Jason Kerr: Somerset need 'mental robustness' says head coach

Somerset need to develop a "mental robustness" for the closing stages of a season says head coach Jason Kerr, after they ended their 2024 campaign with four straight losses in all competitions.

Somerset started September in the running for three trophies, before losing the T20 Blast final to Gloucestershire , the One-Day Cup final to Glamorgan and their final two County Championship games as Surrey retained the title.

Defeat by Hampshire on Saturday in their last match of the season also saw them slip to third in the Division One table.

Kerr said the challenge of competing for three trophies in the final month eventually took its toll on the squad.

"It's incredibly demanding mentally, it's a hard thing to explain but you feel it within the group that people are mentally exhausted and that can be weeks ago," Kerr told BBC Radio Somerset.

"The intensity of the cricket that you're playing and what you're trying to do is not easy.

"It's a challenge that we relish and that will definitely be some of the learning, how you develop that mental robustness to ensure that you mentally are in the same place as you were in April and May come the end of the summer."