The teenage son of former England captain Michael Vaughan completed with an outstanding match haul of 11 wickets as Somerset beat title-holder Surrey on Thursday to throw open the race for English cricket’s County Championship.
Archie Vaughan, an 18-year-old off-spinner showing in simply his second Championship match, loved an outstanding return of 5 for 38 in 32 overs as customer Surrey, set a goal of 221, was bowled out for 109 with simply minutes to spare as Somerset received by 111 runs at Taunton.
That gave Vaughan, whose Ashes-winning captain father Michael made his popularity in cricket as a batter with Yorkshire, a match return of 11 for 140 after he took six for 102 in Surrey’s first-innings 321.
He additionally opened the batting, making 44 within the first innings.
On a pitch famend for serving to sluggish bowlers, the opposite 5 second-innings wickets fell to England left-arm spinner Jack Leach, who completed with an particularly miserly 5 for 37 in 37 overs.
The match appeared destined for a draw with Surrey 95 for 3, however the reigning champion misplaced its final seven wickets for simply 14 runs in a spectacular collapse that included Bangladesh star Shakib Al Hasan falling to Vaughan for a duck.
Victory left southwest facet Somerset, which has by no means received the County Championship – English cricket’s home first-class competitors – simply eight factors behind First Division chief Surrey, bidding for a hat-trick of titles, with two video games left to play.