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The youngster was stumped by James Foster off Tim Phillips and James Hockley was bowled by Danish Kaneria soon after, but this was to be Essex's final success of the day.
Gough's team, struggling against relegation, soon reduced Somerset - who began on 160-3 - to 167-4 when Arul Suppiah edged Matthew Hoggard (4-42) behind, while James Hildreth nicked Tim Bresnan to first slip for 41.