SOMEREST were thwarted by a defiant innings of 99 from all-rounder Adil Rashid at the County Ground yesterday as Yorkshire forced a draw in their County Championship Division One match.

Yorkshire, the defending champions, began the final day just 124 runs ahead with five second-innings wickets in hand.

But Somerset's hopes of pushing for victory were dashed as Rashid added 117 for the sixth wicket with Jonny Bairstow (66) and a further 89 with Tim Bresnan, who made 29.

Yorkshire were bowled out for 419, leaving Somerset 373 to win.They reached 6-1 before agreeing to a draw.

The result leaves the Cidermen sixth in the table.

Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick: "We performed pretty well throughout the game and, in particular, our bowling pleased me on that sort of pitch, so there is a lot to take from it."