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Somerset 236 and 348 for 6 (Trescothick 124, Trego 115*, Podmore 3-75) lead Middlesex 381 (Fuller 93, Harris 78, Bailey 71, Gubbins 67, Allenby 4-67) by 203 runsScorecardMiddlesex will anticipate the final day of four at Taunton and reflect that on such days are Championships won and lost. With Warwickshire getting little change from the bottom club Hampshire, there is a chance to extend their lead at the top, but Somersets lead of 203 with four wickets remaining makes victory in the balance. A tense day lies in prospect.When Middlesex took a first-innings lead of 145 and then removed four Somerset wickets before conceding the lead, their hopes must have been high that they could be well on the way to their third win of the season which would be quite an achievement for an attack lacking Toby Roland-Jones, Steven Finn and Tim Murtagh: 76 wickets between them.Instead, they ran aground on both sides of tea against familiar foes as centuries from Marcus Trescothick and Peter Trego lifted Taunton spirits. For 40 overs, as they crashed and carved 181 runs, West Country cricket had a smile on its face again. Middlesexs stand-in seamers have much to commend them, but they deteriorated under pressure and as a green pitch became firm and true their hold over the match weakened.Here are two fine servants of Somerset cricket: the gentle roll of Trescothick, ambling around the crease with the contentment of a jolly sailor reaching dry land after a satisfying days fishing in the Bristol Channel, and the piratical figure of Trego, who is more likely to dock with cutlass and eye patch. They offer fine entertainment, even on a day when a chill wind is whistling around the Quantocks.Trescothicks 48th first-class century for Somerset takes him second in the countys all-time list, his innings coming to grief on 124 when James Harris had him caught at the wicket with a delivery of tight line. His latest landmark leaves him just one century behind the great Harold Gimblett, a batsman from five centuries of Quantocks farming stock.Trego, the great entertainer, only averages about one hundred a year - destructive 40s and 60s are more his metier - but he played with great certainty and remained 115 not out at the close. To reach his first century of the season, he needed a let-off by John Simpson, the wicketkeeper, on 81, a chance high to his right off James Fuller.Trego said; It was my 200th game and I never thought I would get to this point. But having been around for such a long time, I have had to make sure that my game has evolved. I needed to dig in for the team and I felt I did that today.Tres and I have got a great rapport, but a lot of our better partnership[s have been in one day cricket. With Marcus not playing one day games anymore, we dont often get the chance to bat together. So, yes, it was enjoyable.Fuller, resuming on 84, had failed to achieve his maiden Championship hundred before lunch, falling nine short when he edged Tim Groenewald to first slip. James Harris fell in identical fashion, their ninth-wicket stand stretched to 162 in 46 overs, and the match in Middlesexs grasp. There was talk of a three-day win as Middlesex, led by three wickets for Harry Podmore, worked through Somersets second innings. No batsman likes to lose his middle stump because of a leave alone, but Johann Myburgh could at last reflect that he was beaten by a ball that came back sharply and which he might have felt he could fairly leave on length alone.Chris Rogers - the captain who had risked a greentop, knowing that Somerset would have to have first bat on it - had reason to be doubly frustrated about his duck, guiding Podmore to his former Australian team-mate George Bailey at point. Spin has played a minor role on this pitch, but Ollie Raynor chipped in with the wicket of James Hildreth thanks to a sharp catch at slip from James Franklin.Trescothick, as he has so often, welcomed each new partner with equanimity, a figure of certainty while change happened all around hm. Jim Allenby first provided support until he pulled Podmore to mind-on. Then came Trego and Taunton put its gripes and grievances aside and soaked up the entertainment. Wholesale Yeezy China . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Fake Yeezy Online .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. https://www.yeezychina.us/ . -- Al Jefferson found a groove just in time for the Charlotte Bobcats. 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England have spoiled the party in the second leg of the World Sevens Series in Cape Town, after a thrilling 19-17 win over tournament hosts South Africa in the final.The Blitzboks had a chance to send the match into extra time but a missed conversion from the sideline after a late try from?Werner Kok saw England hold on for victory.It was a nervy finish for England with Dan Norton yellow carded for a high tackle, but earlier tries from Norton himself as well as Richard de Carpentier and?Ruaridh McConnochie as well as two conversions from Tom Mitchell proved to be enough.The result ends the Blitzboks three year run of Cup titles on home soil having won in Porth Elizabeth in 2013 and 2014, and in Cape Town last year.New Zealand were able to recover from their poor performance at Dubai with a bronze medal win over Scotland after an injury time try, while Australia had a tournament to forget losing their consolation semi-finals 21-17 to Argentina.New Zealand fell short to the Blitzboks in the semi-final after?an early Sherwin Stowers try had given them a 7-0 lead, but?they came unstuck losing 14-7.The All Black 7s were able to bounce back in a dramatic?24-19 win over the Scots with a Johnathan?Ruru late try.Australia, however, opened their day with a big 42-12 win over minnowss Uganda, but failed to?apply critical pressure against Argentina when they had the advantage, and allowed them back into their semi-final match.ddddddddddddAustralia coach Andy Friend said the side was left disappointed after their poor showing.We made too many simple errors in our game against Argentina. When we should be showing composure, were not. We are not working together as a unit at the moment which is disappointing.We said at the start of this year that we wanted to make the quarter finals of every tournament, he added.We didnt make this one, therefore it is unacceptable.Cape Town winners, England, took the tough route to the final having qualified second from their pool after a big loss to New Zealand on the opening day of the tournament.They were down by 12 points with two minutes to go in their quarter final against Fiji, before de Carpentier and McConnochie tries sent the game into extra time where Norton scored to seal Englands place in the semis.England went on to beat their neighbours Scotland 33-14 in their semi final before an unlikely win over the red hot Blitzboks to secure their first tournament win since Tokyo last year. ' ' '