Somerset County Cricket Club in 2009
No Date Opponents Venue Result
1 15-18 April Warwickshire County Ground , Taunton Drawn
2 28 April-1 May Durham County Ground , Taunton Drawn
3 6-9 May Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge , Nottingham Lost by 6 wickets
4 6-9 June Lancashire Old Trafford , Manchester Drawn
5 11-14 June Yorkshire Headingley , Leeds Won by 4 wickets
6 16-19 June Sussex County Ground , Hove Won by 35 runs
7 30 June-3 July Yorkshire County Ground , Taunton Won by 4 wickets
8 10-13 July Hampshire County Ground , Taunton Drawn
9 21-24 July Worcestershire New Road , Worcester Drawn
10 31 July-3 August Nottinghamshire County Ground , Taunton Drawn
11 5-8 August Warwickshire Edgbaston , Birmingham Drawn
12 19-22 August Sussex County Ground , Taunton Drawn
13 27-30 August Hampshire The Rose Bowl , Southampton Drawn
14 1-4 September Durham Riverside , Chester-le-Street Drawn
15 9-12 September Lancashire County Ground , Taunton Drawn
16 16-19 September Worcestershire County Ground , Taunton Drawn
County Championship -- Match log and statistics
Somerset County Cricket Club competed in four domestic competitions during the 2009 English cricket season: the first division of the County Championship, the Friends Provident Trophy, the first division of the NatWest Pro40 League and the Twenty20 Cup. Through their performance in the Twenty20 Cup, the team qualified for the Champions League Twenty20. They enjoyed a successful season, but fell short of winning any competitions, prompting Director of Cricket Brian Rose to say We've had enough of being cricket's nearly men. Consistent performances in the County Championship helped Somerset remain challengers for the competition until the last few weeks of the season, but the batting-friendly pitch at their home ground, the County Ground, Taunton, meant that the county finished with too many draws to claim their first Championship title. Consistency was also key for Somerset's success in one-day cricket, where they remained unbeaten in the group stage of the Friends Provident Trophy, but were eliminated in the first knock-out round, and finished runners-up by one point in the NatWest Pro40. In the Twenty20 Cup, Somerset finished as losing finalists. This meant that they qualified for the Champions League Twenty20, where they progressed into the second group stage of the competition. They failed to win any matches in that phase of the competition, resulting in their elimination. Somerset were captained for the third successive season by their Australian overseas player, Justin Langer, who announced during the season that it would be his last with Somerset. Marcus Trescothick topped the national batting tables, scoring almost 3,000 runs in all competitions in 2009; as a result, he was named as both Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) Player of the Year and the PCA's Most Valuable Player of the Year.