The last thing Somerset needed the morning after their late arrival home from defeat away to Kent was to lose the toss and be condemned to a day in the field on a cloudless day. As if a docile pitch were not enough, they ran into a brick wall named Jacques Rudolph, who, opening for Yorkshire for the first time, made an outstanding 155 from 273 balls with 16 fours and a straight six off Ian Blackwell.
For Justin Langer, yesterday must have felt like an uncomfortable case of d?jà vu. Two and a half years ago in Perth, Rudolph had saved a Test match by batting through the final day when South Africa were two wickets down overnight. Then, as here, he looked as