Metro Bank One Day Cup Preview: Somerset v Warwickshire
THE MATCH
Somerset welcome Warwickshire to the Cooper Associates County Ground in the Metro Bank One Day Cup tomorrow (Sunday July 26th).
Play will get underway at 11am with gates opening at 10am.
Tickets for this match, which also includes our annual Family Day, are still available.
Please note that Member guest passes will not be able to be redeemed on the day of this fixture.
2026 FAMILY DAY
This match includes our annual Family Day!
Family Day features:
🎈 Over 30 FREE kids activities
🏏 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.
Cricket, sunshine, and happy kids! What could be better? ☀️🏏
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Gates will open at 10am.
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 which may increase the time it takes you to enter the venue.
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.
Due to the busy nature of a matchday, our telephone lines will reopen at 10am on Monday July 27th.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE GIMBLETT’S HILL SEATING AREA OF THE VENUE IS FOR ACCESSIBLE VIEWING ONLY
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.
SOMERSET LEISURE FAN VILLAGE
The Somerset Leisure Fan Village will be situated in the St James Street side of the Cooper Associates County Ground.
This will feature a wide range of food and drink plus our Family Day activations!
Matchday food and drink will also be available from the SCCC concessions and bars around the ground.
Joel’s, which is located behind Block Five of the Somerset Stand, near the Joel Garner Gates will also be open.
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.
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
Captain: Sam Hain
2025 Position: 4th (Group B)
2025 Most Runs: Ed Barnard (358)
2025 Most Wickets: Tazeem Ali (18)
Overview: Warwickshire Second XI recently retained the T20 Cup fuelled by the talents of many players who will figure in their 50-over campaign. They are confident and in form.
Player to watch: Kai Smith – the dynamic young wicketkeeper-batter has been unlucky to be overlooked for much of the red-ball and T20 campaigns. A strong 50-over comp would make him very hard to overlook when the Championship resumes.
Young gun: Staffordshire product Theo Wylie, a left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder, is an impact player with bat and ball who appears ready to make an impact in first-team cricket.
Final thought: It has turned into a strange, polarised season for the Bears. A disastrous start to the Blast destroyed their qualification hopes very early but they are in the thick of the Rothesay County Championship title race and a strong 50-over campaign would set up an exciting end to the season at Edgbaston.
TEAM NEWS
Somerset are without Alfie Ogborne (back).
A starting XI will be named from the list below:
VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
Ahead of the match, Somerset Head Coach, Jason Kerr said: “After the result at Notts it was important that we got back to winning ways against Gloucestershire and I thought that the group showed great strength of character to exactly that.
“Josh, Lammers and Archie in particular were excellent with the bat and the bowling group really backed that up. It’s always good to win a derby, especially in front of what was a brilliant crowd yesterday, but we need to park that now, work on a few things and go again against Warwickshire tomorrow.
“The squad are growing in confidence with each game and it’s important that we build on the positives from the Gloucestershire game and work on a few things moving forward. I was impressed by how the group battled for each other and hopefully we will see more of the same on Sunday.”
CLASSIC MATCH
We head back in time to 1978 for the classic List A fixture between the two sides.
Somerset welcomed Warwickshire to Taunton in the first round of the Gillette Cup and claimed the victory thanks to a superb innings from Viv Richards.
Warwickshire Captain, John Whitehouse won the toss and elected to bat first.
Dennis Amiss (70) and David Smith shared an opening stand of 91 before Whitehouse (94) and Geoff Humpage (58) helped their side to 292 for five from their 60 overs.
Dennis Breakwell was the pick of the Somerset attack, claiming two for 51 from 12 overs.
The host’s reply got off to a poor start when Brian Rose was trapped lbw by David Brown with just 17 runs on the board.
This brought Richards to the crease and he shared a partnerships of 137 with Peter Denning (60) and 96 with Peter Roebuck (45) as Somerset began to chase their total in earnest.
Richards eventually finished unbeaten on 139 as Somerset won by six wickets with 17 balls to spare.
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THE HOWARDS CROWD CATCH
In partnership with Howards Motor Group, Somerset County Cricket Club are introducing a crowd catch competition for the 2026 Metro Bank One Day Cup.
If you take a clean catch in the crowd during any of our remaining home white ball matches this summer, you will win a free service and valet voucher which can be redeemed at a Howards Motor Group garage.*
Experience the elite live sport and be a part of the action with the Howards Crowd Catch 2026!
THE WOLLENS O-ZONE CHALLENGE!
Somerset County Cricket Club have teamed up with Wollens Solicitors to help raise money for Children’s Hospice South West in 2026.
If any player hits the ball through the “O” of the Wollens advertising board at the Cooper Associates County Ground this year, Wollens will donate £1 for every run that is scored in that innings!
WIN A SOMERSET LEISURE CARAVAN
As part of our partnership with Somerset Leisure, we will be teaming up to bring our Members and supporters an incredible competition to win a caravan which is at the CACG today!
Keep your eyes on this website and our social channels for more information!
NEXT MATCH
Somerset’s next match is on Friday July 31st when we take on Kent in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury.
Tickets are still available:
