The pitch at the Taunton looks good for batting. The bowlers will have to be on their toes while bowling on this surface with very short boundaries on either side.
Somerset will lock horns with Nottinghamshire at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton which will home to Somerset. Tom Kohler Cadmore, Sean Dickson and Shoaib Bashir are the youngsters signed this season, Merchant de Lange, James Hildreth and Max Waller won’t be featuring in the Somerset unit. They have also signed some exciting overseas players like Peter Siddle, Cameron Bancroft, Matt Henry who have not featured in the side so far. Tom Banton has been leading the side this season and has taken his team to the top of the points table in the South Group. They have played five matches so far and are yet to lose a game.
On the other hand, Nottinghamshire have been one of the in-form teams this season, they have performed very well at home but have looked slightly off-coloured. They tasted their first defeat against Hampshire Hawks in their latest encounter. With both teams well-matched, this quarter-final has all the makings of going down to the wire.
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The pitch at the Taunton looks good for batting. The bowlers will have to be on their toes while bowling on this surface with very short boundaries on either side. The batters will enjoy their time at this Venue. The spinners tend to get a bit of purchase from the pitch.
Total Matches – 4
Somerset – 3
Nottinghamshire – 1
Somerset vs Nottinghamshire
Venue: Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton
Date & Time: 7th July, at 7:00 PM IST
Opened | 1882 |
Capacity | 6500 |
Ends | River End and Old Pavillion End |
Location | Taunton, England |
Time Zone | UTC +1:00 |
Other Sports it is home to | – |
Floodlights | Yes |
Total matches | 23 |
Matches won batting first | 13 |
Matches won bowling first | 10 |
Average 1st Inns scores | 147 |
Average 2nd Inns scores | 117 |
Highest total recorded | 250/3 (20 Ov) by ENGW vs RSAW |
Lowest total recorded | 60/10 (16.5 Ov) by PAKW vs ENGW |
Highest score chased | 166/4 (19.3 Ov) by RSAW vs ENGW |
Lowest score defended | 123/7 (20 Ov) by WIW vs RSAW |
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