Metro Bank One Day Cup Preview: Somerset v Surrey
THE MATCH
Somerset welcome Surrey to the Cooper Associates County Ground in the Metro Bank One Day Cup tomorrow (Saturday April 25th).
Tickets for this match are available now!
Somerset are currently second in the Metro Bank One Day Cup table with eight points from our opening two fixtures whilst Surrey are in first place with 14 points from three matches.
MATCHDAY INFORMATION
Gates open at 9:30am with play due to start at 10:30am.
Entry to the Cooper Associates County Ground will be via the Jack White Gates (St James Street) and Sir Vivian Richards Gate (Priory Bridge Road) only.
Seating will be available in the following stands:
- Marcus Trescothick Pavilion Lower
- Ondaatje Family Stand
- Ondaatje Alcohol Free Stand
- Gimblett’s Hill (accessible viewing area)
- Colin Atkinson Pavilion
- Somerset Stand Block 1 (subject to demand)
- Somerset Women 1875 Club and Long Room Members will be able to access the Long Room for this fixture.
The concourse behind the Somerset will be closed due to renovation works.
Somerset Men’s Membership cards will NOT grant you access to the venue for this fixture.
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.
Members and supporters are not permitted to bring alcohol into Metro Bank One Day Cup fixtures.
For full Ground Regulations please visit the link below:
Ticket buyers can download their online tickets via their SCCC account, and all ticket or Membership collections will be from the Jack White Gates (St James Street).
Due to the busy nature of a matchday, our telephone lines will reopen at 10am on Monday April 27th.
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.
CATERING
Food and drink will be available from the County Room in the Colin Atkinson Pavilion.
HOW CAN I KEEP UP TO DATE?
A live stream of the match will be available via this website and on our YouTube channel.
You can also keep up to date via our social media channels.
In addition to this, a report on the day’s play along with quotes will be posted on this website.
Somerset County Cricket Club will also 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.
Radio ear pieces are free of charge for visually impaired Members and supporters.
THE OPPOSITION
SURREY
Captain: Kira Chathli
Head coach: Johann Myburgh
2025 finish: 4th
2025 highest run-scorer: Alice Davidson-Richards (595)
2025 highest wicket-taker: Dani Gregory (19)
Winter moves: Australian all-rounder, Maitlan Brown joins the Three Feathers and is available for the first block of Metro Bank One-Day Cup. The right-arm fast bowler will add both depth and experience to Surrey’s bowling attack. Two other additions to the squad are Rachel King and Emily Burke. Wicketkeeper-batter King signed a rookie contract in October after spending much of last year in Surrey’s Vitality Blast squads while Burke is promoted from the academy. Big-hitting seamer Emma Jones has permanently headed north to The Blaze while another quick, Alexa Stonehouse, has gone on a season-long loan to Warwickshire.
The big question: Surrey were all-but unstoppable in the Vitality Blast last season but must uncover the secret of how to transfer that dominance to the longer white-ball format. There were several instances in 2025 of the bowling attack coming up short defending scores of around 300, most notably in the semi-final against Hampshire where their total of 287 was overhauled with almost three overs to spare.
Player to watch: Tilly Corteen-Coleman. Given the teenager was sold at the recent Hundred auction for £105,000, it seems spurious to flag her as one to watch. However, much of her success so far has come in T20 whereas in the 2025 One Day Cup she took only two wickets. Only 18, the slow left-armer is still learning her craft and if she makes a leap forward in this format, Surrey may do too.
Final thought: Alice Capsey, Sophia Dunkley, Ryana MacDonald-Gay and Danni Wyatt-Hodge are centrally contracted to England, and Stonehouse has been loaned out, so there are question marks over availability in a World Cup year. Much may rest on the shoulders of last season’s leading run-scorer Alice Davidson-Richards and spinners Corteen-Coleman and Dani Gregory if Chathli is to enjoy success in her first season as skipper.
TEAM NEWS
Somerset will be without Mollie Robbins (unavailable) and Emma Corney (knee). However, England Internationals, Heather Knight, Charlie Dean and Dani Gibson will be available for this match.
Somerset have named the following squad for this fixture:
VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
Ahead of the match, Somerset Head Coach, Erin Osborne said: “I’m getting used to the rivalries over here and I understand that there’s a good one between Surrey and Somerset, so we’re looking forward to the game. There’s going to be some world-class players on show so it should be a good spectacle.
“It’s a very happy camp at the moment but everyone understands that Surrey are a quality team and that we’re going to have to play some good cricket to get a third win. Everyone’s really confident in the way that we’re going about things, and I think we’re gearing up nicely for tomorrow’s match.
“Every time we play, we’re looking to improve on areas that we’ve identified in previous games. I’m looking forward to us going up another gear in the field. Although I thought we were exceptional last week against Lancashire, it’s definitely an area that we want to be the best at in the competition. With the bat, we’ll just keep looking to take the positive option and look to progress the game.
“We’ve trained really well this week and it’s nice having Heather and Charlie and Gibbo available as well to just help direct the team a little bit more. Everyone has stepped up and played a role when needed and that’s been the really pleasing thing so far.”
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NEXT MATCH
Somerset’s next match in the Metro Bank One Day Cup is on Wednesday April 29th when we take on Surrey at Taunton Vale Sports Club.
Tickets for this match are on sale now!
