Bob Willis Trophy final: Somerset 301; Essex 271-6Former
England captain makes 172 on day threeMasterchef has become one of the hardy perennials of
British life. And here Essex’s own version, Alastair Cook, has dominated the Bob Willis Trophy final – just as he did against Somerset at the end of last season in more taxing conditions at Taunton.
Cook struck his 67th first-class century and one of his most fluent. When he was dismissed by Lewis Gregory just before the close he had scored 172 out of a total of 266 for 6.