Vitality Blast Preview: Somerset v Glamorgan
THE MATCH
Somerset are in Vitality Blast action tomorrow (Thursday June 4th) when we take on Glamorgan at the Cooper Associates County Ground.
Play will get underway at 7pm.
Tickets for this match are still available.
Somerset are currently third in the Central & West Group with eight points from three matches whilst Glamorgan are fifth with four points from the same number of fixtures.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Gates will open at 4:30pm.
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 Friday June 5th.
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 live music from The Haus Band.
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?
The match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports and will therefore not be available on the SCCC live stream.
You can keep up to date by using our dedicated matchday blog via this website’s Match Centre and on our X feed.
A report on the day’s play will also be posted on this website.
THE OPPOSITION
Captain: Kiran Carlson
Overseas players: Nathan McAndrew (Australia, all), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan, all), Colin Ingram (South Africa, all)
Finals Day appearances: Two (2004, 2017)
Titles: None
2025 finish: 5th in South Group
2025 leading run-scorer: Colin Ingram (338 runs)
2025 leading wicket-taker: Ned Leonard & Dan Douthwaite (20 wickets)
Key winter moves: Australian seamer Nathan McAndrew joining from Sussex is a good addition to Glamorgan after he took a five-wicket haul and a six-wicket haul against them in the competition last year. With fellow seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi in the squad, Glamorgan now have depth in their bowling attack with Mason Crane, Dan Douthwaite and Ned Leonard reliable performers in the format.
The big question: Glamorgan’s biggest disappointment in recent seasons has been their inability to string results together to qualify from the group stage. Last year, individual performances from Dan Lawrence and Toby Albert took games away from the Welsh county when they were looked likely winners. And in 2024 a record win over Somerset in the format showed Glamorgan’s capabilities; can they pull it all together?
Wildcard watch: Ned Leonard is the type of bowler one might think would be picked up in The Hundred. His point of difference in the Glamorgan attack is extra pace, which he demonstrated in a five-for against former club Somerset last season. Previously on the radar of England coaches, he has yet to play professional cricket in 2026 due to injury.
Final thought: Glamorgan used the Vitality Blast last year as an opportunity to blood youngsters and give them responsibility. Alex Horton regularly featured, Ben Kellaway batted at four and Asa Tribe made a name for himself at number six, although he is likely to open when available. Richard Dawson has had plenty of success in red-ball cricket since joining as head coach 15 months ago, but can he translate that into white-ball success.
TEAM NEWS
Somerset will be without Tom Kohler-Cadmore (thumb), Will Smeed (hand) and Riley Meredith (international duty) but Jordan Hermann will be available for selection for the next three Vitality Blast matches.
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: “We’ve got three games in four days coming up, starting tomorrow night with the repeat of last Friday’s game and hopefully we can put in a better performance than we did at Cardiff. The first two games were outstanding, and we need to try and get back to that tomorrow.
“It looked like we were going to lay a significant platform with a bat at Cardiff, but we didn’t capitalise and we were under par. We knew they were going to come out hard, and they did that really well.
“James Rew is with the Test squad and we’re still without Will Smeed and Tom Kohler Cadmore, so there’s a little bit of disruption in that sense, but we’ve still got some world-class players who can win a game on their own. We’ve lost the quality of Smeedy and TKC, but we’ve got some incredibly exciting young players, and they are getting an opportunity to grow and learn.
“Jordan Hermann is available for selection for the next three Vitality Blast matches, and we’ve seen glimpses of his quality already. He’s an outstanding individual and a high-quality player who’s got a phenomenal record in the SA T20 competition.
“Glamorgan deserved to win last Friday because they played the better cricket. That’s what we need to do tomorrow night.”
TRADE NATION STATS
Ahead of our Vitality Blast matches this summer we will be be bringing you some amazing stats in partnership with Trade Nation.
CLASSIC MATCH
We head back to 2012 for the classic T20 match between Somerset and Glamorgan at Taunton.
It was a tense and dramatic affair which saw the home side clinch the victory by four wickets with just one ball to spare!
Visiting captain, Jim Allenby won the toss and elected to bat first. It seemed like the right decision when opener Shaun Marsh smashed his way to 85 from just 52 deliveries as the visitors posted a total of 178 for five from their 20 overs.
In reply, Somerset slipped to 24 for three before Jos Buttler got the hosts back on track with a quick-fire 22.
James Hildreth then took over and turned the game in Somerset’s favour.
He reached three figures from just 53 deliveries and went on to make a career best 107 not out from just 60 balls as his side clinched the points off the last delivery of the match.
MATCH SPONSOR – HOWARDS MOTOR GROUP
Howards Motor Group is a family-run automotive group founded in 1972, and has grown into an award-winning dealership network with 28 points of representation across the South West of England, covering Somerset, Devon, and Dorset.
The group operates from locations in Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Taunton, Dorchester, and Barnstaple, with over 50 years of heritage in delivering new and used vehicles and aftersales services.
THE HOWARDS CROWD CATCH
In partnership with Howards Motor Group, Somerset County Cricket Club are introducing a crowd catch competition for the 2026 Vitality Blast and 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!
VITALITY BLAST VOLUNTEERS
At all of our Vitality Blast matches, Somerset Cricket Foundation’s Super 1 disability cricket players will be volunteering their time to support the matchday experience by offering you a friendly welcome and helping give out 4 & 6 cards.
Lord’s Taverners Super 1s is all about creating opportunities on the field, but just as importantly providing valuable experiences off the field that help young people develop confidence and life skills for the future.
If you see them around the ground this evening, please do say hello and give them plenty of encouragement because they’re a little nervous, but very excited to be part of tonight’s match.
NEXT MATCH
Somerset travel up the M5 to take on local rivals Gloucestershire in the Vitality Blast at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol tomorrow.
Tickets for this match are still available:
