| 2009 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Andy Hurry | ||
| Captain | Justin Langer | ||
| Overseas player | Justin Langer (Australia) | ||
| County Championship | Division One, 3rd | ||
| Friends Provident Trophy | Quarter-final | ||
| NatWest Pro40 | Division One, 2nd | ||
| Twenty20 Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Most runs | Marcus Trescothick (1,817)[1] | ||
| Most wickets | Charl Willoughby (54)[2] | ||
| Most catches | Marcus Trescothick (21)[1] | ||
| Most wicket-keeping dismissals | Craig Kieswetter (48)[1] | ||
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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."[3]
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.
- ^ a b c "Batting and Fielding for Somerset: LV County Championship 2009". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 August 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ "Bowling for Somerset: LV County Championship 2009". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ Foot, David (2010). "Somerset in 2009". In Berry, Scyld (ed.). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 2010 (147 ed.). Alton, Hampshire: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. pp. 742–43. ISBN 978-1-4081-2466-6.