Somerset will take on Derbyshire in the fourth quarter-final of the T20 Blast 2022, which will take place at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton on July 9, Saturday.
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Somerset will take on Derbyshire in the fourth quarter-final of the T20 Blast 2022, which will take place at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton on July 9, Saturday. Somerset finished second at the points table in the South Group with 20 points after winning 10 games. On the other hand, Derbyshire finished third in the points table of the North Group with 18 points from 9 wins as well.
Somerset last took on Surrey and lost by 47 runs. Surrey could only manage 171 in reply to Somerset’s total of 219. Craig Overton returned with the noteworthy figures of 4 for 25 while Peter Siddle and Roelof van der Merwe scalped two wickets each. Meanwhile, Somerset’s massive total came on the back of Will Smeed’s 98 and Tom Abell’s 70. In reply, Jordan scored a swashbuckling 35-ball 73 but that wasn’t enough for Surrey to reach the target and they eventually lost.
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An unbeaten 100 off just 47 balls from Wayne Madsen helped Derbyshire chase down Durham’s 193 with five balls in hand. He also hit 11 fours and three sixes as well. Meanwhile, opener Michael Jones hit a blitzy 42 off just 22. Keeper-batter Oliver Robinson scored a 27-ball 43, to keep the scoring rate high. They pushed Durham to the big total, but that wasn’t enough in the end. Though Derbyshire lost opener Luis Reece in the first over, he batted with his captain Shan Masood (31 off 28) and Hilton Cartwright (38 off 23) to successfully take his team to the finish line.
Indian viewers can live stream the T20 Blast 2022 on the Fan Code app. The ECB will again host live streams of every match on the ECB website and ECB app while Sky Sports is set to broadcast 19 matches throughout the group stage, with each county set to feature at least twice before the four quarter-finals and Finals Day. It will also be available via BBC Local Radio stations with extensive coverage also on 5 Live Sports Extra.
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Somerset: Will Smeed, Tom Banton (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Tom Abell (c), Tom Lammonby, Lewis Gregory, Ben Green, Roelof van der Merwe, Craig Overton, Josh Davey, Peter Siddle, George Bartlett, Jack Brooks, Lewis Goldsworthy
Derbyshire: Shan Masood (c), Luis Reece, Leus du Plooy, Hilton Cartwright, Wayne Madsen, Alex Hughes, Brooke Guest (wk), Mattie McKiernan, Ben Aitchison, George Scrimshaw, Mark Watt, Hayden Kerr, Harry Came, Alex Thomson, Samuel Conners
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