18/07Result
1st semi-final, Vitality Blast Men at Birmingham, Jul 18 2026
Northants won by 17 runs
Player of the Match
David Willey
David WilleyNorthamptonshire
18/07Result
1st semi-final, Vitality Blast Men at Birmingham, Jul 18 2026
Northants won by 17 runs
Player of the Match
David Willey
David WilleyNorthamptonshire

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | SOM: 126/9 (18 runs required, RR: 6.30)

  • Jack Leach2 (4b)
  • Ben Sanderson4-0-28-3
  • Luke Procter2-0-30-1

2.01pm What a remarkable chase. Somerset scored 28 runs off one over, then 98 off the remaining 19, as a stunning bowling and fielding performance, led by the skipper David Willey sealed the deal! His three wickets for 17 were the statistical highlight, but the beating heart of this performance was his astonishing relay catch at long-on, to extract the dangerous Craig Overton, at the precise moment that Somerset could have turned on the afterburners. Instead, they flamed out!

No messing around on cricket's Longest Day! It's straight over to the second semi-final now... Hampshire vs Nottinghamshire, for the right to contest the Vitality Blast final!

19.6
W
Sanderson to Meredith, OUT, splat! The only fitting ending! Meredith has a swing and his middle stump gets flattened! Good length, beats a desperate hack. Northants march on for a chance to complete a season in which they've been the tournament pace-setters!

RP Meredith b Sanderson 3 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60

19.5
0
Sanderson to Meredith, no run, yorker, goes for the big wind-up... can't connect. Northants can start to think ahead now...
19.4
1
Sanderson to Leach, 1 run, full once more, jabbed into the covers
19.3
1
Sanderson to Meredith, 1 run, it is now! Sanderson nails his length, Meredith toe-ends a drive. Barring a spate of no-balls, it's out of reach now
19.2
1
Sanderson to Leach, 1 run, full, drilled to long-off... that might well be the game!
19.2
1w
Sanderson to Leach, 1 wide, fired down the leg side ... a bonus run for Somerset, and still five balls to come
19.1
1
Sanderson to Meredith, 1 run, full, outside off, Meredith swings and drags his stroke to leg

END OF OVER:
19 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | SOM: 121/8 (23 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.36, RRR: 23.00)

  • Jack Leach0 (2b)
  • Riley Meredith1 (1b)
  • Luke Procter2-0-30-1
  • Ben Sanderson3-0-23-2
18.6
0
Procter to Leach, no run, fires the full toss past the flashing blade. Luke Procter follows up a 28-run first over with a wicket and two runs in his second. The defending champions are on the precipice!
18.5
0
Procter to Leach, no run, full length, outside off, brilliant bowling! Leach can't lay a bat on it

Jack Leach, not one of nature's boundary-hitters...

18.4
W
Procter to Sams, OUT, hacked high, hacked mightily... hacked... to deep midwicket! Huge moment again! Sams went for broke, out of the full length, and thought he'd got enough on it... but Harrison holds his nerve, judging the spinning ball as it plummets out of the sky, and swallows the chance!

DR Sams c Harrison b Procter 13 (10b 0x4 1x6) SR: 130

Two more chances for the boundary...

18.3
2
Procter to Sams, 2 runs, clubbed down the ground, out of the yorker length, long-off was slow to gather and they rush back for two... crucial
18.2
0
Procter to Sams, no run, tails into the pads... Sams is trapped on the crease. No room to free his arms. Two dots...
18.1
0
Procter to Sams, no run, yorker, that's good, clipped away to the leg-side, and Sams turns down the run

Luke Procter... where's your head at?

END OF OVER:
18 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | SOM: 119/7 (25 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.61, RRR: 12.50)

  • Daniel Sams11 (6b)
  • Riley Meredith1 (1b)
  • Ben Sanderson3-0-23-2
  • Calvin Harrison4-0-20-1
17.6
1
Sanderson to Sams, 1 run, utterly clobbered... dropped by Sales in the covers! It was hard and low to his left, and it might have stuck ... But more importantly perhaps, he got in the way and intercepted the boundary...
17.5
6
Sanderson to Sams, SIX, bosh, that's gone the distance! Somerset aren't dead yet! In the slot from Sanderson, Sams gives it a slam, high over long-on!
17.4
1
Sanderson to Meredith, 1 run,
17.3
W
Sanderson to Overton, OUT, simply stunning relay catch, and that's surely the game! Overton climbs through the full length with full beans, high and mighty, straight down the ground. Willey tracks back, dives out of play as he completes the grab, unleashes with his body horizontal to the ground, and after a series of checks from the third umpire, that is proven to be utter perfection! Zaib has to do his bit as well, staying alert at long-off, and diving forward to gather the looping lob back into play. That could have been the game-changing blow... and sure enough, it was!

C Overton c Zaib b Sanderson 5 (3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 166.66

17.2
4
Sanderson to Overton, FOUR, here come the COverton levers! Full and wide, luring the slam through the covers, and lo and behold, he delivers!
17.1
1
Sanderson to Sams, 1 run, bottom-handed thump through the yorker length, outside off, dragged to mid-on

Back comes Sanderson. Does Procter have to bowl over 19?

END OF OVER:
17 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SOM: 106/6 (38 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.23, RRR: 12.66)

  • Daniel Sams3 (3b)
  • Craig Overton1 (1b)
  • Calvin Harrison4-0-20-1
  • David Willey4-0-17-3
16.6
1
Harrison to Sams, 1 run, tossed up, tucked off the legs, another single. Another superb analysis from a Northants bowler. But for that Procter over, this would already be over!

"Hang it in that breeze, Cal!"

16.5
1
Harrison to Overton, 1 run, chiselled off the legs to the on-side

Hello, COverton, fancy seeing you here...

16.4
W
Harrison to Kohler-Cadmore, OUT, TKC holes out to backward point! Huge, huge moment! It's the overspin that does the trick for Harrison, rushing the attempted backfoot launch, and inducing a scuff to Procter, who finally has a positive hand in this contest!

T Kohler-Cadmore c Procter b Harrison 29 (37b 1x4 1x6) SR: 78.37

16.3
1
Harrison to Sams, 1 run, flicked off the full length, to the on-side

Somerset 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0T BantonWCF Smeed
2nd6WCF SmeedTHS Rew
3rd6WCF SmeedJEK Rew
4th62T Kohler-CadmoreWCF Smeed
5th24L GregoryT Kohler-Cadmore
6th6T Kohler-CadmoreDR Sams
7th7C OvertonDR Sams
8th10DR SamsRP Meredith
9th5MJ LeachRP Meredith

Twenty20 Cup (England)

Central & West Group
TeamMWLPTNRR
NOR1073280.415
SOM1055200.587
WAR1055200.079
GLO105520-0.236
GLA1046160.107
WOR104616-0.923
Cross Pool
TeamMWLPTNRR
NOR22083.425
GLO22082.825
WOR22082.525
SOM22081.669
GLA22080.777
NOT22080.496
DUR21142.325
WAR21141.772
LEI21140.117
SUR21140.05
HAM2114-0.674
ESS2114-3.04
DER2020-0.908
LAN2020-1.5
YOR2020-1.564
KEN2020-2.434
SUS2020-2.51
MID2020-3.278
North Group
TeamMWLPTNRR
YOR1072301.183
LAN106326-0.09
NOT1064240.099
DUR1046160.06
DER1035160.656
LEI10288-1.932
South Group
TeamMWLPTNRR
HAM1073280.48
ESS1064241.062
SUR1064240.804
KEN104616-0.575
MID104616-0.833
SUS103710-0.893