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Metro Bank One Day Cup Preview: Somerset v Durham
THE MATCH
Somerset welcome Durham to the Cooper Associates County Ground in the Metro Bank One Day Cup tomorrow (Friday August 8th).
General admission tickets for the match have now sold out.
With no allocated seating in place for Metro Bank One Day Cup matches, Somerset CCC are only in a position to sell a certain number of general admission tickets. This number is offset against the number of 2025 Members.
However, this doesn’t mean that you have to miss out on the action!
Associate Membership is still available and can be purchased via the link below:
For just £90 you will receive five days of County Championship or Metro Bank One Day Cup cricket to be used at your convenience.
You’ll also get a huge variety of perks that an Associate Membership gives you versus buying individual tickets:
- Access to Member seating areas on your chosen matchdays
- Invitations to exclusive Members Events throughout the year
- Exclusive online digital content
- Access to the Somerset Rewards scheme which enables you to claim discount at local businesses across Somerset
- Access to Priority Ticket Windows
- Discounted International tickets
- Preferential rates on tickets and travel packages across the summer for knockout fixtures
2025 BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL
This match includes our annual Beer & Cider Festival!
The event will be held in our vibrant fan village at the St James Street side of the ground.
🍺 Over 100 different Beer and Ciders on offer! 🍺
The fan village will open two hours before the floodlit fixture and there will be a variety of the best acoustic musical talent from the local area.
A wide variety of tailored food options will also be available to purchase.
All Members and matchday ticket holders will receive a full set tasting notes for Beers & Ciders on offer to score and perhaps, find a new favourite!
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY
Beers and ciders are only available with tokens which can be purchased from the SCCC gazebo in the Fan Village and from the official sale point outside Stragglers Coffee House.
1 token = half a pint.
Discounts are available on purchases of 10 or 20 tokens.
No tokens will be sold after 8:45pm and bars will stop serving at 9:15pm.
All tokens must be used by 9:15pm.
Token are non-refundable.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Gates will open at 12pm with play due to get underway at 2pm.
Information on everything that you will need for a matchday at SCCC, including how to download your e-tickets and how to use the SCCC Ticket App can all be found in our Visiting Guide.
Bag searches will be in operation and spectators are reminded that no glass or sharp implements will be permitted within the Cooper Associates County Ground.
For full Ground Regulations please visit the link below:
Ticket buyers can download their online tickets via their SCCC account. All ticket or Membership collections or queries will be managed at the Jack White Gates (St James Street).
The Club Reception Desk is now permanently based in the Reception of the Marcus Trescothick Pavilion and not in the Andrew Caddick Pavilion.
Due to the busy nature of a matchday, our telephone lines will reopen at 10am on Monday August 11th.
Scorecards will be available from Reception in the Marcus Trescothick Pavilion. Completed scorecards can be downloaded after the match via the Membership section of this website.
FAN VILLAGE & CATERING
We will once again be hosting our fan village in the St James Street side of the Cooper Associates County Ground.
The fan village features a wide range of food and drink plus live music before the match and during the interval.
Matchday food and drink will also be available from the SCCC concessions and bars around the ground.
HOW CAN I KEEP UP TO DATE?
Our award winning live stream is available for fans to watch via this website and our YouTube channel.
You can also keep up to date by using our dedicated matchday blog via this website’s Match Centre and on our X feed.
In association with Vertu, Somerset County Cricket Club will be providing radio ear pieces to enable Members and supporters to enjoy our live ball-by-ball match commentary. These will be available to purchase from Reception in the Marcus Trescothick Pavilion at a cost of £12 and these will last all season.
A report on the day’s play will also be posted on this website.
THE OPPOSITION
DURHAM
Captain: Alex Lees
2024 Position: Fifth (Group A)
2024 Most Runs: Colin Ackermann (316)
2024 Most Wickets: Paul Coughlin (12)
Overview: Durham are coming off the back of an excellent Vitality Blast campaign, which saw them finish second in the North Group. They were 50-over finalists in 2021 and will be desperate to win their first white-ball title since 2014 when they won a previous incarnation of this competition. Their squad is well balanced and hasn’t been ravaged by the Hundred.
Player to watch: Ollie Robinson, the 26-year-old wicketkeeper-batter, hasn’t played in this competition since 2022 due to Hundred commitments. That season, he won the title as a Kent player. He scored a career-best 206 not out during that particular campaign. This season, he’s available to his county and is likely to be a linchpin of their top order.
Young gun: Wicketkeeper-batter Haydon Mustard, 19, is set for his first first-team exposure of 2025 in this competition. An ever-present last year in the lower middle order, the former England U19 posted a top-score of 35. He even hit a six in a match against Lancashire at Sedbergh which was caught in the crowd by his dad, Phil.
Final thought: South African overseas quick Codi Yusuf is available for this competition. He represented the county in the Rothesay County Championship during the first half of the summer before heading off to Zimbabwe in late June and early July to make his Test debut for the Proteas, taking the new ball and claiming 10 wickets in a 2-0 series victory. He returned to the Riverside on a deal until the end of the season and will add significant firepower to Durham’s bowling attack.
TEAM NEWS
Somerset have named the following squad for the match:
VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
Ahead of the match, Somerset Interim Head Coach, Paul Tweddle said: “We’re all looking forward to being back at the Cooper Associates County Ground tomorrow because we always get fantastic support in this competition. It was great to get off to a winning start but we need to learn a few lessons from the game and look to apply those.
“It’s key that we keep building on the momentum that we generated yesterday against Middlesex. We need to keep building with each game and learn as we move forward. The teams that do well in this competition are the ones that constantly evolve as the tournament progresses, so we’ll be looking to do that.
“Durham are a strong side with good players from one to eleven and they’re coming off a good win over Sussex. We’ll be showing them the respect that they deserve, but we’ll be focusing on what our processes are and what we can deliver.”
CLASSIC MATCH
We go back to July 2014 for the classic List A fixture between the two sides at Taunton.
It was a match that Somerset won by five wickets thanks to unbeaten centuries from James Hildreth and Lewis Gregory.
Mark Stoneman won the toss and elected to bat first.
The visitors slipped to 36 for three but 113 from Paul Collingwood helped to ensure that his side reached 311 for seven from their 50 overs.
Somerset were struggling at 21 for three in the sixth over before an unbeaten sixth wicket stand of more than 200 between Hildreth (146 not out) and Gregory (105 not out) meant that Somerset claimed a dramatic victory.
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NEXT MATCH
Somerset’s next match is on Sunday when we face Lancashire in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at the Cooper Associates County Ground.
This match is also our annual Family Day!
🎈 Over 30 FREE kids activities including face painting, entertainers, petting zoo, virtual reality cricket and inflatable games!
🏏 Live cricket action
🍦 Delicious food stalls
🎉 Games, giveaways & more!
All the attractions will be hosted within our safe and secure fan village on the day. ☀️🏏
