16/07Result
2nd Semi-Final (D/N), Vitality Blast at Birmingham, Jul 16 2022
Hampshire won by 37 runs
Player of the Match
Tom PrestHampshire
16/07Result
2nd Semi-Final (D/N), Vitality Blast at Birmingham, Jul 16 2022
Hampshire won by 37 runs
Player of the Match
Tom PrestHampshire

5:46pm Lancashire and Hampshire take on one another in the final of the T20 Blast in an hour from now. Andrew Miller will be on hotseat soon. Hope to catch you around with us for that. For now, that's all from me, Sudarshanan, and Ekanth! Thanks for joining us!

Tom Prest, player of the match: "Gone well the last couple of games. Good to get the win after last year's disappointment. Just play with freedom. Obviously Vince moved up and batted well with McDermott and momentum worked. Can't wait for the finals, that's what dreams are made of. Hopefully we can go there and win it."

James Vince, Hampshire captain: "After ten overs we set out to get 200 but it became a bit harder to score. The toss is not the be all, end all but we saw 200 get chased down. A few question whether we should bat first but we did well."

Tom Abell, Somerset captain: "I thought they got 10-15 more than we would have liked. But we were confident and have chased very well throughout. With their innings in mind, it was important to have partnerships. Very proud of the team. We had a great group stage and performed well in quarters but that counts very little."

5:37pm A reversal of last year's semi-final result! Somerset will have to return empty-handed after the run they have had. Their batting failed when it mattered, sadly. Lancashire, earlier today, showed the way to chase a tall total and the key was to have a quick start for one of the top-order batters. But Smeed and Banton both fell rather early and it was not to be the Rossouw show today. Ellis' change of pace and mixing of lengths helped Hampshire make 190 seem much, much more. And not to forget the wily spin bowling from Dawson, too. A complete performance from Hampshire to avenge last year's loss.

19.3
W
Ellis to Siddle, OUT, Another slower one, another wicket, another clean bowled. Hampshire set date with Lancashire for the T20 Blast final, in under an hour from now. Siddle has no clue about it and misses it to see the bails light up. A 37-run win for them.

PM Siddle b Ellis 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

19.2
W
Ellis to Brooks, OUT, Slower ball, full in line of the stumps. Brooks fails to pick it and looks to smash it over the off side. Misses and is clean bowled.

JA Brooks b Ellis 1 (2m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

Afeef: "Well, it is curtains for Somerset. But they have had an excellent season. Rilee Rossouw in particular was phenomenal. 2nd highest run scorer, 2nd highest strike rate (min 100 runs), most sixes, most fifty plus scores."

19.1
0
Ellis to Brooks, no run, Full and straight, swing and a miss as the ball passes past leg stump.

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | SOM: 153/8 (38 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.05, RRR: 38.00)

  • Jack Brooks1 (1b)
  • Roelof van der Merwe10 (7b)
  • Chris Wood4-0-32-1
  • Nathan Ellis3-0-30-1
18.6
1
Wood to Brooks, 1 run, Full on middle and leg, hit to long-on for one.

Brooks

How well have Hampshire bowled. At the halfway mark it felt as if 190 was a tad below part, but nope!

18.5
W
Wood to Goldsworthy, OUT, Timber! Goldsworthy moves across anticipating a full and wide one. But Wood fires one full on middle to end his stay. Superb bowling.

LP Goldsworthy b Wood 2 (2m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

18.4
2
Wood to Goldsworthy, 2 runs, Full and outside off, slices it to the right of deep backward point for two.
18.3
0
Wood to Goldsworthy, no run, Full and outside off, misses the heave across the line.

41 from 10 should be a bit too much for Goldsworthy

18.2
W
Wood to Lammonby, 1 run, OUT, Curtains for Lammonby? TV umpire is summoned for a check. It was a short ball that he pulled towards deep square leg. Always wanted a second but a good throw coupled by the wicketkeeper's regulation work means that he is well short of the crease.

TA Lammonby run out 34 (46m 27b 2x4 1x6) SR: 125.92

Around the stumps to the lefty.

18.1
1
Wood to van der Merwe, 1 run, Very full outside off, moves across and looks to access the on side but gets it off the edge to deep point.

END OF OVER:
18 | 11 Runs | SOM: 148/6 (43 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.22, RRR: 21.50)

  • Tom Lammonby33 (26b)
  • Roelof van der Merwe9 (6b)
  • Nathan Ellis3-0-30-1
  • Chris Wood3-0-27-0
17.6
2
Ellis to Lammonby, 2 runs, Yorker outside off, manages to slice it through cover for two.
17.5
1
Ellis to van der Merwe, 1 run, Full on the pads, gets an inside edge onto the pads for one.
17.4
2
Ellis to van der Merwe, 2 runs, Makes room and works the slower one through midwicket for a couple.
17.3
1
Ellis to Lammonby, 1 run, Slower full ball outside off, turned backward of square for one.
17.2
1
Ellis to van der Merwe, 1 run, Banged in short, slow as well. Van der Merwe makes room and cuts it to short third for a quick one.
17.1
4
Ellis to van der Merwe, FOUR, Van der Merwe says it's not over yet. Makes room and thumps the full ball over extra cover for four. 50 off 17...

Ellis to bowl his penultimate. Lancashire vs Hampshire, then? Somerset anybody?

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | SOM: 137/6 (54 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.05, RRR: 18.00)

  • Roelof van der Merwe1 (2b)
  • Tom Lammonby30 (24b)
  • Chris Wood3-0-27-0
  • Brad Wheal4-0-28-1
16.6
1
Wood to van der Merwe, 1 run, Moves well across but drives the full ball straight to deep cover for one.
16.5
0
Wood to van der Merwe, no run, Off-pace length ball well wide of off, mistimes it to cover.

Roelof van der Merwe to face next.

16.4
W
Wood to Green, 1 run, OUT, Harakiri and that's curtains! On a length angling away, reaches out to slap it through cover. There was a confusion regarding the second run as both batters almost had a mid-pitch discussion. The throw wasn't the best but McDermott collects it well away from the stumps and underarms it to catch Green short despite the dive.

BGF Green run out 9 (6m 5b 0x4 1x6) SR: 180.00

16.3
1
Wood to Lammonby, 1 run, Low full toss angling away, sliced towards short third for a single.

Mid-off in, round the stumps now.

16.2
1
Wood to Green, 1 run, Much better. Full and outside off, squeezed towards cover for one.

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Somerset 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st20T BantonWCF Smeed
2nd17RR RossouwT Banton
3rd13RR RossouwTB Abell
4th47TB AbellTA Lammonby
5th29L GregoryTA Lammonby
6th10BGF GreenTA Lammonby
7th14RE van der MerweTA Lammonby
8th2RE van der MerweLP Goldsworthy
9th1RE van der MerweJA Brooks
10th0PM SiddleRE van der Merwe