Report Tom Kohler-Cadmore makes the difference in five-over contest Somerset get the better of Kent in rain-reduced match ECB Reporters Network 14-Jun-2024 • 40 mins ago Tom Kohler-Cadmore got busy in a five-over contest • Getty Images Somerset 55 for 6 (Kohler-Cadmore 24, Gilchrist 2-12) beat Kent 46 for 5 (Billings 16) by 14 runs Tom Kohler-Cadmore played a whirlwind cameo with the bat as Somerset beat Kent Spitfires by 14 runs in a tense Vitality Blast contest reduced by rain to five overs a side at the Cooper Associates Ground in Taunton. The former Yorkshire batsman smashed 24 runs off nine balls as Somerset raised 55 for 6 from their five overs, Nathan Gilchrist taking 2 for 12 on his debut, while Charlie Stobo and Grant Stewart claimed a wicket apiece. Charged with the task of chasing a revised target of 61 off five overs, Kent imploded in the face of tight bowling from Somerset's Australian quick Riley Meredith and Jake Ball, who returned figures of 1 for 15 and 1 for 19 in two overs respectively.
Kent came up short at 46 for 5 as Somerset claimed their fourth win in six games to retain leadership of the South Group. Kent skipper Sam Billings won the toss and elected to field, Xavier Bartlett conceded 11 runs to openers Tom Banton and Will Smeed in the first over and then the rain intervened, forcing the players to run for the cover of the pavilion at 6.35pm.
Thereafter, umpires Ian Blackwell and Mark Newell staged a couple of inspections and the Taunton ground st.
