Somerset secured a dominant 306-run win over Nottinghamshire to hand the defending champions their first home loss in 14 County Championship games.
Somerset defeated Nottinghamshire by 306 runs in the County Championship Division One at Trent Bridge, claiming their third victory of the season. Nottinghamshire were bowled out for 166 chasing a target of 426 after resuming on 47-3, marking their first home defeat in 14 County Championship games and only their second loss in 23 matches. Craig Overton starred with five wickets for 29 runs, while T Rew scored an unbeaten 127. The winning side earned 21 points to Nottinghamshire's three.
Nottinghamshire's innings collapsed dramatically from 47-3 as Craig Overton dismissed three of the six specialist batters. Jake Ball, playing as a substitute for Somerset's injured captain Lewis Gregory, took 2-33 against his former team. Joe Clarke fell early for four to Ball's inswinger, ending his stint as the season's top run-scorer. Haseeb Hameed added just 13 runs before being caught behind off Overton's delivery, continuing his poor season with an average of 23.75.
Lyndon James completed a pair when he edged a drive off Overton to Tom Rew, who also made a crucial diving catch. Nottinghamshire's resistance briefly came from Fergus O'Neill and Dillon Pennington, who added 48 runs for the ninth wicket before Pennington fell for 15. O'Neill, supported by Mohammad Ali, delayed the inevitable before being dismissed for 54, his sixth career fifty. Overton finished with his first five-wicket haul since September, completing the innings at 166.
Craig Overton's five-wicket haul (5-29) dismantled Nottinghamshire's batting line-up, including four catches held by wicketkeeper Tom Rew. Migael Pretorius contributed with two wickets, removing Jack Haynes and Liam Patterson-White to the infield. Somerset's attack, led by Overton, ensured Nottinghamshire never threatened the 426-run target, with the hosts wrapping up the win by mid-afternoon on the final day.
Somerset's 306-run victory was their largest winning margin of the season, though still short of their 419-run win over Kent in 1939. The reigning champions' unbeaten home streak ended after 14 County Championship games, with their last defeat at Trent Bridge coming in the previous season. Somerset now face Warwickshire on Friday, while Nottinghamshire travel to Essex in their next fixture.