6
6
4
1
1
1
= 19
Match Details
GLM vs SOM 40th Match, T20 Blast 2022
SOM
174-114.1
Somerset won by 9 wickets
GLM
20.0173-7
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That's the end of our coverage for this game. This is me, Akshay Bhide, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Shashank Surly and scorer Chandan. Do take very good care of yourself. Tata. Bye Bye.
WIll Smeed: "It was a great innings, its a lovely place to bat, Tom Banton was great too and was supporting well from the other end. We bowled outstandingly today and it was a lovely moment for Ben Green to get a five-fer. [On the loss against Sussex] There is a lot of confidence in the group and pulling out victories in every game is tough, you will have those odd loses. It was tough to miss out on the century but Rilee Rossouw looks in outstanding form and looks like he can hit anywhere on the ground and the win matters in the end. [About playing at Cooper Associates, Taunton] It's an amazing place to play at, amazing fans and its lucky to be our home and we are very happy to entertain the fans."
Akshay: Phew!!!
What an innings we just witnessed from Will Smeed. He single-handedly blew away
Glamorgan as he remained unbeaten on 94 to help his side chase down 174 in 14.1
overs. With this win, Somerset get back to winning ways.
With 174 to chase, the hosts needed to get off to a solid start. Will Smeed and Tom Banton started the chase aggressively as they scored 61 in the powerplay. Smeed started cutting loose as he started taking on the bowlers and he was well-supported by Banton from the other end. Smeed played some sensational strokes as he kept hitting the ball into the stands. Banton departed on 45 off 30 balls in the 10th over but Rilee Rossouw joined Smeed and raced to 30 off 15 balls. Smeed remained unbeaten on 94 off just 41 balls as his assault helped Somerset get across the line in the 15th over. His innings included seven fours and eight maximums.
Somerset skipper Tom Abell won the toss and put Glamorgan in to bat. Glamorgan had a decent start with the bat as they scored 50 at the end of the powerplay for the loss of one wicket. David Lloyd scored 31 at the top of the order. The Somerset bowlers then bowled well in the middle phase and pulled back things with a couple of wickets. Cameos from Eddie Byrom (37 off 26 balls) and Daniel Douthwaite (23 off 11 balls) helped their side post 173 on the board for the loss of seven wickets.
Ben Green was the pick of the bowlers for Somerset as he picked up a fifer. He finished with figures of 5/29 in his four overs. Lewis Gregory and Craig Overton chipped in with a wicket each as it helped them restrict Glamorgan to 173 in their 20 overs. It was never going to be enough as Somerset chased down the total with ease to register their fourth win of the competition.
With 174 to chase, the hosts needed to get off to a solid start. Will Smeed and Tom Banton started the chase aggressively as they scored 61 in the powerplay. Smeed started cutting loose as he started taking on the bowlers and he was well-supported by Banton from the other end. Smeed played some sensational strokes as he kept hitting the ball into the stands. Banton departed on 45 off 30 balls in the 10th over but Rilee Rossouw joined Smeed and raced to 30 off 15 balls. Smeed remained unbeaten on 94 off just 41 balls as his assault helped Somerset get across the line in the 15th over. His innings included seven fours and eight maximums.
Somerset skipper Tom Abell won the toss and put Glamorgan in to bat. Glamorgan had a decent start with the bat as they scored 50 at the end of the powerplay for the loss of one wicket. David Lloyd scored 31 at the top of the order. The Somerset bowlers then bowled well in the middle phase and pulled back things with a couple of wickets. Cameos from Eddie Byrom (37 off 26 balls) and Daniel Douthwaite (23 off 11 balls) helped their side post 173 on the board for the loss of seven wickets.
Ben Green was the pick of the bowlers for Somerset as he picked up a fifer. He finished with figures of 5/29 in his four overs. Lewis Gregory and Craig Overton chipped in with a wicket each as it helped them restrict Glamorgan to 173 in their 20 overs. It was never going to be enough as Somerset chased down the total with ease to register their fourth win of the competition.
Shashank: Somerset win by 9 wickets with 35 balls to spare and they move on top of the South Group with 4 wins out of 5.
14.1 M Neser to W Smeed
4 FOURRR!!!! SMEED FINISHES IT OFF IN STYLE!! Neser fires in a full and wide delivery outside off and Smeed accepts the gift and bangs it over the vacant deep extra cover boundary and takes his side to a comfortable victory.
OVER 14
Somerset
170/1
Rilee Rossouw
30(15)
Will Smeed
90(40)
Daniel Douthwaite
0-48(3.0)
13.6 D Douthwaite to W Smeed
1 Back of a length delivery around off stump line and Smeed turns it gently towards midwicket region and gets a single and keeps strike.
13.5 D Douthwaite to R Rossouw
1 Yorkwer length delivery wide of off and Rilee digs it out towards point and gets a single.
13.4 D Douthwaite to R Rossouw
0 Full and wide of off and Rossouw tries to smash it out of the park and misses it badly.
13.3 D Douthwaite to R Rossouw
6 SIXX!!!! RILEE HAS TKEN OUT THE CHANCES OF A SMEED CENTURY!! Full and around off stump line and Rilee gets down on one knee quickly and switches across off stump and smashes this ball out to the deep fine leg boundary and gets closer to the win.
13.2 D Douthwaite to W Smeed
1 Full and slower delivery from Douthwaite at the pads of Smeed who turns it to deep midwicket for a single.
13.1 D Douthwaite to R Rossouw
1 Back of a length delivery around the chest high of Rilee who guides it down to third man and gets the main man on strike.
Bowler loses his runup and the crowd makes it known to him.
Somerset need 13 to win and Will Smeed needs 12 for his century.
Shashank to take over till the end of the innings.
OVER 13
Somerset
160/1
Will Smeed
88(38)
Rilee Rossouw
22(11)
Marnus Labuschagne
0-19(1.0)
12.6 M Labuschagne to R Rossouw
1 Turning in on the pads, Rossouw flicks it through square leg and keeps the strike for the next over with a single.
12.5 M Labuschagne to W Smeed
1 Slower in the air this time from Labuschagne, Smeed slogs it towards deep mid wicket for as single.
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