Somerset vs Nottinghamshire, Quarter Final 3 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: T20 Blast 2023 Venue: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton Date & Time: Jul 07, 06:30 PM LOCAL
NOTTS 157/6 (20)
SOM 158/5 (19.3)
Somerset won by 5 wkts
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Lewis Gregory

21:26 Local Time, 20:26 GMT, 01:56 IST: Somerset extend their extraordinary campaign with a knockout victory. It looked shaky for a bit during that chase but this side have simply looked unbeatable. The Notts got close but close doesn't cut it in a knockout game, they're out and Somerset are through to the semis. Earlier, they bowled really well to restrict the Notts to 157. Three wickets fell in the powerplay and timely blows meant that Nottinghamshire never really got the momentum going their way. A late surge pushed their score close to 160 and it looked like a below-par total. Somerset got off to a disastrous start as they lost two wickets in a hurry but there was a little recovery before they suffered another mini-collapse after losing 3 wickets quickly. They were struggling at the 10 over mark with just 63 on the board and 5 wickets already in the shed but that's when skipper Gregory and Ben Green started the rescue effort. They went on to bat for the rest of the innings and played extremely sensibly to see their side through. Gregory in particular was excellent, he found the boundaries just when Somerset needed them and paced his innings to perfection. A real captain's knock that and they can celebrate long into the night today. A knockout win on home-soil then for Somerset as they look ahead to the semi-finals. That's all we've got for you today. Take care and goodbye.

19.3

Fletcher to Ben Green, 1 run, there it is! Full on middle, Green slogs it high into the night sky and it goes down towards deep square leg, the catch is taken but it doesn't matter as it was a free-hit. Somerset are through to finals day!

Scores now level as it's 2 runs for a no-ball, the extra plus a penalty

19.3

Fletcher to Ben Green, no ball, oh dropped! And it's a no-ball to make things worse! Was full and wide outside off, Green absolutely smashed it but it went straight to Wasim at short cover who just couldn't hold on as it went very quickly

19.2

Fletcher to Gregory, 1 run, very full on middle, clipped away towards deep square leg

Just 4 needed now

19.1

Fletcher to Ben Green, 1 run, slower delivery banged in short outside off, pulled away down to deep mid-wicket

Luke Fletcher [2.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack

It's going down to the final over. 5 needed off it. The crowd is buzzing, they sense a Somerset win

18.6

Jake Ball to Ben Green, 1 run, short and wide outside off, slapped away powerfully but straight to deep point

18.5

Jake Ball to Ben Green, no run, slower delivery wide outside off, Green looked to slap that away and chopped it straight back into the ground off a bottom edge

Discussions between bowler and captain. 6 needed from 8

18.4

Jake Ball to Gregory, 1 run, length delivery on off-stump, slapped away towards deep point

18.3

Jake Ball to Gregory, SIX, just over the fielder! What a way to bring up fifty as well for Gregory! Full and just outside off, missed the yorker by a small margin and Gregory stayed deep in his crease to loft it over the fielder at long-off, the fielder probably got his fingers to it

18.2

Jake Ball to Gregory, FOUR, loud cheers from the crowd! Slower delivery wide and on a length outside off, Gregory just hung back and waited for it before smacking it back and to the long-off fence

18.1

Jake Ball to Gregory, 2 runs, nails the yorker on off-stump, Gregory drives it down straight off the toe end and calls for two right away, long-off cleans up

The crowd loved that, the equation has gotten just that little better for Somerset. 19 needed off 12

17.6

Imad Wasim to Gregory, 1 run, low full toss on leg-stump, clipped away towards deep mid-wicket

17.5

Imad Wasim to Gregory, SIX, he's got this! Much needed maximum as only 4 had come off the over thus far, Wasim pulls the length back just a touch on leg-stump, Gregory stayed deep in his crease and swept it away over the deep square leg fence

17.4

Imad Wasim to Ben Green, 1 run, very full on middle, mistimed down the ground to long-on

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