LON­DON – Open­er Kraigg Brath­waite’s wretched form for War­wick­shire con­tin­ued here Wednes­day when he per­ished with­out scor­ing in the sea­son-end­ing Coun­ty Cham­pi­onship game against Som­er­set.

The West In­dies Test cap­tain last­ed on­ly three balls be­fore he was bowled by new-ball seam­er Lewis Gre­go­ry off the fourth de­liv­ery of the in­nings.

War­wick­shire end­ed day two of the con­test at Edg­bas­ton on 112 for three, how­ev­er, cap­tain Will Rhodes top-scor­ing with 42 be­fore falling with three overs left in the evening.

Brath­waite, 30, has strug­gled bad­ly since ar­riv­ing ear­li­er this month for the fi­nal four games of the Cham­pi­onship, and has man­aged just 45 runs from six in­nings.

Re­sum­ing the morn­ing on 180 for eight, Som­er­set were bowled out for 215, with num­ber 10 Neil Wag­n­er lash­ing a top score of 72 from 78 balls, af­ter re­sum­ing on an un­beat­en 55.

Josh Dav­ey, on 28 at the start, made 48 be­fore he was last out. He put on 119 for the ninth wick­et with Wag­n­er to pull Som­er­set around from 96 for eight, af­ter choos­ing to bat first.

War­wick­shire then found them­selves in a spot of both­er at three for one with Brath­waite’s de­par­ture but Rhodes put on 53 for the sec­ond wick­et with open­er Rob Yates (23) and a fur­ther 46 for the third wick­et with Alex Davies (26), to lead the re­cov­ery.

At the Rose Bowl in Southamp­ton, vet­er­an West In­dies seam­er Ke­mar Roach snatched three wick­ets on day one of Sur­rey’s clash with Hamp­shire on Tues­day, as the hosts were dis­missed for 219.

Left-arm spin­ner Liam Daw­son fin­ished with five for 44 while Ben Brown top-scored with 78 to keep Som­er­set afloat.

Sur­rey, who fin­ished day one on 47 for two, were bowled out for 207 on Wednes­day, with Sai Sud­harsan (73) and Jor­dan Clark (50 not out) strik­ing fifties.

Bat­ting a sec­ond time, Hamp­shire were one with­out loss.

CMC