Archive August 28, 2025

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

Gloucestershire 155 all out (40.5 overs): J Taylor 43, Lammonby 3-22

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

With a comprehensive six-wicket victory over arch-rivals Gloucestershire at Taunton, Somerset advanced to the One-Day Cup semi-finals.

After winning the toss, skipper Jack Taylor top-scored with a 43-run top-scoring score of 155 overs. The visitors were bowled out for a disappointing 155.

Jake Ball and Tom Lammonby both took three wickets, while Jack Leach took 10 left-arm spin balls for a shoddy 2-23 total.

Somerset was given a revised target of 149 in 45 overs by two rain-interruptions.

With more than 13 overs to go, Worcestershire will now face them in the semi-finals on Sunday, with skipper James Rew leading the charge with 46.

James Bracey, who had been so prolific this year, was never let go by Gloucestershire on the second ball of the match, which was bowled by Ball while moving forward defensively. As play began under heavily overcast skies, floodlights on, and a chance of rain later in the day, the decision to bat first had come as a surprise.

In a half-century stand with Ollie Price for the second wicket, Cameron Bancroft did well to score two big sixes.

When the Australian made a juggling return catch after playing a checked drive to Kasey Aldridge for a score of 56-2 in the 14th over, the bowler was watching from the bowler.

As Ben Charlesworth was spotted midway through aiming a forcing shot off the left-arm seamer, Price had made 25 when Lammonby’s ball angled into his pads and 97 for four when it was determined that the ball was lbw.

When Graeme van Buuren caught a soft return and headed for a duck, who looked suspiciously at the pitch, Lammonby had figures of 3-20.

Gloucestershire was in disarray at 97-5. Tommy Boorman fell leg before sweeping a ball past Leach, who had Daaryoush Ahmed brilliantly caught by Aldridge from mid-off and took the ball just inside the rope as it fell over his shoulder.

Ben Green, who had faced 59 balls and hit six fours, took a wicket with a catch midway through. Gloucestershire’s final chance of a meaningful total was ended when Ball left, with Matt Taylor and Craig Miles cutting through to wicketkeeper James Rew.

When the rain started pouring at 14:25 BST, Somerset’s response reached 16 without a doubt.

With just five more runs added, Archie Vaughan was superbly caught by wicketkeeper Bracey diving low to his right off Matt Taylor, and play resumed at 15:50.

With the score of 47 in the 12th over, Lewis Goldsworthy pulled a six off Taylor before Lammonby, on 18, played a loose drive to Bracey, who was well off stump, for his second of the game.

The overs and target were reduced, and the rain forced a further 25-minute break at 53-2. As James Rew and Goldsworthy added 39 for the third wicket before being caught and bowled off a leading edge in Ahmed’s first over, James Rew quickly settled in and bowled it over long-off for six.

The Somerset captain prospered in tandem with his younger brother Thomas Rew, who drained a six and four from an Ahmed over before pulling Jack Taylor’s first ball of the match over deep square for a further maximum after being overjoyed for a catch behind off Josh Shaw.

By the time Rew senior was facing 53 balls, Taylor had Rew senior stumped, and Somerset had won with a 40-run lead.

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

Gloucestershire 155 all out (40.5 overs): J Taylor 43; Lammonby 3-22

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

Somerset romped through to the One-Day Cup semi-finals with a comprehensive six-wicket victory over arch-rivals Gloucestershire at Taunton.

The visitors were bowled out for a disappointing 155 in 40.5 overs after winning the toss, skipper Jack Taylor top-scoring with 43.

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

Two rain-interruptions left Somerset facing a revised target of 149 in 45 overs.

They reached it with more than 13 overs to spare, skipper James Rew leading the way with 46, and now face a trip to meet Worcestershire in the semi-finals on Sunday.

Gloucestershire never recovered from losing James Bracey, so prolific in the competition this season, to the second ball of the match, bowled by Ball pushing forward defensively. The decision to bat first had come as a surprise as play began under heavily overcast skies, with the floodlights on, and a threat of rain later in the day.

Cameron Bancroft looked in good touch, striking two big sixes in a half-century stand for the second wicket with Ollie Price.

It was 56-2 in the 14th over when the Australian, on 34, played a checked drive to Kasey Aldridge and saw the bowler take a juggling return catch.

Price had made 25 when judged lbw to a ball from Lammonby angled into his pads and 97 for four as Ben Charlesworth was caught at mid-on aiming a back-foot forcing shot off the left-arm seamer.

Lammonby had figures of 3-20 when Graeme van Buuren popped up a soft return catch and departed for a duck looking suspiciously at the pitch.

At 97-5, Gloucestershire were in disarray. With 29 runs added, Tommy Boorman fell leg-before sweeping a ball from Leach, who followed up by having Daaryoush Ahmed brilliantly caught by Aldridge racing towards the long-on boundary from mid-off and taking the ball just inside the rope as it dropped over his shoulder.

Jack Taylor drove a catch to mid-off give Ben Green a wicket, having faced 59 balls and hit six fours. With his departure at 140-8 went Gloucestershire’s last hope of a meaningful total and Ball wrapped up the innings as Matt Taylor and Craig Miles edged through to wicketkeeper James Rew.

Somerset’s reply had reached 16 without loss when the forecast rain arrived at 14:25 BST.

Play resumed at 15:50, with no initial reduction in overs or the victory target, and with just five runs added Archie Vaughan was superbly caught by wicketkeeper Bracey diving low to his right off Matt Taylor.

Lewis Goldsworthy pulled a six off Taylor before Lammonby, on 18, played a loose drive at Craig Miles’ second delivery of the game, well wide off off stump, and gave a routine catch to Bracey with the total on 47 in the 12th over.

At 53-2, rain forced a further 25 minute break and the overs and target were reduced. James Rew quickly settled in, lofting a ball from van Buuren over long-off for six as he and Goldsworthy added 39 for the third wicket before the latter fell for 27, caught and bowled off a leading edge in Ahmed’s first over.

Having survived a loud appeal for a catch behind off Josh Shaw, the Somerset captain prospered in tandem with younger brother Thomas Rew, who took a six and four off an Ahmed over before pulling Jack Taylor’s first ball of the match over deep square for another maximum.

Taylor had Rew senior stumped by Bracey having faced 53 balls, but by then the outcome was beyond doubt and his precocious sibling saw Somerset home, ending unbeaten on 40 off just 39 deliveries.