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Women’s Vitality Blast Preview: Somerset v Bears
THE MATCH
Somerset will be looking to build on a first win in this season’s Vitality Blast when we welcome Bears to the Cooper Associates County Ground tomorrow (Friday July 11th).
Tickets for this match are still available.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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 and spectators are reminded that no glass or sharp implements will be permitted within the Cooper Associates County Ground.
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 Upper
- Marcus Trescothick Pavilion Lower
- Ondaatje Family Stand
- Ondaatje Alcohol Free Stand
- Gimblett’s Hill (accessible viewing area)
- Colin Atkinson Pavilion
- Lord Botham Stand
- James Hildreth Stand
- Somerset Stand Block 5
- Somerset Women 1875 Club and Long Room Members will be able to access the 1875 Club for this fixture.
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 and not in the Andrew Caddick Pavilion.
Due to the busy nature of a matchday, our telephone lines will reopen at 10am on Monday July 14th.
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.
FAN VILLAGE & CATERING
Matchday food and drink will be available from the SCCC concessions and bars situated in the Lord Botham Stand, Stragglers Coffee House and the St James Street fan village.
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.
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 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
BEARS
Captain:Â Georgia Davis
Overseas players:Â Laura Harris (Australia, full competition)
Key winter moves: Warwickshire entered the new era needing to keep up without the Joneses (Amy and Eve) after they departed to The Blaze and Lancashire respectively. That drained the top order of experience which the signing of Laura Harris is designed to rectify while Sterre Kalis is on a season’s loan from Yorkshire.
The big question:Â Consistency has proved elusive for the Bears in the early weeks of the season so can they find enough to be contenders for the T20 title? They have individuals capable of match-winning exploits, and have pulled off some eye-catching run chases in the 50-over comp, but is the group good enough to challenge?
Wildcard watch:Â Amu Surenkumar, a highly talented, 18-year-old all-rounder from Rugby School who can change games with bat or ball. Played for England Under-19s earlier this year has the ability to make a big impact if her chance arrives after the important matter of her A Levels are out of the way!
Final thought: A fast start is always a massive asset in a group campaign and Warwickshire have been handed a very tough opening with away games at The Blaze and Essex. Emerge from that double-header with at least one win and who knows what might happen for a team whose highly-talented spin trio – Georgia Davis, Hannah Baker and Charis Pavely – can put any side under pressure?
TEAM NEWS
Somerset will be without Heather Knight (hamstring), Dani Gibson (back), Emma Corney (Knee), Amelie Munday (knee) and Charlie Dean (international duty).
Somerset have named the following squad:
VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
Ahead of the match, Somerset Head Coach, Trevor Griffin said: “Having gone so close so many times in the last few games, we’re delighted to have got over the line against Essex. For us to have come so close so often shows that we were doing a lot of things right. To win games of cricket you need to be in there competing and we’ve done that over the last five games without quite finishing it off. We were able to do that against Essex and that now gives us belief that we can win tight games.
“The players certainly won’t rest on their laurels. They are aware that Essex was just one game and that the scoreboard goes back to zero come Friday. We’ve got to build on that result and take the positives from the previous games. We’re improving across the three facets of the game but there are a number of things that we need to improve. We’ve been working on that this week and we’ll take that into the Bears game tomorrow.
“They’re going well in the competition but they lost their last game so they’ll be looking to get back to winnings ways. Laura Harris was destructive against us at Edgbaston, Devina Perrin will be back in their squad and they’ve got a lot of talent in the team. Once again, we just need to focus on our processes and play our best game.”
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NEXT MATCH
Somerset Women are next in action on Sunday July 13th when we take on Surrey at the Kia Oval as part of a Vitality Blast double header.
We are next at home on Wednesday July 16th we we take on The Blaze at the Cooper Associates County Ground in the Vitality Blast.
Play will get underway at 6pm.
Tickets are still available
