Somerset got their T20 Vitality Blast title defence back on track in emphatic fashion after smashing 241 en route to a 63-run win over Hampshire at Taunton. The holders came into the match on the back of successive away defeats but produced a clinical display with the bat to claim their second win from four South Group games. After losing big-hitting trio Will Smeed, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Tom Banton to slip to 54 for three, Tom Abell and Sean Dickson put on a scintillating fourth-wicket stand of 144 in just 11.
2 overs. SOMERSET WIN BY 63 RUNS!!!!!! ???????? #SOMvHAM #WeAreSomerset @ItsTradeNation pic.twitter.
com/cWf5XjHmX6 — Somerset Cricket ? (@SomersetCCC) June 9, 2024 Abell struck an unbeaten 96 off just 47 balls and Dickson hammered 65 off 32 deliveries to help the hosts post 241 for five – their third highest ever Blast total – having lost the toss. Hampshire replied with 178 all out, Ben McDermott hitting 46 off 28 balls while Somerset all-rounder Ben Green equalled his career-best with five for 29. At Headingley, Adam Lyth became the first Yorkshire batter to reach 4,000 T20 runs after making 84 from 51 balls as his side chased down 180 to thrash Derbyshire by nine wickets.
Derbyshire got off to a flying start thanks to a superb opening stand from Aneurin Donald (84 off 41) and David Lloyd (41) but stumbled from 114 without loss to 179 for six. YORKSHIRE WIN!!!! We have won by nine wickets with 11 balls to spare, our third win in four. Lyth 84 and Malan 79 not o.
