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21-06-2025
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Somerset Men return to winning ways against Hampshire in the Blast
Lewis Gregory clubbed a brutal half century as Somerset defeated Hampshire Hawks by 17 runs at the Cooper Associates Ground to return to winning ways and move clear of Surrey at the top of the Vitality Blast South Group table, writes Andrew Stockhausen, ECB Reporter's Network. Will Smeed smashed 68 from 37 balls with nine fours and three 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. 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. Advertisement 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. Put into bat, Somerset made a subdued start by their own high standards, Tom Banton falling cheaply to a tremendous catch on the run by Joe Weatherley at deep square leg off the bowling of Eddie Jack. Kohler-Cadmore encountered no such problems, taking 14 runs off the third over, bowled by James Fuller, as the home side reasserted themselves. Read more: Smeed was equally expansive, plundering three boundaries in one Jack over, while Kohler-Cadmore emulated that feat at the expense of Fuller in the next as the second wicket pair fashioned a half century partnership from just 23 balls in advancing the score to 68-1 at the end of the powerplay. Advertisement Hampshire's seamers held their nerve and Fuller provided relief, bowling Kohler-Cadmore for a 15-ball 29 in the seventh with the score 70-2. Kohler-Cadmore accrued a quartet of fours and a six, only to depart before he could inflict real damage. In his absence, Smeed picked up the cudgels, hoisting Fuller over mid-wicket for six and then straight-hitting the next ball for four to post 50 from 27 balls. Dawson's nagging accuracy notwithstanding, Somerset initially managed to maintain momentum during the crucial middle overs, Abell adopting the role of chief support to Smeed, who continued to trade in boundaries and put bowlers and fielders alike under pressure. He eventually succumbed, hitting Jack straight down the throat of Scott Currie at long-on as Somerset slipped to 116-3 in the eleventh. When Abell played across the line to Howell's first delivery and was bowled via an inside edge, the home side were 116-4 and Hampshire fancied they were right back in the contest, an impression that was confirmed in the thirteenth, Sean Dickson playing back to Dawson and watching the ball clatter into his stumps. Ben Green came and went quickly, holing out to long-on to provide the wily Howell with a second wicket as the flow of boundaries temporarily dried up and Somerset further subsided to 127-6 in the fourteenth. Gregory then took matters into his own hands, harvesting 25 off one Wood over as the seventh wicket alliance realised 50 in just 25 balls. Unleashing a barrage of sixes, Somerset's captain tucked into the seamers on his way to a high-octane 25-ball half century. His partnership with Goldsworthy, who finished unbeaten on 29 from 16 balls, was a Somerset record for the seventh wicket in T20 cricket, eclipsing the 67 made by Omari Banks and Ben Phillips at Northampton in 2008. Advertisement Living up to their formidable reputation, Hampshire openers Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Vince afforded the reply a super-charged start, posting 50 in 5.2 overs to force Somerset's seamers onto the back foot. Pugilistic in his approach, Pretorius struck 4 fours and a brace of sixes as the partnership advanced to 74 inside nine overs. Somerset needed a wicket and the ever-dependable Green obliged, luring Pretorius into front-foot indiscretion and having the South African held in the deep for 37. With the asking rate rising above 12 for the first time, Vince and new batsman Toby Albert looked to attack Goldsworthy. But the spinner defied their best attempts as the home side worked hard to restrict the supply of boundaries during the middle overs. Goldsworthy struck a telling blow in the twelfth, inducing Albert to hit high to long-off with the score 95-2 as the rate continued to climb. While Vince remained at large, Hampshire were in with a chance, and the England batter hoisted Green high over mid-wicket for six to raise 50 from 29 balls. He was out next ball, caught on the long-on boundary as Green further reduced the visitors to 107-3. South African dangerman Brevis and Weatherley opened their shoulders in a bid to put the chase back on track, but Somerset's bowlers remained disciplined in their lengths and the latter was run out by Riley Meredith for 15 with 75 still needed from five overs. Fuller attempted to match Brevis blow-for-blow, only to be undone by a Meredith yorker and fall for 11. Having struck 4 sixes and a four, Brevis then attempted to drive Green down the ground and skied a catch to Gregory at mid-off to signal the end of Hampshire's prospects in the eighteenth..
The Independent
19-06-2025
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- The Independent
Somerset move top of South Group with victory against Hampshire
Somerset bounced back from defeat by Kent to see off Hampshire and move top of the South Group in the men's Vitality Blast. Will Smeed's 68 and 55 from captain Lewis Gregory helped the home side reach 209 for seven at Taunton, and that proved enough for a 17-run victory. Captain James Vince cracked 54 from 30 balls as Hampshire made a good start to their chase but wickets fell regularly and they could only register 192 for seven. It was Somerset's sixth win from seven matches to put them ahead of Surrey, while Leicestershire continued their strong form in the North Group with a comfortable four-wicket victory against neighbours Nottinghamshire. Rehan Ahmed was the star of the show, taking two wickets as Notts were bowled out for 156 and then hitting 52 from 37 balls to help Leicestershire to 160 for six with 14 balls remaining. Essex remain winless after an agonising one-run defeat against fellow strugglers Middlesex at Lord's. Kane Williamson was the standout with the bat for Middlesex with 53 as they were bowled out for 161 but Essex could not quite overhaul them, finishing on 160 for six. In the women's competition, The Blaze defeated Lancashire by five wickets for their fifth win from seven games. Ailsa Lister dominated Lancashire's innings with 79 from just 38 balls in a total of 150 for nine but that was overhauled by The Blaze with nearly two overs to spare. England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt hit 31 while Georgia Elwiss was unbeaten on 43 as the hosts reached 153 for five. Somerset remain winless at the bottom of the table after losing by five runs to Hampshire. Maia Bouchier, Charli Knott and Freya Kemp's 65 not out carried Hampshire to 169 for six, and Somerset could only reach 164 for six despite 60 from Niamh Holland.
BBC News
19-06-2025
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- BBC News
Somerset go top, Middlesex end wait, Foxes in hunt
Somerset returned to winning ways and to the top of T20 Blast South Group after a thumping win at home to Hampshire HawksElsewhere in South Group, Essex remain winless after losing a see-saw battle to Middlesex by one run off the final ball - Middlesex's first T20 win at Lord's in exactly three the North Group, Leicestershire cruised into second spot as they heaped more woe on dismissing the Outlaws for 156, Rehan Ahmed's maiden T20 half-century helped the Foxes home with four wickets in hand and more than two overs to spare. Lewis Gs tee-up platform for win Somerset made a fast start after being put in at Taunton and were 70-1 after 38 balls as Will Smeed brought up his half-century from 29 Smeed fell to Eddie Jack for 68 from 37 balls, with nine fours and three sixes, Somerset were 116-3 with more than nine overs to come, but the visitors battled back with Tom Abell, Sean Dickson and Ben Green departing for the addition of just 11 runs across 17 Gregory and Lewis Goldsworthy came together at 127-6 with 38 balls remaining and posted a T20 club record stand of 82 for the seventh wicket as skipper Gregory eventually departed from the final ball for 55 from 27 balls, with Goldsworthy unbeaten on 29 from 16 balls in their total of reply, Lhuan-dre Pretorius and James Vince amassed 56 in the six-over powerplay but the South African was caught in the deep for 37 and Toby Albert soon followed as Hampshire were 95-2 in the 12th (54) brought up his half-century from 29 deliveries with a six off Ben Green but was caught off the following Brevis and Joe Weatherley needed an unlikely 103 from 7.2 overs and the game was effectively up when Weatherley (15) was run-out by Riley Meredith who then bowled James hit four sixes in a 16-ball 36 but the Hawks eventually went down by 17 runs to stay fifth. Helm holds nerve for first Lord's win since 2022 Despite being asked to bat first at Lord's it started well for Middlesex as Kane Williamson made a fine 53 from 31 deliveries and Max Holden weighed-in with 37 as the hosts reached 121-2 with 7.3 overs two wickets apiece from Essex spinners Simon Harmer and Luc Benkenstein, and 3-19 from Mohammad Amir saw Middlesex lose their final eight wickets for the addition of 40 runs in 44 balls as they were bowled out for a below-par Elgar (20) and Michael Pepper (25) amassed 52 before departing in consecutive balls, while Jordan Cox (23) and Paul Walter (30) added 54 for the third wicket before falling in quick succession with 52 still needed from 45 balls and the nerves beginning to Matt Critchley (8) departed, Benkenstein and Charlie Allison needed 34 from 23 balls and 23 were still required from the final two Ryan Higgins gave up 13 from the 19th, Tom Helm had Benkenstein caught at long-off for 20 and defended three off the final ball to win by one run. Foxes looking up as Outlaws lose ground After being put in at Leicester, Nottinghamshire were bowled out for a below-par 156 by their East Midlands neighbours in 19.3 James's 30 from 26 balls was the Outlaws' biggest contribution, although Daniel Sams hit three sixes in his 28 from 17 - but the Foxes were impressive with the ball, led by Logan van Beek, who took 3-15, and Tom Scriven (2-18).Chasing a modest target on what looked a good pitch, the home side eased home by four wickets with 14 balls to spare thanks largely to England's Ahmed, who hit 52 from 37 balls, sharing a 69-run fourth-wicket partnership with Foxes skipper Louis Kimber, who made 35 off 15 deliveries. Friday's fixtures North GroupDurham v Yorkshire (18:30 BST)Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire (18:30 BST)Bears v Worcestershire (19:00 BST)Derbyshire v Lancashire (19:00 BST)South GroupGlamorgan v Somerset (18:30 BST)Surrey v Middlesex (18:45 BST)Essex v Kent (19:00 BST)Gloucestershire v Hampshire (19:00 BST)
BBC News
12-06-2025
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Dramatic wins for Somerset and Surrey in T20 Blast
Somerset chased down 230 in the final over to maintain their 100% record in the T20 Blast on an astonishing night of South Group action when more than 1,200 runs were scored in three year's runners-up made it four wins from four as Sean Dickson's 76 and Lewis Gregory's unbeaten 58 from 23 deliveries helped them past Middlesex, for whom Max Holden and Ben Geddes had shared 131 from 63 balls in the biggest T20 total by an away side at Taunton of the Oval, Chris Jordan produced a vintage display for Surrey, taking 4-10, his best figures in more than 300 club matches, and then hitting the final ball for four to earn a thrilling four-wicket win over Will Smale's career-best 65 in Glamorgan's 220-6 helped them to a thumping win at Essex, who remain pointless at the foot of the table after five games. Hosts edge Taunton thriller After being asked to bat first at Taunton, Stephen Eskinazi (17 from 12) and Kane Williamson (28 from 17) gave Middlesex a solid platform, reaching 52-2 from 34 balls, a platform which Holden and Geddes built pair added 100 for the third wicket from the next 47 deliveries, with Geddes smashing five sixes in a 25-ball half-century and Holden following suit a little later from 30 balls, with five fours and one eventually departed for a career-best 69 from 32 balls, trying for his eighth six, only to miscue Riley Meredith to Matt Henry at du Plooy followed from the next ball, caught in the deep but Ryan Higgins cracked the hat-trick ball to the deep square got his revenge at the end of the 19th over, having Higgins caught behind for 11, to finish with finished unbeaten on 87 from 47 balls, with a dozen fours and a six, while Jack Davies hit a six off Ben Green in the final over - Middlesex's 12th of the innings - as the visitors posted began positively but lost Will Smeed, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Tom Banton and it was 88-4 in the ninth over when Tom Abell slog-swept a boundary catch off Luke Hollman to depart for Dickson, back from a broken finger, moved to a 24-ball half-century with a reverse-sweep for six off Zafar Gohar. Gregory was then caught off a Hollman no-ball as 18 came off the 13th over and the home side still had smashed Noah Cornwell for a straight six and Gregory rode his luck further when dropped on the boundary by Du Plooy off Gohar, hitting three sixes in the same over. After Dickson holed out to long-off for 76 from 38 balls to end a 104-run stand in nine overs, the Somerset skipper hit his fifth maximum to bring up a 21-ball Green was dropped by Du Plooy again off Tom Helm in the penultimate over before another Gregory six completed a remarkable victory. More to follow.
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25-05-2025
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Somerset defeat Durham by seven wickets after day three run chase
A superbly judged unbeaten century by Tom Lammonby helped Somerset maintain their excellent form with a seven-wicket defeat of Durham in the Rothesay County Championship match at the Banks Homes Riverside. The victory moves Lewis Gregory's side up to fourth in the Division One table, although most of the other games in this round have yet to finish. Resuming on 71 for one and needing 194 more runs to clinch their third victory in succession, Lewis Gregory's batsmen encountered few problems on a pitch where 31 wickets had fallen in two days. Instead, they reached their target in mid-afternoon having lost only two wickets on this third day. Lammonby finished on 104 not out and Tom Abell, with whom he had put on an unbroken 139 for the fourth wicket, was unbeaten on 73. Yet Durham had enjoyed the perfect start to the morning when Gregory, was caught behind by Ollie Robinson off Ben Raine for 38 in the second over of the day. But Lammonby and the new batsman, James Rew made light of that setback by adding 55 runs in 15 overs and seizing on some wayward bowling by the callow Durham seamers. Read more: Somerset set for third-day run chase after 18 wickets fall at Durham Matt Henry takes four wickets on opening day against Durham Somerset women fall to defeat in one-day game Just before noon, Alex Lees brought on Colin Ackermann to bowl his off-spin from the Lumley End and this change brought a much needed breakthrough for the home side when Rew, who had looked in little trouble while making 31, chipped a half-drive straight to Lees, himself, at short extra cover. That wicket left Somerset on 128 for three but it did not halt the visitors' steady progress towards their target. Lammonby became only the second batsman in the match to make a half-century, reaching that landmark off 70 balls and having hit five boundaries, and Durham's need for further wickets was made plain when Raine and Mitch Killeen were brought back into the attack around 40 minutes after they had been taken off. Those bowling changes made no difference. Lammonby and Abell continued their steady accumulation, maidens were rarities and Somerset reached lunch on 174 for three, 91 short of their target, with Lammonby on 65 not out and Abell unbeaten on 20. Five overs into the afternoon session Durham threw away a faint chance to salvage the game when Lammonby was dropped on 69 by James Minto off Daniel Hogg at deep square leg, the 17-year-old shelling a straightforward chance after the ball had been pulled straight to him. That escape seemed to energise the Somerset batsmen and the remaining 70 runs came quickly. Lammonby took three fours off a Minto over and soon after reached his century off 149 balls, having hit a dozen fours. Shortly afterwards, Abell reached his fifty off 122 balls and victory was confirmed when Abell clipped Killeen through midwicket for a final boundary. On a tough day for Durham's bowlers, Raine finished with one for 50, Ackermann one for 40 and Killeen one for 67
