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Match Details
MDX vs SOM 39th Match, T20 Blast 2023
SOM
142-113.3
Somerset won by 9 wickets 🏆
MDX
18.4136-10
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So, that’s it from this encounter. Somerset win this game by 9 wickets. You can switch tabs to join more cricketing action going on in our network. For now, this is Saipavan Janaki, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Hitesh Peddurwar alongside our scorer/analyst Chandan Kumar. Cheers!
01.28 AM IST: That's
it!! Somerset have
continued their domination in South Group and registered their fifth victory in
five games. Today they have dominated in all three departments and have
defeated Middlesex by 9
wickets.
Earlier in the game, Somerset won the toss and elected to bowl first. Middlesex started the innings with Stephen Eskinazi and Joe Cracknell, but they didn’t get a good start, as they lost two wickets in the first four overs, when 14 runs on board.
But the credit goes to Stephen Eskinazi and Max Holden. The duo took charge after the early two wickets and progressed their partnership in the middle. They glued a partnership of 36 runs. Stephen Eskinazi and Max Holden scored 18 and 22 runs respectively.
Then, Middlesex batters failed to put the score for the team and they lost the wickets in the regular intervals. Jack Davies (32 off 20) and a small cameo of 25 runs off 16 balls from Martin Andersson helped to past the 130 mark. However, excellent bowling from Somerset bowlers helped to restrict Middlesex to 136/10 in 18.4 overs.
Ben Green was the pick of the bowlers for Somerset as he scalped 4 wickets and gave away 20 runs in his 2.4 over spell of which 3 wickets he scalped in the 19th over. Josh Davey chipped in with 3 wickets. Peter Siddle, Roelof van der Merwe, and Lewis Gregory celebrated a wicket each.
While chasing a paltry total of 137 runs. Somerset got off to a blistering start, the openers came with all guns blazing from the word go. They were just slashing their bat at everything and were finding the boundaries. Tom Banton and Will Smeed glued a partnership of 39 runs for the 1st wicket. Will Smeed departed after scoring 26 off 14 balls.
Tom Kohler-Cadmore joined Banton in the middle and kept the run rate ticking. The duo put Somerset in cruise control of the chase and glued a partnership of 36 runs before Banton Banton walked off the field retired out, who struggled with a hamstring at 27.
Tom Kohler-Cadmore continued assaulting on Middlesex bowlers and completed fifty in 28 balls and remained unbeaten till the end at 64 runs off 31 balls including 7 fours and 4 sixes. While his partner, Tom Abell added 25 important runs in 18 balls has helped Somerset to cross the victory line in the 14th over with 9 wickets in hand.
In the end, Middlesex they were unable to put any pressure on their opposition as they cruised to victory. Tom Helm got a wicket from the bowling end.
13.3 T Roland-Jones to T Kohler-Cadmore
6 SIX!!!!! Go Fetch it say Tom Kohler-Cadmore. He finishes off things in style. Somerset have won this encounter by 9 wickets. Slower delivery on the good length on the off-stump line, TKC was just waiting for it. He picks it up early and smacks it hard towards the long-on region. He dispatched it with disdain and the ball sails up in the air and clears the ropes for six runs.
13.2 T Roland-Jones to T Kohler-Cadmore
4 FOUR MORE!!!!! He is not gonna stop today. Short delivery outside the off-stump line, TKC stays tall in his crease and slaps it over the man at backward point, he times it beautifully. The ball falls just short of the ropes and roles onto the fence for four runs.
13.1 T Roland-Jones to T Kohler-Cadmore
4 FOUR!!!! Up and over and collects a boundary... Fuller length delivery on the off-stump line, TKC waits back and smokes it over the mid-off fielder, one bounce and the ball races down towards the ropes for four runs.
Somerset need just 9 runs off 42 balls to win this encounter.
OVER 13
Somerset
128/1
Tom Abell
25(18)
Tom Kohler-Cadmore
50(28)
Ryan Higgins
0-6(2.0)
12.6 R Higgins to T Abell
0 Short delivery angling into the batter, Abell tries to pull it but misses it.
Tom Kohler-Cadmore completed his 5th fifty in T20 Blast.
12.5 R Higgins to T Kohler-Cadmore
1 Tom Kohler-Cadmore gets to his fifty with the single... Back of the length delivery outside the off-stump line, TKC dabs it towards backward point and takes a quick single.
12.4 R Higgins to T Kohler-Cadmore
0 Good length delivery angling into the middle stump line, TKC covers his sticks and defends it back to the bowler.
12.3 R Higgins to T Kohler-Cadmore
0 Slower delivery on the good length outside the off-stump line, TKC clears his front leg and tries to heave it on the leg side but gets beaten.
12.2 R Higgins to T Kohler-Cadmore
0 Good length delivery on the pads, TKC clips it towards mid-wicket fielder.
12.1 R Higgins to T Kohler-Cadmore
0 Back of the length delivery on the off-stump line, TKC punches it towards covers.
OVER 12
Somerset
127/1
Tom Abell
25(17)
Tom Kohler-Cadmore
49(23)
Luke Hollman
0-25(2.0)
11.6 L Hollman to T Kohler-Cadmore
1 Fuller length delivery on the pads, TKC pushes it towards long-on region.
11.5 L Hollman to T Kohler-Cadmore
6 SIX!!!!! Tossed up on the middle stump line, TKC backs away and gets under the ball. He smacks it high and handsome over the bowler's head. The ball sails miles up in the air and goes over the ropes for six runs.
11.4 L Hollman to T Kohler-Cadmore
0 Good length delivery, turning into the batter, TKC defends it onto the pitch.
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