15/07Result
Final, Vitality Blast at Birmingham, Jul 15 2023
Somerset won by 14 runs
Player of the Match
Matt Henry
Matt HenrySomerset
15/07Result
Final, Vitality Blast at Birmingham, Jul 15 2023
Somerset won by 14 runs
Player of the Match
Matt Henry
Matt HenrySomerset

  • Somerset Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    T Banton †
    20
    16
    25
    1
    1
    125.00
    6.2 reverses the hands and slaps a simple catch to backward point! Banton tried to improvise, but he couldn't line up his shot, very high on the bat, might even had been off the glove, and Snater has two for none from eight balls! 46/2
    WCF Smeed
    9
    9
    9
    2
    0
    100.00
    2.2 hacked onto his leg stump! Smeed's footwork is cramped by the keeper's close attentions, he throws the bat with his back leg anchored, and under-edges into his woodwork to give Essex their first incision 17/1
    T Kohler-Cadmore
    19
    19
    22
    2
    1
    100.00
    7.6 googly! Rattles the stumps! Kohler-Cadmore is caught on the crease, flat-footed as the ball shapes in, under-edged down into the crease and onto the middle stump. Essex are taking control now! 54/3
    TB Abell
    8
    14
    17
    0
    0
    57.14
    10.6 Gone! That had been coming... Abell was getting no joy from the crease and decides to charge and hit over the top. Poor execution and Beard just has to backtrack a few paces from mid on to take the catch 68/4
    SR Dickson
    53
    35
    43
    7
    0
    151.42
    18.3 AIR ROSSINGTON! Pace off the ball and Dickson tries to impart power of his own to the shot. Alas, he can only glove above the wicketkeeper, who leaps and clutches it in his right mitt 133/8
    L Gregory (c)
    11
    9
    19
    1
    0
    122.22
    15.4 Snater gets another! Bit of extra lift on the shorter ball means Gregory miscues a pull to the leg side. The ball doesn't go far, allowing Snater to complete the dismissal himself 113/5
    BGF Green
    2
    4
    6
    0
    0
    50.00
    16.4 Green goes! Really smart from Walter, who runs his fingers over the ball from around the wicket. Skies high and Das puts in the dive to take the catch after it just gets away from him in the wind 121/6
    C Overton
    4
    3
    5
    0
    0
    133.33
    17.3 Gone! These two opt to scramble another double but Beard's pick-up is clean and his throw is perfect, hitting the one-and-a-half stumps he could see. Brilliant work 127/7
    KL Aldridge
    not out
    6
    6
    13
    0
    0
    100.00
    MJ Henry
    5
    3
    5
    1
    0
    166.66
    19.2 That's all she wrote... Sams takes a bit off this ball and Henry skies down the ground. Snater, coolest on ground, scampers in and makes a tricky catch look routine 140/9
    IS Sodhi
    2
    2
    5
    0
    0
    100.00
    19.6 Run out going for two! Wide yorker, dug out for a single to point. The fielder fumbles, so the batters figure they may as well try and bag an extra run. In the end, Sodhi isn't in shot as Rossington takes the stumps 144/9
    Extras
    6 (b 4, lb 1, w 1)
    TOTAL
    145 all out (20 Overs, RR: 7.25)
    Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Will Smeed, 2.2 ov), 2-46 (Tom Banton, 6.2 ov), 3-54 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 7.6 ov), 4-68 (Tom Abell, 10.6 ov), 5-113 (Lewis Gregory, 15.4 ov), 6-121 (Ben Green, 16.4 ov), 7-127 (Craig Overton, 17.3 ov), 8-133 (Sean Dickson, 18.3 ov), 9-140 (Matt Henry, 19.2 ov), 10-145 (Ish Sodhi, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0sWDNB
    DR Sams402616.50600
    SJ Cook302608.66600
    S Snater411333.251400
    AP Beard1011011.00200
    MJJ Critchley302317.66600
    PI Walter402937.25610
    SR Harmer1012012.00100

  • Essex Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    AM Rossington †
    19
    9
    9
    4
    0
    211.11
    1.6 WOW! Rossington times his best shot of the innings and Aldridge, cover point, takes a superb catch. How that hasn't punctured his rib cage, never mind stayed in his hands, is anyone's guess... 27/1
    DW Lawrence
    16
    8
    18
    2
    1
    200.00
    3.6 Plumb! Nip-back and right in front of middle as Lawrence moves across to the off side as per. Too quick, particularly off the pitch as Lawrence was totally in shock when he was pinned. So, so in front that he decides not to review 38/3
    MS Pepper
    1
    4
    7
    0
    0
    25.00
    3.1 Now then! Henry pitches one on middle and leg, which then comes back and clips the top of off. Pepper absolutely clueless. Where has that come from?! 35/2
    RJ Das
    8
    7
    7
    1
    0
    114.28
    4.4 Oh mate... Poor choice of shot, as Das tries to clear Henry at mid on but the timing is all off. Essex are doing as Surrey did earlier and gifting Somerset wickets 44/4
    PI Walter
    26
    24
    30
    3
    0
    108.33
    11.3 lines up the mow to leg, and gets his stumps splattered! Walter has given it away! It looked a touch shorter, leg-stump line, but it just skidded on through a touch quicker than anticipated, and now Essex really are looking down the barrel! 80/6
    MJJ Critchley
    3
    10
    14
    0
    0
    30.00
    7.6 LBW again! Critchley, like Lawrence, moves across and Gregory's delivery nipping in finds his front pad adjacent to middle and off 55/5
    DR Sams
    45
    26
    45
    1
    3
    173.07
    18.3 wide line... and a wonder-catch to win it! Tom Kohler-Cadmore, at backward point, flings out his left hand as Sams slashes towards deep third! It's the perfect shot for the moment, it seems a certain four, but it's the perfect leap for the title! Somerset win the Vitality Blast for the first time since 2005! 131/9
    SR Harmer (c)
    3
    9
    14
    0
    0
    33.33
    14.4 snicked off, and Banton gathers with a leap! Harmer tried to run the boundary down through the vacant third, but his contact was too thin! A faint but palpable edge, into the keeper's mitts as he dives to his right, and that's a vast incision! 106/7
    S Snater
    0
    3
    4
    0
    0
    0.00
    15.3 bowled him! Flat-footed from Snater as Sodhi spears in the faster flatter stump-threatener. Straight though his ambitious swish. Bullseye! 107/8
    AP Beard
    7
    9
    8
    0
    0
    77.77
    17.2 tossed-up legbreak, back go the stumps! Lovely teasing bowling, up above the eyeline of the left-hander, who has a wipe through the width outside off, but the ball dips and bites and turns back into his off stump. This is nearly checkmate 117/9
    SJ Cook
    not out
    1
    2
    6
    0
    0
    50.00
    Extras
    2 (lb 1, w 1)
    TOTAL
    131 all out (18.3 Overs, RR: 7.08)
    Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Adam Rossington, 1.6 ov), 2-35 (Michael Pepper, 3.1 ov), 3-38 (Dan Lawrence, 3.6 ov), 4-44 (Robin Das, 4.4 ov), 5-55 (Matt Critchley, 7.6 ov), 6-80 (Paul Walter, 11.3 ov), 7-106 (Simon Harmer, 14.4 ov), 8-107 (Shane Snater, 15.3 ov), 9-117 (Aaron Beard, 17.2 ov), 10-131 (Daniel Sams, 18.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0sWDNB
    C Overton403017.501200
    MJ Henry3.302446.851200
    L Gregory402526.25800
    BGF Green1010010.00200
    KL Aldridge201909.50110
    IS Sodhi402235.501000

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Essex 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st27AM RossingtonDW Lawrence
2nd8DW LawrenceMS Pepper
3rd3DW LawrenceRJ Das
4th6PI WalterRJ Das
5th11MJJ CritchleyPI Walter
6th25DR SamsPI Walter
7th26SR HarmerDR Sams
8th1S SnaterDR Sams
9th10DR SamsAP Beard
10th14SJ CookDR Sams