Hawks dealt defeat on road to T20 table-topping Somerset
Will Smeed smashed 68 from 37 balls with 9 fours and 3 sixes and dominated stands of 59 and 46 with Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Tom Abell for the second and third wickets respectively after Somerset had been put in beneath the Taunton floodlights.
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But the home side lost their way during the middle overs and were indebted to skipper Gregory, who clubbed a much-needed 55 from 27 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes and staged a record-breaking seventh-wicket partnership of 82 with Lewis Goldsworthy to propel the cider county to 209-6. Veteran all-rounder Benny Howell claimed 2-12 and Liam Dawson 1-29 as the Hawks struggled to contain the South Group leaders.
James Vince raised a 30-ball 54 and South African hired hand Dewald Brevis crashed 36 from 16 deliveries, but Ben Green took 3-40 as Somerset took wickets at key moments to restrict Hawks to 192-7 and secure a sixth victory in seven outings in the short format this season.
After the match, Hawks coach Adi Birrell said: "It's a disappointing outcome and I don't think we executed our skills very well. To allow Somerset to score 68 in the powerplay was too many. We followed with 57 when we batted, which was a big difference.
"Somerset then scored 67 in the last five overs, which helped get them over 200. That's a big total on any ground. We bowled really well in the middle overs and took some wickets, but then allowed Lewis Gregory to score too many.
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"He played well and we didn't bowl to our potential at the death. Somerset had a couple of big overs, with a 20 and a 25, whereas we had only one big over of 19. That keeps happening to us and it's something we're talking about.
"James Vince was awesome, but he went and we got a bit behind. Riley Meredith took a wicket and conceded just three runs in a brilliant over and that won them the game. We always had a chance while Dewald Brevis was there, but his dismissal spelled the end."
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