tt9616 engtt1803	Somerset v Essex
	The Vitality Blast 2021 (South Group)
Venue	The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton on 9th June 2021 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 3 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Essex 2
Umpires	M Burns, RJ Warren
Referee	P Whitticase
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), LM Rhodes (Somerset)
Player of the Match	JDS Neesham

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+T Banton	c Nijjar b Cook	18	8	18	2	1	1	225.00
JC Hildreth	c Walter b Cook	39	18	16	6	2	8	216.67
RE van der Merwe	b Porter	0	2	3	-	-	2	0.00
*TB Abell	st Wheater b Harmer	4	6	13	-	-	3	66.67
EJ Byrom	c Neesham b Cook	28	26	27	3	1	13	107.69
L Gregory	c Harmer b Plom	24	25	34	2	-	7	96.00
BGF Green	not out	43	30	31	-	3	5	143.33
M de Lange	lbw b Plom	18	7	12	2	1	1	257.14
JH Davey	not out	1	1	3	-	-	0	100.00
JA Brooks	did not bat
MTC Waller	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (Hildreth, 3.5 ov), 2-63 (Banton, 3.6 ov), 3-63 (van der Merwe, 4.2 ov), 4-79 (Abell, 7.2 ov), 5-104 (Byrom, 11.2 ov), 6-137 (Gregory, 16.3 ov), 7-181 (de Lange, 19.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Nijjar	4	0	36	0	-	-	4	3	1	-	9.00
Porter	3	0	19	1	-	-	8	3	-	18.00	6.33
Plom	3	0	51	2	-	2	5	4	4	9.00	17.00
Cook	3	0	14	3	1	-	11	2	-	6.00	4.67
Harmer	4	0	23	1	-	-	6	1	-	24.00	5.75
Neesham	3	0	39	0	-	1	4	2	3	-	13.00

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+AJA Wheater	c Abell b Davey	2	4	9	-	-	2	50.00
T Westley	c Waller b Brooks	13	7	5	3	-	3	185.71
MS Pepper	c Banton b Davey	18	11	17	1	2	6	163.64
PI Walter	c van der Merwe b Davey	45	30	46	5	1	6	150.00
RN ten Doeschate	c Banton b de Lange	26	21	25	3	-	5	123.81
JDS Neesham	b de Lange	53	25	28	7	2	5	212.00
*SR Harmer	c Byrom b de Lange	16	10	18	2	-	1	160.00
ASS Nijjar	not out	5	3	6	1	-	1	166.67
JH Plom	not out	6	2	4	-	1	1	300.00
SJ Cook	did not bat
JA Porter	did not bat
Extras	(3 w)	3
Total	(7 wickets, 18.5 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Westley, 1.2 ov), 2-15 (Wheater, 2.1 ov), 3-47 (Pepper, 5.3 ov), 4-102 (ten Doeschate, 11.3 ov), 5-109 (Walter, 13.2 ov), 6-176 (Harmer, 17.5 ov), 7-176 (Neesham, 17.6 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Waller	3	0	41	0	-	-	3	7	1	-	13.67
Brooks	2	0	13	1	-	-	7	1	1	12.00	6.50
Davey	3.5	0	39	3	-	-	10	5	2	7.67	10.17
Gregory	2	0	24	0	-	-	2	3	1	-	12.00
van der Merwe	4	0	35	0	-	-	3	2	1	-	8.75
de Lange	4	0	35	3	3	-	5	4	-	8.00	8.75

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Notes
--> Somerset innings: 50 in 2.5 overs
--> Somerset innings: 100 in 10.2 overs
--> Somerset innings: 150 in 17.3 overs
--> Essex innings: 50 in 5.6 overs
--> Essex innings: 100 in 11.1 overs
--> Essex innings: 150 in 15.4 overs
--> BGF Green passed his previous highest score of 14 in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> BGF Green passed his previous highest score of 14 in Twenty20 matches
--> PI Walter passed 500 runs in Twenty20 Blast matches when he reached 39
--> PI Walter passed 500 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 39
--> JDS Neesham 50 in 23 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> JDS Neesham passed his previous highest score of 52 in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> SJ Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Twenty20 Blast matches when he dismissed EJ Byrom in the Somerset innings (previous best was 2-25)
--> SJ Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed EJ Byrom in the Somerset innings (previous best was 2-25)
--> T Banton (17) and JC Hildreth (31) added 50 in 18 balls for the Somerset 1st wicket
--> PI Walter (26) and RN ten Doeschate (24) added 50 in 31 balls for the Essex 4th wicket
--> JDS Neesham (38) and SR Harmer (13) added 50 in 20 balls for the Essex 6th wicket

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