Preston Mommsen is one of life's sanguine characters, but even the prolific Carlton batsman could not disguise his frustration at the manner in which the Saltires capitulated to a 60-run defeat against Somerset at Taunton on Sunday.
Preston Mommsen is one of life's sanguine characters, but even the prolific Carlton batsman could not disguise his frustration at the manner in which the Saltires capitulated to a 60-run defeat against Somerset at Taunton on Sunday.
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Neil Drysdale
The days used to be when the Cidermen had international quality of the likes of Ian Botham, Viv Richards and Joel Garner, but the West Country side have grown inured to adversity and they were virtually asking for a spanking when they lapsed into the interval at the weekend. Yet Mommsen, who was leading the side for the first time in the absence of the unavailable Gordon Drummond, was content with his personnel's performance, for half of the contest, even if there was a familiar climax to the proceedings.
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