{"id":675680,"date":"2026-07-05T22:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T22:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/675680\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T22:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T22:01:14","slug":"somerset-thrash-northamptonshire-in-brilliant-team-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/675680\/","title":{"rendered":"Somerset thrash Northamptonshire in brilliant team display"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somerset thrash Northamptonshire in brilliant team display<\/p>\n

SCORECARD\/MATCH CENTRE<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomas Rew blazed his maiden T20 half-century to help keep Somerset defeat group leaders Northamptonshire Steelbacks by 105 runs and keep their hopes alive of a quarter-final spot in this year\u2019s Vitality Blast.<\/p>\n

Reigning champions Somerset arrived at the cinch County Ground needing to win all their remaining games to stand a chance of qualifying but faced an unbeaten side on home turf. They ended the Steelbacks\u2019 run after amassing an imposing 223 for four and then skittling the hosts for 118.<\/p>\n

Rew made 57 in a rapid opening partnership of 104 with Will Smeed (48), and while the pair were parted in quick succession, a late boundary blitz from Australian international Daniel Sams propelled them to a commanding total.<\/p>\n

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Ricardo Vasconcelos got the Steelbacks off to a flier with a quickfire 40, but with Craig Overton setting the tone with a miserly spell in the powerplay, scoreboard pressure started to tell. The hosts lost wickets at regular intervals, Josh Thomas returning career-best figures of four for six and Lewis Goldsworthy taking three wickets in one over.<\/p>\n

Earlier Smeed started aggressively with two sixes off Ben Sanderson and while Rew edged James Sales through the vacant slip cordon, he started to motor, striking Sales over long-on and taking consecutive boundaries off David Willey.<\/p>\n

Rew attacked spin and pace equally including a six down the ground off Calvin Harrison (2-31). He took a legside boundary off a wayward Sales to reach his 50, but fell soon after, caught at deep midwicket off Saif Zaib.<\/p>\n

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Smeed departed next over when he came down the pitch to Harrison and was caught at long-off, while the Steelbacks leg-spinner soon had another when Somerset skipper Tom Kohler-Cadmore slog swept against the spin to deep midwicket.<\/p>\n

James Rew (30) swept Zaib for consecutive boundaries but when he was caught at deep square off Sanderson, Somerset were 167 for four after 17 overs and someway behind par.<\/p>\n

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Sams though changed the tempo instantly, muscling consecutive sixes off Willey and flicking another maximum legside off Sales.<\/p>\n

Vasconcelos started brightly, taking three consecutive fours off Riley Meredith\u2019s first over which yielded 21 runs. He attacked Josh Shaw too, ramping for four and driving powerfully.<\/p>\n

But Overton broke through at the other end amid a wicket maiden, nipping one back to trap the in-form Nathan McSweeney lbw.<\/p>\n

Vasconcelos upper cut Jake Ball over cover for four as the Steelbacks finished the powerplay at 57 for one before Goldsworthy ran amok with three wickets in six balls.<\/p>\n

First Vasconcelos reverse swept straight to backward point, then Willey pulled to deep square before Zaib was bowled backing away to cut.<\/p>\n

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Louis Kimber had a reprieve when he skied one off Sams and, undeterred, collected a couple of powerful boundaries. He did not last long though, bowled making room to cut Josh Thomas<\/p>\n

Lewis McManus swept Goldsworthy through midwicket and through the covers but Thomas struck twice in the next over when Harrison was caught at long-on and George Bartlett was stumped by Thomas Rew.<\/p>\n

With too much left to do, the remaining batters went for the big shots, all of them falling to outfield catches.<\/p>\n

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