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Semi-finalists in the 50-over tournament last season and beaten in the first two Championship games of this season, Somerset were desperate to start this season’s Royal London One Day Cup campaign with a win. And a home game against Surrey - the club that most Somerset supporters dislike the most – offered a perfect opportunity to respond positively to the disappointing start. … [Read more...] about The match: Surrey (H) in the Royal London

Somerset travelled to Manchester hoping to immediately put to bed any disappointments from the opening game defeat at home to Essex one week before. The visitors made two changes bringing in Josh Davey and Tim Groenewald to freshen up the pace attack at the expense of Jamie Overton and Roleof van der Merwe. But the major concern among Somerset supporters was the batting … [Read more...] about The match: Lancs (A) in Specsavers 1

So with the disappointment of last season’s last day drama tucked firmly away and a decent preseason behind them, Somerset’s players were in buoyant form for the visit to the CACG of newly promoted Essex on what promised to be an Easter special. The team were being led by Tom Abell for the first time and South African Dean Elgar was welcomed back to the fold after his many … [Read more...] about The match: Essex (H) in Specsavers 1

Somerset headed back to the relative comfort of the Specsavers County Championship to tackle top-of-the-table Middlesex at the Cooper Associates County Ground. The Londoners sit at the summit on 118 points, 1 more than joint second-placed Lancashire and Warwickshire with all three teams playing nine games each. Somerset sit 6th with 93 points achieved in eight games. Last … [Read more...] about Match Zone: Middlesex (H) in Specsavers CC (10-13 July)

With no time at all to lick their wounds following their t20 lesson from Kent the Somerset players board Berry's finest and head up the M5 and across the M4 to that there London to play old foes Surrey in a televised game that now holds little consequence for the visitors other than pride. The 12-run defeat at home to Kent did not paint an accurate picture because the game … [Read more...] about Match Zone: Surrey (A) in the NatWest t20 Blast (8 July)