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Metro Bank One Day Cup Preview: Somerset v Essex
THE MATCH
Somerset take on Essex at Taunton Vale Sports Club in the Metro Bank One Day Cup tomorrow (Thursday May 1st).
Play is scheduled to get underway at 10:30am.
Gates open at 9:30am.
Tickets for this match are still available and can be purchased via the link below.
Tickets cost just £10 for adults, £7 for students and £5 for juniors. There are also discounts available for group bookings.
After two matches in the competition, Somerset are currently sixth in the table with four points whilst Essex are eighth with 0 points.
SCHEDULED HOURS OF PLAY
10:30am – 2pm: Innings one
2pm – 2:30pm: Interval
2:30pm – 6pm Innings two
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This match is being held at Taunton Vale Sports Club, not the Cooper Associates County Ground.
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 glass or sharp implements will be permitted within the venue. Spectators may bring cans into the venue. Members and ticket holders may bring a maximum of four cans of alcohol or half a bottle of wine per person into the ground.
Ticket buyers can download their online tickets via their SCCC account.
HOW CAN I KEEP UP TO DATE?
A live stream of the match will be available via this website and on our YouTube channel. Viewers are reminded that this fixture is being held at an outground and therefore the streaming infrastructure is less advanced than we are able to provide for fixtures at the Cooper Associates County Ground.
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 the entrance to Taunton Vale Sports Club at a cost of £12 and these will last all season.
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.
THE OPPOSITION
Captain:Â Grace Scrivens
Head Coach:Â Andy Tennant
The big question: Arguably, Essex have the most settled line-up of the Tier One sides having largely kept together the Sunrisers’ Rachael Heyhoe Flint winning team from last season. That success came after three seasons of huge struggles, so having found a winning formula can this already bonded group repeat the trick?
Player to watch: Sophie Munro. Only Phoebe Turner took more than Munro’s 22 wickets in 50-over cricket last term. The 23-year-old seamer excelled after arriving on loan from The Blaze, proving especially adept towards the back end of an innings including the ‘death overs’. Munro made the move south from Nottingham permanent last September.
Young gun: Sophia Smale. Winning sides tweak, so the fact Smale is the only new addition is intriguing. The slow left-armer fills the void left by Mady Villiers’s departure to Durham, complementing the right-arm leg-spin of both Jodi Grewcock and Abtaha Maqsood in a powerful bowling unit. Only 19, Newport-born Smale has huge potential.
Final thought:Â Essex will bowl opposition sides out, so the challenge will be scoring enough runs, particularly when setting a target. Skipper Grace Scrivens will lead from the front, and it may need Cordelia Griffith to follow up on her four fifties in the last five games of last season if they are to regularly post totals in excess of 250.
Squad:Â Grace Scrivens (captain), Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones, Amara Carr, Kelly Castle, Kate Coppack, Ariana Dowse, Jo Gardner, Eva Gray, Jodi Grewcock, Cordelia Griffith, Esmae MacGregor, Lissy Macleod, Abta Maqsood, Flo Miller, Sophie Munro, Sophia Smale.
TEAM NEWS
England Internationals Heather Knight and Charlie Dean will be available for selection but Somerset will be without Dani Gibson (back), Niamh Holland (back), Amelie Munday (shin) and Lola Harris (exams).
The following squad has been named for this fixture:
VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
Ahead of the match, Head Coach, Trevor Griffin said: “We’ve taken a lot of learnings from both of our games. Whether you win or lose you’re always looking to learn and improve. The games come thick and fast and the players can’t wait to get back out there against Essex. Hopefully, we can put in a winning performance at Taunton Vale.
“There are match winners in every team and therefore there are no easy games. We will be focusing on what we want to do and on our skills and making sure that we are prepared as well as we possibly can be.
“We’re excited to play at Taunton Vale. From what I’m hearing it will be another belter of a wicket and it’s a fantastic facility to play at. A lot of people have put in the work to make sure that this game can take place at the facility and that’s no surprise because that’s what this Club does so well.”
NEXT MATCH
Somerset Women are next in action on Sunday May 4th when we take on Durham at the Banks Homes Riverside in the Metro Bank One Day Cup.
Tickets for this match are still available.
