 Although Marcus Trescothick had a season which David Foot described as " imperiously assured " , Somerset failed to win enough matches to pose a real challenge in the 2009 County Championship . The flat pitch at the County Ground , Taunton did not help their efforts ; the imbalance in favour of the batsmen meant that all but one match at the ground was drawn . Sussex 's total of 742 / 5 declared was the fifteenth highest total in the history of the County Championship , while Murray Goodwin 's innings of 344 not out in that match was the sixth highest score by a batsman in the history of the competition . In total , six of Somerset 's eight home matches contained scores of 500 or over in a single innings . In contrast , 500 was reached in only one of their away matches , by Hampshire at The Rose Bowl . The home conditions helped three of Somerset 's batsmen pass 1 @,@ 000 first @-@ class runs in the season , including Craig Kieswetter and Arul Suppiah , who were both awarded their county caps after passing the landmark . Trescothick 's 1 @,@ 817 runs were the most by any batsman in the 2009 competition , finishing over 200 runs ahead of the next most prolific batsman , and he was named as both PCA Player of the Year and the PCA 's Most Valuable Player of the Year for 2009 . He was also selected as part of the team of the year , along with wicket @-@ keeper Kieswetter . 
 Although Marcus Trescothick had a season which David Foot described as " imperiously assured " , Somerset failed to win enough matches to pose a real challenge in the 2009 County Championship . The flat pitch at the County Ground , Taunton did not help their efforts ; the imbalance in favour of the batsmen meant that all but one match at the ground was drawn . Sussex <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>total of 742 / 5 declared was the fifteenth highest total in the history of the County Championship , while Murray Goodwin <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>innings of 344 not out in that match was the sixth highest score by a batsman in the history of the competition . In total , six of Somerset <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>eight home matches contained scores of 500 or over in a single innings . In contrast , 500 was reached in only one of their away matches , by Hampshire at The Rose Bowl . The home conditions helped three of Somerset <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>batsmen pass 1 @,@ 000 first @-@ class <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>runs</mark></a> in the season , including Craig Kieswetter and Arul Suppiah , <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>were</mark></a> both awarded their county caps after passing the landmark . Trescothick <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>1 @,@ 817 runs <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>were</mark></a> the most by any batsman in the 2009 competition , finishing over 200 runs ahead of the next most prolific batsman , and he was named as both PCA Player of the Year and the PCA <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>Most Valuable Player of the Year for 2009 . He was also selected as part of the team of the year , along with wicket @-@ keeper Kieswetter . 
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