Our live feed has now finished.
- Essex 25-0 at tea (Browne 16, A Cook 5)
- Somerset 203 all out
- Last wicket stand of 59 between van der Merwe (60) and Leach (11*)
- 126-6 at lunch (Abell 45, Bess 10)
- Start delayed until noon
- Morning: 12-1pm; Afternoon: 1.40-3.40pm; Evening: 4-6pm (80.1 overs possible)
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