I could scarcely believe my eyes. With a day to go, Yorkshire were still batting against Somerset last week at Taunton and so the match had draw all over it. The home side were not going to get nearly 500 in less than a day….

Ore were they? Trescothick’s 96 and a century for Suppiah (131) set the foundations for an improbable thrash with an opening stand of 187. David Stiff’s 49 off 32 carried on the momentum though Hildreth went cheaply. Langer (24) and Kieswetter (17) didn’t have the innings hoped for so whilst a highly commendable effort, it seemed just too much. Enter Peter Trego.

His103 not out in 54 balls is the quickest century of the season and will likely as not be the swiftest in the 2009 county campaign. With 27 not out from De Bruyn at the other end, Somerset managed 479-6 in 85.3 overs to beat Yorkshire in a thrilling finale, especially as the rain came soon after.

Absolutely astonishing and the second highest run chase in County Championship history to boot. These fireworks have propelled Somerset up to third and closed the gap on Durham who are still the team to beat in 2009.

With Hampshire looming on Friday, Somerset have masses of confidence and now know, if they didn’t before, they can chase down pretty much any score batting last…