TOM Lammonby enjoyed his most successful red ball season to date, falling just 59 short of 1000 first class runs at an average of 39.30, almost 300 more than the previous year with a best of 100.

“The one thing that I have been searching for over the last few seasons is consistency and in terms of that I am very pleased,” he said.

Why was that the case? “I spent the whole of the winter back here in Taunton working on the fundamental basics of the game, and while that hadn’t been neglected, it was great to have a period of three or four months working on something specific.

“I got to practice daily retouching and tweaking this and that, which was a big part of me achieving what I did. Greg Kennis did a lot of work with me so did Shane Burger, so credit goes to them and all of the other coaches at the club.

Tom went on: “However, in cricket, you always want to do more and even though last year was really good, it could have been a great year. That’s what drives me on for next summer - let’s not settle for a good let’s go for something even better.

“That’s what drives me on, however it’s about being able to control that and not losing sight of how consistently good last season was as well.

“The one thing was missing in red ball last season, however, was a big hundred. I got one but to be up there with the big numbers I need to be scoring three or four and actually winning games of cricket for Somerset like Tom Abell did against Warwickshire, that’s what I will be looking to do next season.

Tom then went onto talk about white ball cricket .“In white ball cricket 2024 was frustrating and I didn’t really get my opportunity or get into that rhythm of playing. The taste of white ball cricket that I had last summer during The Hundred in which I managed to play all of the games and come out with a trophy which was awesome.

“But I’d like to see me have a settled role with Somerset and me playing and doing what I do with the bat and ball and in the field. I only played one game for Somerset last season, partly through performances and partly because the team was doing well.“