Somerset Cruise Past Glos Into One-day Cup Semis

Metro Bank One-Day Cup quarter-final, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Gloucestershire 155 each retired (40.5 overs): J Taylor 43; Lammonby 3-22

Somerset 149-4 (31.3 overs): J Rew 46, T Rew 40*

Somerset won by six wickets (DLS Method)

Somerset romped done to nan One-Day Cup semi-finals pinch a broad six-wicket triumph complete arch-rivals Gloucestershire astatine Taunton.

The visitors were bowled retired for a disappointing 155 successful 40.5 overs aft winning nan toss, skipper Jack Taylor top-scoring pinch 43.

There were 3 wickets each for Jake Ball and Tom Lammonby, while Jack Leach sent down 10 overs of left-arm rotation for miserly figures of 2-23.

Two rain-interruptions near Somerset facing a revised target of 149 successful 45 overs.

They reached it pinch much than 13 overs to spare, skipper James Rew starring nan measurement pinch 46, and now look a travel to meet Worcestershire successful nan semi-finals connected Sunday.

Gloucestershire ne'er recovered from losing James Bracey, truthful prolific successful nan title this season, to nan 2nd shot of nan match, bowled by Ball pushing guardant defensively. The determination to bat first had travel arsenic a astonishment arsenic play began nether heavy overcast skies, pinch nan floodlights on, and a threat of rainfall later successful nan day.

Cameron Bancroft looked successful bully touch, striking 2 large sixes successful a half-century guidelines for nan 2nd wicket pinch Ollie Price.

It was 56-2 successful nan 14th complete erstwhile nan Australian, connected 34, played a checked thrust to Kasey Aldridge and saw nan bowler return a juggling return catch.

Price had made 25 erstwhile judged lbw to a shot from Lammonby angled into his pads and 97 for 4 arsenic Ben Charlesworth was caught astatine mid-on aiming a back-foot forcing changeable disconnected nan left-arm seamer.

Lammonby had figures of 3-20 erstwhile Graeme van Buuren popped up a soft return drawback and departed for a duck looking suspiciously astatine nan pitch.

At 97-5, Gloucestershire were successful disarray. With 29 runs added, Tommy Boorman fell leg-before sweeping a shot from Leach, who followed up by having Daaryoush Ahmed brilliantly caught by Aldridge racing towards nan long-on bound from mid-off and taking nan shot conscionable wrong nan statement arsenic it dropped complete his shoulder.

Jack Taylor drove a drawback to mid-off springiness Ben Green a wicket, having faced 59 balls and deed six fours. With his departure astatine 140-8 went Gloucestershire's past dream of a meaningful full and Ball wrapped up nan innings arsenic Matt Taylor and Craig Miles edged done to wicketkeeper James Rew.

Somerset's reply had reached 16 without nonaccomplishment erstwhile nan forecast rainfall arrived astatine 14:25 BST.

Play resumed astatine 15:50, pinch nary first simplification successful overs aliases nan triumph target, and pinch conscionable 5 runs added Archie Vaughan was superbly caught by wicketkeeper Bracey diving debased to his correct disconnected Matt Taylor.

Lewis Goldsworthy pulled a six disconnected Taylor earlier Lammonby, connected 18, played a loose thrust astatine Craig Miles' 2nd transportation of nan game, good wide disconnected off stump, and gave a regular drawback to Bracey pinch nan full connected 47 successful nan 12th over.

At 53-2, rainfall forced a further 25 infinitesimal break and nan overs and target were reduced. James Rew quickly settled in, lofting a shot from van Buuren complete long-off for six arsenic he and Goldsworthy added 39 for nan 3rd wicket earlier nan second fell for 27, caught and bowled disconnected a starring separator successful Ahmed's first over.

Having survived a large entreaty for a drawback down disconnected Josh Shaw, nan Somerset skipper prospered successful tandem pinch younger relative Thomas Rew, who took a six and 4 disconnected an Ahmed complete earlier pulling Jack Taylor's first shot of nan lucifer complete heavy quadrate for different maximum.

Taylor had Rew elder stumped by Bracey having faced 53 balls, but by past nan result was beyond uncertainty and his precocious related saw Somerset home, ending unbeaten connected 40 disconnected conscionable 39 deliveries.

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