County Championship D2, Taunton, day one (stumps): Somerset 315-6 v GloucestershireJames Hildreth hit a season's best 71 as Somerset totalled 315-6 on day one against Gloucestershire at Taunton.
Neil Edwards (32) survived an apparent glove behind to share and opening stand of 66 with Matt Wood (60) after the Cidermen won the toss.
The visiting bowlers persisted on a good pitch but could not keep Somerset from a third batting bonus point.
Spinner Vikram Banerjee, making his Championship debut, bowled tidily but without success in 24 overs.
The final session saw Hildreth well caught by Chris Taylor at point off Jon Lewis having hit 11 fours.
Keith Parsons and Wes Durston took the total to 306 before Parsons was
run out by Kadeer Ali's direct hit from extra cover for 47.
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