Somerset and Essex deliver entertaining reminder of county cricket's enduring appeal

GEORGE DOBELL IN TAUNTON: Tell the thousands of viewers of the live stream, the 1,000-plus at the ground, or any of the other coaches or players who bit their nails down to the bone that nobody cares about the county game

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