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Somerset vs Lancashire - Quarter Final 3 of Vitality T20 Blast 2021, at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
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Cloudy - 22°C
1. SEASON STATS
(i) Points Table Scenario
SOM (South Group)
- 2nd (14-8w/3l/2nr)
LAN (North Group)
- 3rd (14-7w/5l/1t/1nr)
(ii) Top Performers from these two teams
SOM
Devon Conway - 24th highest run scorer (309), Avg (61.80) - 8M/8I
Will Smeed - 38th highest run scorer (283), Avg (31.44) - 11M/10I
Merchant De Lange - 25th highest wicket taker (14), Avg (21.64), SR (16.2) - 11M/11I
Craig Overton - 40th highest wicket taker (12), Avg (17.66), SR (15) - 9M/9I
LAN
Finn Allen - 6th highest run scorer (399), Avg (33.25) - 13M/13I
Keaton Jennings - 32nd highest run scorer (298), Avg (42.57) - 8M/8I
Alex Davies - 45th highest run scorer (260), Avg (21.66) - 13M/13I
Liam Livingstone - 48th highest run scorer (254), Avg (63.50) - 5M/5I
Matthew Parkinson - 35th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (23.30), SR (16.6) - 10M/10I
Luke Wood - 35th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (28.07), SR (20.3) - 13M/13I
Tom Hartley - 40th highest wicket taker (12), Avg (25.33), SR (23.5) - 13M/13I
2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 141
Avg 1st Innings - 162
Avg 2nd Innings - 147
Highest total - 229/6 (Somerset vs Middlesex - 30th July'2018)
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
SOM - 109-57w/40l/2nr
LAN - Not Played Yet!
(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s
SOM
James Hildreth - Highest run scorer (1996), Avg (30.71) - 84M/79I
Tom Abell - 5th highest run scorer (663), Avg (47.36) - 24M/20I
Lewis Gregory - 6th highest run scorer (611), Avg (22.63) - 45M/36I
Tom Banton - 11th highest run scorer (453), Avg (45.30) - 12M/11I
Will Smeed - 26th highest run scorer (252), Avg (36) - 8M/8I
Max Waller - Highest wicket taker (63), Avg (26.44), SR (20.68) - 64M/62I
Lewis Gregory - 3rd highest wicket taker (51), Avg (25.67), SR (16.51) - 45M/44I
Josh Davey - 9th highest wicket taker (17), Avg (15.12), SR (10.18) - 10M/10I
Marchant De Lange - 21st highest wicket taker (12), Avg (19.83), SR (14.50) - 9M/9I
LAN
Not Played Yet!
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Somerset vs Gloucestershire - 19th July'2021
183/7 vs 160/6 (SOM won by 23 runs)
Tom Lammonby - 90(36)
Will Smeed - 39(35)
Ben Green - 2w
Roelof Van Der Merwe - 1w
Jack Brooks - 1w
Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w
2) Somerset vs Middlesex - 3rd July'2021
152/10 vs 114/6 (SOM won by 38 runs)
Devon Conway - 45(26)
Will Smeed - 33(23)
Marchant De Lange - 20(11) & 1w
Jack Brooks - 1w
Tom Lammonby - 1w
Pacers - 6w+5w=11w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w
3) Somerset vs Hampshire - 26th June'2021
172/9 vs 165/8 (SOM won by 7 runs)
Tom Banton - 77(37)
Will Smeed - 63(44)*
Lewis Gregory - 3w
Marchant De Lange - 2w
Lewis Goldsworthy - 1w
Max Waller - 1w
Pacers - 7w+7w=14w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
4) Somerset vs Kent - 16th June'2021
204/7 vs 157/10 (SOM won by 47 runs)
Tom Abell - 68(33)
Lewis Goldsworthy - 48(29) & 1w
James Hildreth - 27(19)
Marchant De Lange - 3w
Max Waller - 2w
Josh Davey - 1w
Pacers - 5w+7w=12w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
5) Somerset vs Surrey - 12th June'2021
187/6 vs 188/3 (SUR won by 7 wkts)
Tom Abdll - 69(44)
James Hildreth - 31(17)
Ben Green - 24(15)*
Will Smeed - 23(13)
Josh Davey - 2w
Marchant De Lange - 1w
Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w
6) Somerset vs Essex - 10th June'2021
185/7 vs 187/7 (ESS won by 3 wkts)
Ben Green - 43(30)*
James Hildreth - 39(18)
Eddie Byrom - 28(26)
Lewis Gregory - 24(25)
Marchant De Lange - 18(7) & 3w
Josh Davey - 3w
Jack Brooks - 1w
Pacers - 6w+7w=13w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w
7) Northamptonshire vs Somerset - 19th September'2020
140/9 vs 146/3 (SOM won by 7 wkts)
Steven Davies - 45(38)
Tom Lammonby - 43(23)*
Tom Abell - 42(34)*
Lewis Gregory - 2w
Lewis Goldsworthy - 2w
Ollie Sale - 2w
Max Waller - 1w
Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w
8) Gloucestershire vs Somerset - 13th September'2020
203/6 vs 192/8 (GLO won by 11 runs)
Will Smeed - 82(49)
Lewis Gregory - 38(21)
Max Waller - 3w
Lewis Gregory - 1w
Roelof Van Der Merwe - 1w
Josh Davey - 1w
Pacers - 5w+6w=11w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 44w
2nd Innings - 43w
Spinners
1st Innings - 12w
2nd Innings - 3w
Overall
87w:15w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
SOMERSET (SOM)
1. Tom Abell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 63(33), 20(11), 101(47)*, 4(6), 69(44), 68(33)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 74(45)*, 4(5), 60(39), 5(5), 42(34)*
2. Kasey Aldridge
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Tom Banton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(6), 100(52), 34(21), 62(39), 18(8), 1(3), 9(7), 77(37)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 51(45) 71(37)
4. George Bartlett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(8), 4(5)
5. Jack Brooks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Eddie Byrom
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2), 20(14), 44(20), 28(26), 14(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 54(19)*, 8(8), 6(10)
7. Devon Conway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(4), 45(26), 4(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Josh Davey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w
9. Steven Davies
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(8), 0(1), 12(15), 12(10), 45(38)
10. Lewis Goldsworthy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 48(29)&1w, 9(15)&1w, 11(14), 21(22)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
11. Ben Green
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(30)*, 24(15)*&0w, 11(10)&0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w
12. Lewis Gregory
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(8)*&2w, 24(25)&0w, 2(5)&0w, 13(8)&0w, 1(3)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(4)&3w, 6(7)&2w, 24(18)&2w, 38(21)&1w, 2w
13. James Hildreth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(17), 7(11), 22(25), 18(12), 39(18), 31(17), 27(19), 3(5), 10(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(4), 31(26)*, 34(36)*, 25(13)
14. Tom Lammonby
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0(2), 4(8)&1w, 90(36)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 43(20)*&1w, 14(12)&0w, 17(6)&0w, 43(23)*
15. Marchant De Lange
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(7)&3w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 20(11)&1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Ned Leonard
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Ollie Sale
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w
18. Will Smeed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(13), 7(9), 63(44)*, 33(23), 39(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(6), 82(49), 1(8)
19. Roelof Van Der Merwe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0(2)&0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w, 25(14)&0w, 15(10)&0w, 1w, 0w
20. Max Waller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w
21. Sam Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
LANCASHIRE (LAN)
1. Alex Davies
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Finn Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Josh Bohannon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Keaton Jennings
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Luke Wells
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Liam Livingstone
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(18)
7. Owais Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Rob Jones
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Danny Lamb
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. George Balderson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Dane Vilas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Steven Croft
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Luke Wood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. George Lavelle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Edwin Moulton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. George Burrows
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Jack Blatherwick
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Jack Morley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Jackson Bird
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
20. Liam Hurt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
21. Matthew Parkinson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
22. Tom Hartley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
23. Richard Gleeson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
24. Tom Bailey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of SOM)
(ii) Last 5 Matches
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of SOM)
(iii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet!
(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Lancashire vs Somerset - 30th July'2005
114/8 vs 118/3 (SOM won by 7 wkts)
James Hildreth - 16(14)*
Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w
4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) SOMERSET (SOM) SQUAD:
Unavailable - Jack Leach (National Duty), Craig Overton (National Duty), Devon Conway (Injured, subject to match fitness)
Probable XI
1) Will Smeed - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0, 18, 65*, 45, 36, 39, 7, 15, 33, 36, 18
2) Tom Banton - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 36, 0, 5, 2, 15, 34, 19, 107*, 77, 5, 9, 1
3) James Hildreth - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 72, 11, 20, 19, 61*, 13, 110, 10, 10
/
Devon Conway
4) Tom Abell - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 68, 69, 4, 23r 0w, 8r 2w, 98, 132*, 1w, 64r 1w, 41r 0w, 49r 2w, 88r 1w, 35*
5) Lewis Gregory - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 25, 28*, 22*, 3, 14r 1w, 1w, 10r 1w, 77r 0w, 40r 3w, 1w
6) Tom Lammonby - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 3, 12, 27, 16*, 2, 90, 34, 42, 3, 8 11
7) Lewis Goldsworthy - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 79r 0w, 7r 1w, 80r 1w, 96, 21r 1w, 0w, 41r 0w, 57r 0w, 59, 21r 0w
8) Roelof Van Der Merwe - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 20r 2w, 11r 0w, 12r 0w, 7r 1w, 25r 1w, 1w, 5r 1w, 10r 3w, 41r 4w, 7r 3w, 25r 0w
9) Max Waller - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w
/
Ben Green/Kasey Aldridge/Ollie Sale
10) Merchant De Lange - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 20r 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 5w, 0w, 1w, 29r 0w, 7r 2w
11) Josh Davey - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4w, 10r 1w, 53r 2w, 0w, 1w, 75r 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w
BENCH
12) Kasey Aldridge - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 21r 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w
13) George Bartlett - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 27, 108, 0, 6, 18, 18, 2, 12, 14, 10
14) Devon Conway - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 22, 23, 18, 4, 70*, 21, 12, 0, 88, 45, 81*
15) Jack Brooks - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w
16) Eddie Byrom - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 7, 18, 2, 1, 10, 11*, 13r 0w, 1
17) Steven Davies - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 46, 61, 5, 45, 16, 2, 94, 2, 22
18) Ben Green - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 16r 1w, 7r 1w, 1w, 87r 2w, 3w, 32r 1w, 2w, 43r 0w, 3r 0w, 1w
19) Ollie Sale - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 37r 2w, 0w
20) Ned Leonard - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 5w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w
21) Sam Young - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 8, 12, 24, 0, 25, 0, 4, 23, 3, 31
Safe C/VC choices
Lewis Gregory, Tom Banton
B) LANCASHIRE (LAN) SQUAD:
Unavailable - Jos Buttler (National Duty), James Anderson (National Duty), Saqib Mahmood (National Duty), Finn Allen (Covid)
Probable XI
1) Keaton Jennings - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 42*, 18r 0w, 24*, 47r 0w, 2, 103r 1w, 15, 43, 132, 54*
2) Liam Livingstone - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 92r 3w, 50r 0w, 31, 7, 23*, 68*, 12r 1w, 6r 0w, 38
3) Alex Davies - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 40*, 18*, 14, 50, 14, 21, 13, 56, 84
4) Dane Vilas - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 2, 36, 35*, 22*, 0, 31, 82, 9, 16
5) Josh Bohannon - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 34, 52, 1, 5, 39*, 24, 8, 9r 1w, 74*, 14
6) Rob Jones - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3, 65, 72, 24*, 21, 35, 56*, 5, 3r 0w
7) Steven Croft - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 93r 2w, 6, 41, 28*, 15r 0w, 0r 1w, 26r 0w, 3r 1w
8) Luke Wood - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 2w, 1w, 63r 0w, 1w, 1w, 10r 0w
9) Richard Gleeson - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w
10) Tom Hartley - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 16r 0w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w
/
Tom Bailey
11) Matthew Parkinson - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w
BENCH
12) Luke Wells - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 26r 2w, 22r 0w, 8r 1w, 66*, 31, 5r 1w, 86r 3w, 30r 1w, 4r 0w
13) Liam Hurt - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w
14) Tom Bailey - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 16r 3w, 3w, 2w, 45r 0w, 0w, 3w
15) George Lavelle - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 52, 38, 2, 8, 29, 82, 1
16) George Balderson - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1w, 13r 0w, 19r 1w, 3w, 14*, 5, 11r 2w, 3r 0w
17) Danny Lamb - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 25r 0w, 3r 1w, 33r 0w, 2w, 5w, 86r 2w, 7r 0w, 11r 1w, 0w
18) Owais Shah - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 53*, 6, 43*, 74*, 18, 5, 5, 15, 9, 0
19) Jackson Bird - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 64r 2w, 3w, 54r 7w, 1w, 28r 3w, 2w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 27r 1w, 19r 1w, 2w, 2w
20) Edwin Moulton - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 21r 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w
21) George Burrows - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w
22) Jack Blatherwick - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 23r 0w, 1w, 0w, 14r 5w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w
23) Jack Morley - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w
Safe C/VC choices
Liam Livingstone, Keaton Jennings
Differential GL C/VC choices
SOM - Tom Abell, Will Smeed, Devon Conway (if plays), Marchant De Lange
LAN - Matthew Parkinson, Alex Davies, Steven Croft, Tom Hartley
My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)
Wk - Banton
Bat - Smeed, Davies, Jennings
AR - Goldsworthy, Van Der Merwe, Livingstone, Croft
Bowl - De Lange, Hartley, Parkinson
If Conway plays, keep him in place of either Banton or Goldsworthy
GL Picks - J Brooks, L Wood, L Gregory, D Lamb, D Vilas