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Bowling points , Adj
= Adjustments / Penalties , Pts =
Points .
Adjustments :
Hampshire deducted 3 points for a slow over @-@ rate in their match against Worcestershire .
Durham deducted 1 point for a slow over @-@ rate in their match against Sussex .
Somerset deducted 1 point for a slow over @-@ rate in their match against Durham .
Sussex deducted 1 point for a slow over @-@ rate in their match against Worcestershire.Notes :
Team marked ( C ) won the County Championship .
Teams marked ( R ) were relegated to Division Two of the County Championship .
= = = Match log and statistics = = =
= = Friends Provident Trophy = =
In the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy , the first one @-@ day competition in the English domestic calendar , Somerset showed a marked improvement from the previous season . They were described by Steve James , writing in Wisden , as " the most impressive qualifiers " from the group stage , and both Trescothick and Kies...
During the group stages of their campaign , Somerset achieved a number of large victories . They won by eight wickets against Warwickshire and Middlesex , and by more than a hundred runs against Kent and Scotland . Their match against Middlesex at Lord 's was marred by some controversy , after Somerset were allowed to...
The two matches played against Middlesex were in stark contrast ; in the match played at the Recreation Ground , Bath , Somerset bowled the London side out for 65 , the joint second @-@ lowest total made against Somerset in a List A match , while the 341 / 7 which Middlesex made at Lord 's was the fourth @-@ highest t...
Zander de Bruyn finished the competition with the highest batting average amongst batsmen who played five or more innings . Four Somerset batsmen scored over 300 runs in the tournament ( Trescothick , 476 ; Kieswetter , 395 ; de Bruyn , 388 ; Hildreth , 313 ) , more than any other county except eventual winners Hampsh...
= = = Season standings = = =
Key : Pld
= Played , W =
Wins , T
= Ties , L =
Losses , NR
= No result , Pts =
Points , NRR = Net run rate .
Notes :
Teams marked * progressed to the next stage of the competition .
Teams marked † were eliminated from the competition .
= = = Match logs and statistics = = =
= = Twenty20 Cup = =
Somerset finished as runners @-@ up to Sussex in the 2009 Twenty20 Cup , having reached Finals Day in what captain Justin Langer described as " bizarre " fashion . Somerset qualified for the knock @-@ out stages of the competition as the best third @-@ placed team during the group stage , then beat Lancashire in a bow...
After the Indian Premier League 's second season demonstrated the importance of spin bowling in Twenty20 cricket , and due to Somerset 's lack of a front @-@ line spin bowler , Somerset picked young leg spinner Max Waller to make his Twenty20 debut in their opening match of the campaign . He claimed three wickets in t...
Somerset 's quarter @-@ final , against Lancashire , was scheduled for Tuesday 28 July 2009 . Bad weather meant that no play was possible on either the Tuesday or Wednesday , as a result of which the teams requested special dispensation from the ECB for an additional reserve day on the Thursday , which was granted . T...
In the second semi @-@ final of 2009 Finals Day , Somerset won the toss and elected to field against Kent . Economical bowling from Thomas and Willoughby , as well as the early wickets of Joe Denly and Martin van Jaarsveld , helped to limit Kent to 145 / 5 . On a slow pitch , Trescothick played what ESPNcricinfo 's An...
At the start of the competition , Somerset played with aggressive batting tactics , opening the innings with Kieswetter and Trescothick for the first six matches . This opening pair only passed 20 runs together on one occasion , against Glamorgan , and for the rest of the tournament , Kieswetter dropped down the batti...
= = = Season standings = = =
Key : Pld
= Played , W =
Wins , L
= Losses , T =
Ties , NR
= No result , Pts =
Points , NRR = Net run rate .
Notes :
Teams marked * progressed to the next stage of the competition .
Teams marked † were eliminated from the competition .
= = = Match logs and statistics = = =
= = NatWest Pro40 = =
Somerset 's first match of the 2009 NatWest Pro40 , against Nottinghamshire , ended just one over short of the requirement for a match . Chasing 248 to win , Somerset were significantly behind the required rate when rain halted play in the ninth over . The side responded positively to this stroke of luck , winning the...
Somerset had performed well but missed out narrowly in both the other one @-@ day competitions in 2009 , and could have clinched the competition with victory in their final match . News filtered through to the County Ground during their final match , against Durham , that leaders Sussex had lost to Worcestershire , me...
= = = Season standings = = =
Key : Pld
= Played , W =
Wins , T
= Ties , L =
Losses , NR
= No result , Pts =
Points , NRR = Net run rate .
Notes :
Team marked ( C ) won the NatWest Pro40 .
= = = Match logs and statistics = = =
= = Champions League Twenty20 = =
By finishing as runners @-@ up in the Twenty20 Cup , Somerset qualified to compete in the 2009 Champions League Twenty20 , the first global club cricket tournament . Media attention surrounded Trescothick , who had returned home early from his last overseas tour in 2006 – 07 with a " stress @-@ related illness " . Bri...
Somerset won their first match , in which Alfonso Thomas scored two boundaries off the last three balls of the match to secure victory . Their opponents , Deccan Chargers scored 153 off their 20 overs , and with three wickets remaining , Somerset required 55 runs off 37 balls to win . A record eighth @-@ wicket partne...
Somerset progressed to the second round of the competition after Trinidad and Tobago beat Deccan in the final group match , but lost Trescothick , who flew home after a recurrence of his illness . Wes Durston , who replaced Trescothick in the side , top @-@ scored for Somerset in their next match , making 57 . Only tw...
= = = Season standings = = =
Key : Pld
= Played , W =
Wins , L
= Losses , T =
Ties , NR
= No result , Pts =
Points , NRR = Net run rate .