- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.1 bowled through the gate! Balderson bullseye, with a very Anderson-esque dismissal! Hits his length, seam movement back into the top of middle stump. Somerset lose their first, with next to no momentum! 6/118.2 belted out of the full length, straight to deep midwicket! The end of a mighty knock from TKC... he didn't quite get enough on that, inside-half of the bat, and Blatherwick does the needful 154/65.6 inducker! Did we ever doubt him! Anderson fires it in on that full length but reverses the shiny side, rips it off the inside-edge and into the top of the stumps! What a canny old goat he is! 49/27.4 length ball, slapped off the pads, straight to short midwicket! A sharp low take as Rew's impact is sawn off early. Big moment. Aspinwall's figures are looking tasty! 62/312.1 beaten on the charge, stumped by a foot! Hartley saw him coming, bowled it into the surface, and looped the ball over his advances! Hurst whips off the bails for a key wicket! 93/417.2 full length, wide line, toe-ended to deep cover! Gregory was obliged to come and fetch it, but with two men back in the deep he had to nail his stroke... and he didn't! 150/518.6 low full toss, heaved to deep midwicket! Couldn't get sufficiently underneath that launch, a toe-end hung in the breeze and dropped into Blatherwick's hands again 161/7Extras7 (w 7)TOTAL182/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.1)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Will Smeed, 2.1 ov), 2-49 (Tom Abell, 5.6 ov), 3-62 (James Rew, 7.4 ov), 4-93 (Sean Dickson, 12.1 ov), 5-150 (Lewis Gregory, 17.2 ov), 6-154 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 18.2 ov), 7-161 (Ben Green, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JM Anderson 4 0 34 2 8.5 8 4 1 1 0 TH Aspinwall 4 1 36 1 9 11 4 1 4 0 GP Balderson 3 0 31 3 10.33 5 2 2 0 0 JM Blatherwick 2 0 30 0 15 1 6 0 1 0 TW Hartley 4 0 24 1 6 7 0 1 1 0 LS Livingstone 3 0 27 0 9 2 1 1 0 0
13/09Result
1st Semi Final, Vitality Blast Men at Birmingham, Sep 13 2025
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![Somerset]( "Somerset")
182/7 -
![Lancashire]( "Lancashire")
159 (19.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
13/09Result
1st Semi Final, Vitality Blast Men at Birmingham, Sep 13 2025
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![Somerset]( "Somerset")
182/7 -
![Lancashire]( "Lancashire")
159 (19.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 What a catch! Full, on leg stump, whipped away with ease... and brilliantly taken by Migael Pretorious diving full-stretch to his right. He'd have seen it late, but as soon as the South African got a sight of it, he was on his way. Remarkable effort 22/17.4 Goldsworth with the breakthrough! And Kohler-Cadmore with an outstanding catch charging up from long on. Jennings charged, launched but got high rather than far. TKC calls early and falls forward to claim. Jennings pushes his bat in frustration... that probably should have gone the distance 78/32.5 Given! Plumb as you like, Hurst across his stumps, Overton full and straight, into the front shin 35/211.5 Given! Gregory strikes Livingstone in front and the umpire's finger goes up immediately... Livingstone reviews just as quickly... what a moment... and it's confirmed as out by television umpire Sue Redfern! Livingstone isn't happy, he believes he got an inside edge there, which matched up to the spike on Ultra Edge. He may be right, you know... 102/419.3 Gone! Another Pretorious full toss does the trick... Jones cloths down the ground and Overton does excellently to stay within the field as it takes the catch down at long on. Pretty average cricket and a very tame end to this first semi-final... 158/914.1 Clothed to cover! Another slower ball, Shetty, set forward, has to go with it, gets it on the bottom of the bat and excellently taken by Gregory, moving low to his left 110/516.4 Another low full toss, launched to deep midwicket... where Overton takes the catch! There were two fielders out there as the ball hung in the air... but Overton takes command of the situation as Smeed peels away at the last moment. Pretorious is elated 142/618.1 Full, on leg stump, almost swept away by Jones to deep square 152/718.2 And he's out first ball! Length delivery from Green, around the wicket, Hartley goes after it and TKC steams in to take a catch very low to the ground 152/819.5 That's all she wrote! A desperate heave to the leg side lands safely into Overton's hands down the ground. Somerset are through to their eighth T20 Blast final! 159/10Extras8 (lb 2, nb 2, w 4)TOTAL159 all out (19.5 Overs, RR: 8.01)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Luke Wells, 1.3 ov), 2-35 (Matty Hurst, 2.5 ov), 3-78 (Keaton Jennings, 7.4 ov), 4-102 (Liam Livingstone, 11.5 ov), 5-110 (Arav Shetty, 14.1 ov), 6-142 (Jack Blatherwick, 16.4 ov), 7-152 (George Balderson, 18.1 ov), 8-152 (Tom Hartley, 18.2 ov), 9-158 (Michael Jones, 19.3 ov), 10-159 (Tom Aspinwall, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB C Overton 3 0 39 1 13 8 2 4 1 0 L Gregory 3 0 21 2 7 9 3 0 1 0 JT Ball 4 0 34 0 8.5 6 0 2 0 0 BGF Green 4 0 21 2 5.25 9 0 1 1 0 LP Goldsworthy 2 0 15 1 7.5 5 1 1 0 0 M Pretorius 3.5 0 27 3 7.04 14 1 2 1 1
Match Details
Series
Toss
Lancashire , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Somerset advanced
Season
Match days
13 September 2025 (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 2 wickets)
- Somerset: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 0
- Somerset: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 3
- T Kohler-Cadmore: 50 off 38 balls (2 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (T Kohler-Cadmore 37, L Gregory 10, Ex 3)
- Somerset: 150 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Somerset - 182/7 in 20.0 overs (C Overton 16, M Pretorius 12)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 73 runs, 2 wickets)
- Lancashire: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 2
- Lancashire: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 4
- Over 11.5: Review by Lancashire (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JD Middlebrook, Batter - LS Livingstone (Struck down)
- Lancashire: 150 runs in 17.6 overs (109 balls), Extras 8
Match Coverage
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