County Championship: Tom Abell and James Rew hit tons for Somerset in 231-run stand against Lancashire at Taunton

Somerset centurions James Rew and Tom Abell batted throughout the day's second and third sessions

Somerset pair Tom Abell and James Rew both made unbeaten centuries as the hosts fought back from a perilous 80-4 to dominate the first day of the County Championship Division One match with Lancashire at Taunton.

By the close, the hosts had posted 311-4 after losing the toss.

Abell was unbeaten at the close on 119, his 14th first-class century, while 19-year-old Rew made 114 in a so far unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 231.

They came together before lunch and batted for the rest of the day, barely playing a false stroke.

England's James Anderson was the most successful Lancashire bowler with 2-56 from 19 overs, but it proved a frustrating day for the visitors.

Somerset's new-look top order has yet to fire this season and so it proved again under cloudless skies, as Sean Dickson registered a third duck in five innings when lbw pushing forward to Anderson in the third over.

It was 24-2 when Tom Lammonby, on 15, was caught at second slip by Keaton Jennings off Anderson in the ninth over. And, without a run added, Cameron Bancroft then edged Tom Bailey to wicketkeeper George Bell.

Tom Kohler-Cadmore, the third new player in Somerset's top five this season, looked to be finding some form, striking a straight six off George Balderson and several crisp fours in a stand of 56 with Abell.

But having reached a fluent 38, the former Worcestershire and Yorkshire player carelessly clipped a ball from Colin de Grandhomme off his legs in the air to fine leg.

Abell and Rew then came together to take the score to 91-4 at lunch before going on to flourish on a pitch offering little encouragement to Lancashire's seamers.

Anderson's four overs at the start of the session went for 26 runs, Abell producing one of the shots of the day with a sweetly-timed on drive for four off the England bowler - and their century partnership came up off 34 overs.

By tea, the scoreboard read 199-4 and Abell then went to his hundred with two boundaries in an over from De Grandhomme, the same over in which Somerset claimed a first batting point.

Lancashire took the second new ball at 251-4, but it made no impact as an exquisite cover-drive off Saqib Mahmood for his 14th boundary took Rew to three figures off 223 balls.

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