Match Details

ESS vs SOM 48th Match, T20 Blast 2023

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ESS
139-1019.1
Somerset won by 11 runs 🏆
SOM
20.0150-10
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17th Over:
2
1
1
0
1
0
 
= 5
18th Over:
1
1
1
2
W
2
 
= 7
Last Over:
W
2
1
1
2
W
 
= 6
This Over:
1W
 
= 1

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So, that’s it from this South group encounter of T20 Blast 2023. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world. For now, this is Megh Mandaliya, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Prince Suman alongside our scorer/analyst Bishal Mandal. Cheers!
9:54 PM IST | That will do it for Somerset. The Lewis Gregory-led continue their unbeaten streak in the tournament and they have now conquered 6 games in a row. The table-toppers held their nerves and have defeated the Essex Eagles by 11 runs from the jaws of defeat.

Chasing a below-par score of 151, the Kiwi pacer Matt Henry caused some early troubles and pushed the Essex Eagles on the backfoot with some exceptional swing bowling. Henry first dismissed the gloveman Adam Rossington 6(5) in the second over of the chase. Robin Das went on an onslaught in the 3rd over and thumped Craig Overton for three boundaries but Henry once again brought Somerset back into the contest by removing the right-hander for 17(12). 

Michael-Kyle Pepper soaked up the pressure and counterattacked but the wickets kept tumbling at the other end as Peter Siddle got better off Matthew Critchley 4(9) right after the powerplay. Reeling at 49/3, the right-hander Pepper took matters into his own hands and brought the resurgence to the Essex innings. Pepper tried some innovative shots and kept toying with the field.

Pepper registered a ferocious half-century but the Somerset bowlers kept striking at regular intervals. Roelof van der Merwe ceased Pepper’s progress and outfoxed him on 63(43) at a crucial juncture in the contest. Reeling at 105/6, skipper Simon Harmer got together with Daniel Sams and gave Essex a glimmer of hope by stitching a 25-run partnership for the 7th wicket but the Kiwi Matt Henry had the woods over Harmer 16(13) and the Eagles could never recover. Matt Henry (3/17) and Ben Green (3/24) picked up three wickets each while  Roelof van der Merwe also scalped a couple of breakthroughs.

Earlier in the day, after being invited to bat first,
Will Smeed spearheaded the innings alongside Tom Lammonby in the absence of Tom Banton. The left-handed Lammonby took the aggressive route straightaway in the contest and exploited the field restrictions. The right-handed Will Smeed also tried to join the assault but he holed out for 1(3) in the process. Tom Kohler-Cadmore was the next batter in and he too played some relentless cricket. 

Lammonby and Kohler-Cadmore aggregated 27 runs for the second wicket before the Aussie quick Daniel Sams deceived Lammonby 34(23) with a brilliant slower delivery. Skipper Simon Harmer soon dismissed the dangerous Kohler-Cadmore 17(10) with an exceptional catch off his own bowling. Following the departure of Kohler-Cadmore, the Essex bowlers were successful in drying up the boundaries as Somerset completely went off the right track. 

The right-handed Tom Abell succumbed to pressure and threw his wicket away after a scratchy 12(15). Somerset kept losing wickets at regular intervals and could never recover after early pyrotechnics. Sean Dickson, on his Somerset debut in T20 Blast, amassed a crucial 42(29) and gave the bowlers something to uphold. The left-armer Sams was the pick of the bowlers for the Eagles and finished his stint with the figures of 4/20. Simon Harmer also bagged two important wickets and was the vital cog in the collapse of Somerset.

19.1 L Gregory to S Snater
1W That's it!! With the wicket, Somerset win this match by 11 runs!! Length ball on middle and Snater tucks it to mid-wicket and he scampers for second but Cook responds late as the mid-wicket fielder throws at keeper's end and the keeper does the rest.
OVER 19
Essex
138/9
Samuel James Cook
0(0)
Shane Snater
3(2)
Ben Green
3-24(4.0)
batting
New batsman on crease
Career
  • MATCHES15
  • RUNS5
  • SR83.00
  • AVG5.00
18.6 B Green to B Allison
W WICKET!! Another one bites the dust!! Fuller ball on the middle stump line and Allison looks to heave it but gets the leading edge of the bat that flies in the air and goes straight into the hands of the backward point fielder who takes it easily.
18.5 B Green to B Allison
2 Length ball on middle and Allison works it on legside for a couple of runs.
18.4 B Green to S Snater
1 Length ball on middle and Snater tucks it to legside for a single.
18.3 B Green to B Allison
1 Length ball on middle and Allison works it on legside for a single.
18.2 B Green to B Allison
2 Length ball on middle and Allison tucks it to mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
batting
New batsman on crease
Career
  • MATCHES12
  • RUNS5
  • SR45.00
  • AVG2.00
18.1 B Green to D Sams
W WICKET!! In the air and taken!! Length ball on the middle stump line and Sams looks to heave it over the mid-wicket but doesn't connect it well as the ball flies in the air and goes into the hands of mid-wicket fielder who runs back and takes a stunner.
Essex Eagles require 19 runs from the last two overs. Ben Green comes back into the attack for his last over. 
OVER 18
Essex
132/7
Shane Snater
2(1)
Daniel Sams
14(13)
Matt Henry
3-17(4.0)
17.6 M Henry to S Snater
2 Length ball on middle and Snater works it to mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
batting
New batsman on crease
Career
  • MATCHES4
  • RUNS17
  • SR170.00
  • AVG17.00
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