tt15427 engtt2399	Somerset v Essex
	The Men's Vitality Blast 2025 (South Group)
Venue	The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton on 8th July 2025 (20-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 95 runs
Points	Somerset 4; Essex 0
Umpires	M Burns, JD Shantry
TV umpire	PK Baldwin
Referee	WM Noon
Scorers	P Parkinson (Essex), LM Rhodes (Somerset)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+T Banton	c Benkenstein b Mohammad Aamer	15	13	9	3	-	8	115.38
WCF Smeed	c Allison b Benkenstein	32	20	38	3	2	8	160.00
T Kohler-Cadmore	c Pepper b Harmer	90	39	45	8	7	9	230.77
TB Abell	c Walter b Critchley	20	16	23	2	-	2	125.00
SR Dickson	not out	28	17	22	1	1	1	164.71
*L Gregory	c Thain b Mohammad Aamer	18	7	8	1	2	2	257.14
BGF Green	c Thain b Mohammad Aamer	13	8	7	2	-	3	162.50
LP Goldsworthy	did not bat
C Overton	did not bat
MJ Henry	did not bat
RP Meredith	did not bat
Extras	(9 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Banton, 2.2 ov), 2-109 (Smeed, 9.4 ov), 3-164 (Kohler-Cadmore, 14.2 ov), 4-178 (Abell, 15.6 ov), 5-206 (Gregory, 17.6 ov), 6-225 (Green, 19.6 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Mohammad Aamer	4	0	22	3	-	-	11	2	-	8.00	5.50
Bennett	3	0	41	0	1	-	6	6	1	-	13.67
Thain	1	0	16	0	-	-	1	2	1	-	16.00
Walter	3	0	38	0	1	-	1	3	2	-	12.67
Benkenstein	3	0	43	1	2	-	4	4	3	18.00	14.33
Critchley	2	0	27	1	-	-	1	1	2	12.00	13.50
Harmer	4	0	38	1	1	-	9	2	3	24.00	9.50

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
MS Pepper	b Meredith	13	10	10	1	1	6	130.00
PI Walter	c Gregory b Henry	24	12	24	4	1	5	200.00
+JM Cox	c Green b Henry	1	3	3	-	-	2	33.33
CWJ Allison	c Abell b Meredith	10	7	7	2	-	3	142.86
MJJ Critchley	run out (Abell)	2	4	11	-	-	2	50.00
LM Benkenstein	c Smeed b Henry	0	2	1	-	-	2	0.00
RJ Das	c Dickson b Goldsworthy	17	10	14	1	1	2	170.00
NRM Thain	c Henry b Overton	38	17	16	1	4	3	223.53
*SR Harmer	c Smeed b Overton	20	15	18	2	-	3	133.33
Mohammad Aamer	c Kohler-Cadmore b Henry	5	5	7	-	-	2	100.00
CE Bennett	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0	0.00
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 14.1 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Pepper, 2.4 ov), 2-33 (Cox, 3.2 ov), 3-44 (Allison, 4.6 ov), 4-48 (Walter, 5.2 ov), 5-48 (Benkenstein, 5.4 ov), 6-64 (Critchley, 7.3 ov), 7-81 (Das, 9.1 ov), 8-117 (Thain, 12.1 ov), 9-130 (Mohammad Aamer, 13.6 ov), 10-130 (Harmer, 14.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Overton	3.1	0	32	2	-	-	6	3	2	9.50	10.11
Henry	4	0	21	4	-	-	15	3	-	6.00	5.25
Meredith	2	0	22	2	-	-	4	3	1	6.00	11.00
Goldsworthy	3	0	26	1	-	-	4	-	2	18.00	8.67
Gregory	1	0	14	0	-	-	1	1	1	-	14.00
Green	1	0	15	0	-	-	-	1	1	-	15.00

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Notes
--> Somerset powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (67/1)
--> Essex powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (49/5)
--> Somerset innings: 50 in 5.1 overs
--> Somerset innings: 100 in 9.1 overs
--> Somerset innings: 150 in 13.1 overs
--> Somerset innings: 200 in 17.1 overs
--> Essex innings: 50 in 6.1 overs
--> Essex innings: 100 in 10.6 overs
--> CE Bennett made his debut in Twenty20 matches
--> CE Bennett made his debut in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> MJ Henry made his last appearance in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> RJ Das made his last appearance in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> RJ Das made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> CE Bennett made his last appearance in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> CE Bennett made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> T Kohler-Cadmore 50 in 24 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes
--> NRM Thain passed his previous highest score of 13 in Twenty20 matches
--> NRM Thain passed his previous highest score of 13 in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> MJ Henry achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Twenty20 Blast matches in the Essex innings (previous best was 4-24)
--> WCF Smeed (18) and T Kohler-Cadmore (34) added 50 in 26 balls for the Somerset 2nd wicket
--> T Kohler-Cadmore (32) and TB Abell (17) added 50 in 23 balls for the Somerset 3rd wicket

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