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Vitality Blast

South Group / Taunton

Somerset 197 for 6. Essex 193 for 6.

Somerset win by 4 wickets.

Match Commentary

  1. Update

    Summary

    Over 20: 4 runs. Bowler: Daniel Sams. Somerset: 197/6 (rr 10.28)

  2. 19.1

    FOUR! Daniel Sams to Craig Overton. No movement back of a length, down leg on the back foot pulled well timed for 4 runs

  3. Update

    Summary

    Over 19: 8 runs. Bowler: Paul Walter. Somerset: 193/6 (rr 10.16)

  4. 18.6

    Paul Walter to Craig Overton. No movement yorker, leg stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Aaron Beard

  5. 18.5

    OUT! Paul Walter to Lewis Gregory. No movement back of a length, leg stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to bowler for no run, caught by Paul Walter. Lewis Gregory Caught for 44.

  6. 18.4

    FOUR! Paul Walter to Lewis Gregory. No movement back of a length, down leg on the front foot driving well timed for 4 runs

  7. 18.3

    Paul Walter to Ben Green. No movement back of a length, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Daniel Sams

  8. 18.2

    OUT! Paul Walter to Tom Abell. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving for no run. Tom Abell Caught for 55.

  9. 18.1

    Paul Walter to Tom Abell. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut well timed to deep backward point for 2 runs, fielded by Daniel Sams

  10. Update

    Summary

    Over 18: 6 runs. Bowler: Daniel Sams. Somerset: 185/4 (rr 10.28)

  11. 17.6

    Daniel Sams to Tom Abell. No movement full toss, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Michael Pepper

  12. 17.5

    Daniel Sams to Lewis Gregory. No movement length ball, leg stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  13. 17.4

    Daniel Sams to Lewis Gregory. No movement back of a length, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to long off for 2 runs, fielded by Simon Harmer

  14. 17.3

    Daniel Sams to Lewis Gregory. No movement yorker, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Daniel Sams

  15. 17.2

    Daniel Sams to Tom Abell. No movement back of a length, down leg on the back foot pulled well timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Ben Allison

  16. 17.1

    Daniel Sams to Lewis Gregory. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot cut well timed to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Michael Pepper

  17. Update

    Summary

    Over 17: 21 runs. Bowler: Matt Critchley. Somerset: 179/4 (rr 10.53)

  18. 16.6

    Matt Critchley to Lewis Gregory. Leg spinner back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Daniel Sams

  19. 16.5

    SIX! Matt Critchley to Lewis Gregory. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed for 6 runs

  20. 16.4

    SIX! Matt Critchley to Lewis Gregory. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot slog-sweep well timed for 6 runs

  21. 16.3

    Matt Critchley to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot pushed mis-timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Daniel Sams

  22. 16.2

    Matt Critchley to Lewis Gregory. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Ben Allison

  23. 16.1

    SIX! Matt Critchley to Lewis Gregory. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot slogged well timed for 6 runs

  24. Update

    Summary

    Over 16: 18 runs. Bowler: Simon Harmer. Somerset: 158/4 (rr 9.88)

  25. 15.6

    SIX! Simon Harmer to Tom Abell. Off break back of a length, down leg on the back foot pulled well timed for 6 runs

  26. 15.5

    FOUR! Simon Harmer to Tom Abell. Off break full toss, down leg on the front foot sweep well timed for 4 runs

  27. 15.4

    Simon Harmer to Lewis Gregory. Off break yorker, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Luc Benkenstein

  28. 15.3

    FOUR! Simon Harmer to Lewis Gregory. Off break length ball, down leg on the front foot flick well timed for 4 runs

  29. 15.2

    Simon Harmer to Lewis Gregory. Off break full toss, off stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Daniel Sams

  30. 15.1

    Simon Harmer to Tom Abell. Off break length ball, down leg on the back foot worked mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  31. Update

    Summary

    Over 15: 11 runs. Bowler: Ben Allison. Somerset: 140/4 (rr 9.33)

  32. 14.6

    Ben Allison to Tom Abell. No movement length ball, leg stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Michael Pepper

  33. 14.5

    Ben Allison to Lewis Gregory. No movement length ball, off stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Michael Pepper

  34. 14.4

    Ben Allison to Tom Abell. No movement length ball, down leg on the back foot glancing mis-timed to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Paul Walter

  35. 14.3

    Ben Allison to Lewis Gregory. No movement back of a length, off stump no foot movement pulled well timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, run saved by Aaron Beard

  36. 14.2

    SIX! Ben Allison to Lewis Gregory. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled well timed for 6 runs

  37. 14.1

    Ben Allison to Tom Abell. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot pushed mis-timed to backward point for 1 run, fielded by Dean Elgar

  38. Update

    Summary

    Over 14: 3 runs. Bowler: Aaron Beard. Somerset: 129/4 (rr 9.21)

  39. 13.6

    Aaron Beard to Lewis Gregory. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled for no run

  40. 13.5

    Aaron Beard to Lewis Gregory. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid off for no run, fielded by Simon Harmer

  41. 13.4

    Aaron Beard to Tom Abell. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  42. 13.3

    Aaron Beard to Lewis Gregory. No movement length ball, off stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Ben Allison

  43. 13.2

    OUT! Aaron Beard to Sean Dickson. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled well timed to deep backward square leg for no run, caught by Ben Allison. Sean Dickson Caught for 26.

  44. 13.1

    Aaron Beard to Tom Abell. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  45. Update

    Summary

    Over 13: 20 runs. Bowler: Luc Benkenstein. Somerset: 126/3 (rr 9.69)

  46. 12.6

    SIX! Luc Benkenstein to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled well timed for 6 runs

  47. 12.6

    Wide. Luc Benkenstein to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner length ball, wide outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for 1 wides

  48. 12.5

    Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, down leg on the back foot glancing mis-timed to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Paul Walter

  49. 12.5

    Wide. Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, down leg on the back foot pulled for 1 wides

  50. 12.4

    FOUR! Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner half volley, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 4 runs

  51. 12.4

    Wide. Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, down leg on the front foot sweep for 1 wides

  52. 12.3

    FOUR! Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot slog-sweep well timed for 4 runs

  53. 12.2

    Luc Benkenstein to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Daniel Sams

  54. 12.1

    Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner yorker, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Ben Allison

  55. Update

    Summary

    Over 12: 11 runs. Bowler: Matt Critchley. Somerset: 106/3 (rr 8.83)

  56. 11.6

    Matt Critchley to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot reverse sweep well timed to short third man for no run, fielded by Dean Elgar

  57. 11.5

    Matt Critchley to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Michael Pepper

  58. 11.4

    Matt Critchley to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to deep extra cover for 2 runs, fielded by Paul Walter

  59. 11.3

    Matt Critchley to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner half volley, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Paul Walter

  60. 11.2

    SIX! Matt Critchley to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 6 runs

  61. 11.1

    Matt Critchley to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Paul Walter

  62. Update

    Summary

    Over 11: 5 runs. Bowler: Luc Benkenstein. Somerset: 95/3 (rr 8.64)

  63. 10.6

    Luc Benkenstein to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot reverse sweep for no run

  64. 10.5

    Luc Benkenstein to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot slog-sweep mis-timed to long on for 2 runs, run saved by Paul Walter

  65. 10.4

    Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner half volley, leg stump on the front foot sweep mis-timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Michael Pepper

  66. 10.3

    Luc Benkenstein to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner half volley, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Daniel Sams

  67. 10.2

    Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot pulled mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Aaron Beard

  68. 10.1

    Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for no run

  69. Update

    Summary

    Over 10: 6 runs. Bowler: Simon Harmer. Somerset: 90/3 (rr 9.0)

  70. 9.6

    Simon Harmer to Tom Abell. Off break back of a length, leg stump on the front foot driving well timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  71. 9.5

    Simon Harmer to Sean Dickson. Off break length ball, down leg on the back foot worked mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  72. 9.4

    Simon Harmer to Tom Abell. Off break yorker, leg stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  73. 9.3

    Simon Harmer to Sean Dickson. Off break length ball, down leg on the back foot worked mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  74. 9.2

    Simon Harmer to Tom Abell. Off break back of a length, down leg on the back foot pulled mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  75. 9.1

    Simon Harmer to Sean Dickson. Off break length ball, down leg on the back foot worked mis-timed to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Daniel Sams

  76. Update

    Summary

    Over 9: 8 runs. Bowler: Matt Critchley. Somerset: 84/3 (rr 9.33)

  77. 8.6

    Matt Critchley to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed to backward point for 1 run, run out attempt: missed stumps by Dean Elgar

  78. 8.5

    Matt Critchley to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, leg stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Aaron Beard

  79. 8.4

    FOUR! Matt Critchley to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot late cutted well timed for 4 runs

  80. 8.3

    Matt Critchley to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot late cutted well timed to third man for 1 run, fielded by Daniel Sams

  81. 8.2

    Matt Critchley to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut for no run

  82. 8.1

    Matt Critchley to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot worked mis-timed to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Paul Walter

  83. Update

    Summary

    Over 8: 6 runs. Bowler: Luc Benkenstein. Somerset: 76/3 (rr 9.5)

  84. 7.6

    Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Ben Allison

  85. 7.5

    Luc Benkenstein to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot worked mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Daniel Sams

  86. 7.4

    Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  87. 7.3

    Luc Benkenstein to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner yorker, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jordan Cox

  88. 7.2

    Luc Benkenstein to Tom Abell. Leg spinner yorker, outside off on the front foot driving for 1 run

  89. 7.1

    Luc Benkenstein to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Daniel Sams

  90. Update

    Summary

    Over 7: 6 runs. Bowler: Matt Critchley. Somerset: 70/3 (rr 10.0)

  91. 6.6

    Matt Critchley to Sean Dickson. Leg spinner back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled well timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Michael Pepper

  92. 6.5

    OUT! Matt Critchley to Tom Kohler-Cadmore. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to extra cover for no run, caught by Simon Harmer. Tom Kohler-Cadmore Caught for 1.

  93. 6.4

    Matt Critchley to Tom Kohler-Cadmore. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot mis-timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Matt Critchley

  94. 6.3

    Matt Critchley to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, leg stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Michael Pepper

  95. 6.2

    FOUR! Matt Critchley to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 4 runs

  96. 6.1

    Matt Critchley to Tom Abell. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed to backward point for no run, fielded by Dean Elgar

  97. Update

    Summary

    Over 6: 13 runs. Bowler: Daniel Sams. Somerset: 64/2 (rr 10.67)

  98. 5.6

    Daniel Sams to Tom Kohler-Cadmore. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving for no run

  99. 5.5

    Daniel Sams to Tom Kohler-Cadmore. No movement back of a length, middle stump on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot for no run

  100. 5.4

    Daniel Sams to Tom Abell. No movement back of a length, down leg on the back foot pulled mis-timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Ben Allison

  101. 5.3

    OUT! Daniel Sams to Will Smeed. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to extra cover for no run, caught by Simon Harmer. Will Smeed Caught for 39.

  102. 5.2

    SIX! Daniel Sams to Will Smeed. No movement length ball, leg stump on the front foot driving well timed for 6 runs

  103. 5.1

    SIX! Daniel Sams to Will Smeed. No movement back of a length, down leg on the front foot driving well timed for 6 runs

  104. Update

    Summary

    Over 5: 2 runs. Bowler: Aaron Beard. Somerset: 51/1 (rr 10.2)

  105. 4.6

    Aaron Beard to Will Smeed. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled well timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Michael Pepper

  106. 4.5

    Aaron Beard to Will Smeed. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot mis-timed to mid wicket for no run, fielded by Paul Walter

  107. 4.4

    Aaron Beard to Tom Kohler-Cadmore. No movement length ball, leg stump on the back foot glancing mis-timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Michael Pepper

  108. 4.3

    Aaron Beard to Tom Kohler-Cadmore. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot mis-timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Simon Harmer

  109. 4.2

    Aaron Beard to Tom Kohler-Cadmore. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot mis-timed to mid wicket for no run, fielded by Paul Walter

  110. 4.1

    OUT! Aaron Beard to Tom Banton. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled mis-timed to mid on for no run, caught by Ben Allison. Tom Banton Caught for 21.

  111. Update

    Summary

    Over 4: 20 runs. Bowler: Paul Walter. Somerset: 49/0 (rr 12.25)

  112. 3.6

    FOUR! Paul Walter to Will Smeed. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled for 4 runs

  113. 3.5

    SIX! Paul Walter to Will Smeed. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot hook well timed for 6 runs

  114. 3.4

    Paul Walter to Will Smeed. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot for no run

  115. 3.3

    SIX! Paul Walter to Will Smeed. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut well timed for 6 runs

  116. 3.2

    Paul Walter to Will Smeed. No movement back of a length, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Simon Harmer

  117. 3.1

    FOUR! Paul Walter to Will Smeed. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 4 runs