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Metro Bank One Day Cup Preview: Somerset v Lancashire
THE MATCH
Somerset welcome Lancashire to the Cooper Associates County Ground in the Metro Bank One Day Cup tomorrow (Friday August 2nd).
Gates open at 12pm with play due to start at 2pm.
Tickets for this match are available and can be purchased below:
Somerset are currently third in the Group A table with four points from three matches whilst Lancashire are ninth and looking for their first victory.
This match will see us hosting our annual Beer & Cider Festival.
Join us at the biggest beer garden in the South West!
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY
Beers and ciders are only available with tokens which can be purchased from the SCCC gazebo in the Fan Village. Discounts are available on purchases of five or 10.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY WILL INCLUDE:
SOMERSET IN LIVE ACTION!
Somerset take on Lancashire in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. This is a floodlit match with play due to get underway at 2pm.
Join us for all the action under lights at the Cooper Associates County Ground.
OVER 100 BEERS & CIDERS
There will be over 100 beers and ciders available from over 30 different breweries including: Many Hands Brew Co, Fine Tuned Brewery, Thatchers Cider, Porlock Cider, Cheddar Ales, Otter Brewery, Pinkers Craft Brewery, Dowding’s Cider, On The Level Brew Co, Exmoor Ales, Taunton Cider, Rich’s Cider, Harry’s Cider Company, Tricky Cider, Loaders Cider, Nuttycombe Brewery, St Austell Brewery, Tiny Rebel Craft Brewery, Dartmoor Brewery, Fuller’s, Timothy Taylors, Bass Brewery, Wadsworth Brewery, Eagle Brewery and many more!
LIVE MUSIC
There will be live music throughout the day from Stevie Nicole Brown and Karl Ficarotta.
12pm – 1pm: Karl Ficarotta
1pm – 2pm: Stevie Nicole Brown
5:30pm – 6pm: Stevie Nicole Brown
QUALITY FOOD
A wide variety of tailored food options will be available to purchase throughout the day.
TASTING NOTES
All Members and matchday ticket holders will receive a full set of tasting notes on the day for the beers and ciders on offer so that you can grade them and perhaps find a new favourite!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Bag searches will be in operation and spectators are reminded that no cans, glass or sharp implements will be permitted within the Cooper Associates County Ground.
For full Ground Regulations please visit the link below:
Members and supporters are not permitted to bring alcohol into Metro Bank One Day Cup fixtures.
Ticket buyers can download their online tickets via their SCCC account.
All ticket or Membership collections will be from the Jack White Gates (St James Street).
The Club Enquiries Desk will be based in the Reception of the Marcus Trescothick Pavilion and not in the Andrew Caddick Pavilion on matchdays.
Due to the busy nature of a matchday, our telephone lines will reopen at 10am on Monday August 5th.
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.
Scorecards will be available from Reception in the Marcus Trescothick Pavilion. Completed scorecards can now 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 will feature a wide range of food and drink plus music before the match and during the interval.
Matchday food and drink will be available from the SCCC concessions and bars around the ground.
HOW CAN I KEEP UP TO DATE?
Our live stream will once again be available for fans to watch via this website and at our YouTube channel.
You can also keep up to date using our dedicated matchday blog via this website’s Match Centre and on our X feed.
In association with Vertu Motors, 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.
In addition to this, a report on the day’s play along with quotes will be posted on this website.
THE OPPOSITION
Captain: Josh Bohannon
Overseas players: Venkatesh Iyer (India), Chris Green (Australia)
2023 finish: Quarter-finalists
2023 leading run scorer: Keaton Jennings (369)
2023 leading wicket taker: Will Williams (13)
Key player: All-rounder George Balderson hit 221 runs and took 10 wickets with his seamers in last season’s competition and has since progressed his game further. The 23-year-old former England Under 19s skipper has been impressive in Lancashire’s Vitality County Championship team and debuted in T20s last month. He just seems to make things happen.
Keep an eye on: This could be the campaign which sees Rocky Flintoff make his first-team debut. The middle order batter, 16, with a famous father has scored centuries for Lancashire’s second team and for the England Under 19s already this summer. He’s a tall, aggressive and fearless right-hander. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?!
Final thought: Beaten finalists in 2022, quarter-finalists last year, Lancashire should go close to making it third time lucky. There are a few ifs, buts and TBCs surrounding their overseas situation. Chris Green, for example, has a Caribbean Premier League T20 deal from late August onwards and is also on standby for The Hundred.
TEAM NEWS
Somerset have named the following squad for the match: Sean Dickson (c), George Thomas, Andy Umeed, Lewis Goldsworthy, James Rew, Josh Thomas, Archie Vaughan, Kasey Aldridge, Alfie Ogborne, Josh Davey, Ned Leonard, Jack Leach, Charlie Cassell and Joe Heywood.
VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
Ahead of the match, Somerset Interim Head Coach, Paul Tweddle said: “The squad is in a good place at the moment and we’re playing some good cricket. I’m really excited by the brand of cricket that we’re playing, but I’m definitely not surprised. Everyone has worked so hard over the last few years and it’s testament to the effort that the players put in day after day in their desire to get better.
“The fact that we haven’t played them for a while brings a certain amount of unknowns. Similar to us, they lose quite a lot of players to The Hundred but they’ve got a quality squad and they’re a strong white ball outfit.”
PLAYER MATCHUP – BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOPER ASSOCIATES
CLASSIC MATCH
The last time that the two sides met in List A cricket at the Cooper Associates County Ground was in 2011.
Somerset faced Lancashire in the 40-over competition in May that year and it was a game that the hosts won by seven wickets.
Somerset won the toss and elected to bowl.
Steven Croft made 107 from 109 balls but only one other batter scored in excess of 30 as the visitors were dismissed for 248.
Lewis Gregory was the pick of the Somerset bowlers, claiming four for 40 from seven overs.
The Somerset reply got off to a solid start as Peter Trego and Marcus Trescothick shared an opening stand of 43, with Trego making 32 of those from just 18 balls.
Trescothick then received good support from Jos Buttler (51 not out), but it was the Somerset skipper who stole the headlines as he made an imperious 111 not out from just 79 balls as Somerset cruised to a comprehensive victory.
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MND CHARITY CHALLENGE
In December 2023 a much-loved Dad and Grandad, David Harris passed away after his battle against MND.
In his memory and because of his love of cricket, especially Somerset CCC, from July 30th to August 2nd, Tom, James & Charlie will be honouring their Grandad by embarking on a challenge to visit all 18 First Class County Cricket grounds to raise money for the MND Association and awareness for families facing MND.
Tom, James, Charlie and their family will be joining us at the Cooper Associates County Ground tomorrow and will perform a lap of honour during the interval.
You can find out more information on their challenge and donate via the link below.
You can also find out more about the MND Association here:
NEXT MATCH
Our next match is Sunday (August 4th) when we host Derbyshire at the Cooper Associates County Ground in the Metro Bank One Day Cup.
This match is our annual Family Fun Day!
Throughout the day there will be all manner of fun and entertainment within our safe and secure fan village to ensure that children and families have a brilliant day out!
There will once again be over 40 FREE attractions in the Fan Village on the day including a petting zoo, face painting, circus skills, inflatable cricket games plus much much more!
Tickets for this match are available now:
