he was unable to convert the milestone opportunity on his subsequent delivery. Away from the field, administrative changes are also underway, with Middlesex chair Richard Sykes set to step down from his post.