Lancashire138 for 2 (Hameed 56) trail Somerset553 for 6 declared (Trego 154*, Abell 135, Davies 86, Trescothick 60, Bailey 5-111) by 415 runsScorecard Soap operas have story arcs; and so, t, do days at the cricket. However, unlike contrived dramas dreamt up on flip-charts, they emerge more mysteriously over six hours of toil and skill. Which is not to say that they defy précis; for example, who can beat this disgruntled Lancashire supporters online summary of the first day of this game? Woeful. Then got some wickets. Then crap again. Thank you, Sir Neville Cardus.The arc of the second day was fairly simple, t, yet it was replete with contrasting entertainments. For 38 overs Somersets eighth-wicket pair, Peter Trego and Ryan Davies first denied Steven Crofts bowlers an early breakthrough and then dismantled the home attack, extending their stand to 236 before the excellent Davies chopped on to Tom Bailey having made a career-best 86.That dismissal, which occurred 25 minutes into the afternn session, gave Bailey his fifth wicket. However, he was only member of Crofts attack to enjoy success on a day when some bowling analyses should not have been read out while there were so many children in the ground.Indeed, rather a lot of Lancashires cricket in the morning session was ragged and often not even that gd. Faced with two batsmen who were quick to seize on any error in line or length, some bowlers wilted and field placings were a trifle strange. This reached a climax when Jordan Clark bowled to Davies with a long leg, a deep backward square leg and a deep forward square leg. It lked rather like a far-flung version of leg theory: Bodyline for fielders with body odour. Eventually, long leg was brought in and Davies whacked a six over his head.The fact that Trego and Davies were batting very well indeed on a true wicket did nothing to sthe the discontent among some home supporters but at least they were to be presented with an outlet for their ire. Displaying bravery that would not shame a Gurkha, Lancashire officials had decided to hold a Members Forum at Old Trafford after the second day of this game.Rumour has it that flak jackets and tin hats were issued to those attending and that Kate Adie was on hand to report developments, it being axiomatic that no scene of strife is complete without her stern presence. The regulars around the bar in Tauntons Ring OBells may have been in splendid fettle on Thursday lunchtime evening but Old Traffords famous pit of hate was bubbling ominously.Nor was Englands director of cricket particularly pleased by Trego and Daviess excellent partnership. Andrew Strauss had arrived at Emirates Old Trafford on Thursday morning presumably with the intention of seeing Haseeb Hameed bat after Somersets tail had been whisked away as adroitly as a magicians cape. Instead of which, he saw Weston super Mare and Thanets finest establish a new eighth-wicket record for their county. Very gd watching, of course, but not exactly part of his overarching plan for the national game. Strauss left before lunch. Sod this for a game of soldiers may have summed up his feelings as he ambled away.Yet Somersets cricket in the first half of this day was quite admirable and helped explain why they are challenging, albeit distantly, for the title. Much as Steve Waughs notion of mental disintegration might still attract courteous contempt when applied to abuse of the opposition, the idea of destroying your opponents will to resist by keeping your ft on his neck for far longer than he might expect is altogether more acceptable.But when you are faced with a follow-on target of 404, it is probably comforting to have Hameed in your side. There have been plenty of indications over the past week that Lancashires 19-year-old opener may skip the Lions stage of development and tour with the full England side this winter. His batting against Somerset did nothing to make those ideas lk silly.Opening with the 20-year-old Rob Jones, who was playing only his second first-class match, Hameed scored most of the runs in their 87-run opening stand and his first three boundaries - a cover drive, a clip through midwicket and, unusually, a square cut - suggested once again that he is finding it easier to keep the score ticking over. There was the tranquillity, t: at its best Hameeds batting would calm a dervish in mid-whirl.Every shot was played and, as often as not, played again to a now imaginary ball. Hameeds batting occasionally gives the impression that every stroke in the game possesses a quintessence of perfection which can be sought but never achieved. Nevertheless, merely to search is sufficient. He can turn batting into a version of the Japanese tea ceremony.Then again, most of the time he is just a young bloke scoring runs and he had made 56 of them, passing the half-century mark for the eleventh time in 23 innings when he was out, an event so unexpected in these parts that it may sn prompt wild-eyed panic in Rusholme and a run on the market. Hameed already has his bevvy of supporters at Old Trafford, the Hassettes perhaps, and they were cast into glm when he nibbled at a gd ball from Tim Groenewald, who was the pick of Somersets attack.Groenewald then followed up this dismissal by running out Jones for a well-made 34 when his sharp return beat the batsmans impetuous scamper down the wicket and he would have removed Alviro Petersen for two had Chris Rogers caught a low chance at mid-off. Instead of which the day ended with Petersen reaching a thousand Championship runs for the season and Lancashires coaches grateful for his survival.All that remained was the Members Forum. Now for the tricky bit… as Basil Fawlty once said. Grant Hill Jersey .5 seconds to play in the game, Kevin Love never stopped believing that they would come out of there with a win. Deandre Ayton Suns Jersey . 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- It was 2012 all over again for the Americans on Monday in the Rio Games.Just as in London, they followed a great performance in the preliminaries of the team competition with a terrible start to the finals and finished fifth.In a lot of ways, these guys performed better than I feel we did in London, coach Mark Wiliams said. We fought through everything and theres no giving up. Gymnastics is hard and there are a lot of gd teams out there on the mens side.Four years ago things went wrong when they started on the pommel horse and two of them fell. On Monday it was the flr exercise that put the team in a big hole early with both Alex Naddour and Sam Mikulak stepping out of bounds during their routines.Its obviously tough whenever you start from behind, but thats kind of the Team USA motto to never give up, never quit, fight until the end, Chris Brks said. So we just tried to rally together and get the ball rolling.They were able to do that, turning in solid performances on the rings, vault and parallel bars to put them within striking distance of a medal. Only the uneven bars were left and Danell Leyva knew he had to be aggressive to give the team a chance.But instead of sticking his routine, he missed a connection, leaving the Americans in fifth place once more.We started it off a little rough but we were picking it up toward the end, Leyva said. I was the one who messed it up at the end. I just slipped on the bar. I really tried grabbing on and holding on as much as I could but my grip was off, like it was not on the baar, and thats why it slipped off.ddddddddddddt was a day that illustrated the rapidly increasing gap between the U.S. mens and womens teams. While the women are overwhelming favorites to win their second straight team gold, the men have slipped to the middle of the pack after winning team medals in both 2004 and 2008. Williams watched the American women dominate the field in qualifying on Sunday night and hoped it would give his group a bst.Lking at the results obviously theyre doing the right things and they lked fantastic last night, Williams said. That was one of the best gymnastics meets Ive ever watched. Weve got to come out and be on fire as well.The gymnasts werent really interested in comparing what happened in London to Mondays performance. But Leyva summed up the feelings of most of the guys rather succinctly.It feels equally bad, he said.Despite the disappointing finish the men were happy with their effort and lking forward to better results in the individual events.Even though we didnt get the placement that we wanted it was fun. We had fun down there, Brks said. We were supporting each other. We were competing with everything we had. Its gymnastics -- sometimes it doesnt go your way, sometimes you need a little bit of luck. But I had a great time.Naddour completely agreed with his teammate and had a smile on his face as he described the day.Fifth in the world, he said. Its still pretty gd. ' ' '