County cricket talking points: Somerset take advantage in title race

Somerset have overtaken Essex again at the top of the table, but the sides still have to meet in the final week of the seasonBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogSomerset’s win over Yorkshire opened up an eight-point gap on Essex, who could only draw at Edgbaston – but it still looks like we will have a showdown for the pennant in the last match of the season. The second halves of the two first innings proved the turning points of the match – as lower orders so often do in