A brilliant day for Somerset, turning on the double-wicket over from Alfie Ogborne Tom Kohler-Cadmore and James Rew made batting look easy and we now have a slim chance of a win tomorrow Obviously the pitch is flat so a draw is the heavy favourite but you never know

James Rew summer

Great effort from the Somerset bowlers today - a first innings lead certainly didn't look on the cards when Notts were 220/3 Hopefully we can navigate the #TrickyThirdInnings

Today's women's county 50 over friendly scorecards Kent v Exeter Uni: live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s...

Today's County Championship Division 1 live streams Gla v Yor: www.youtube.com/live/6kg_vX4... Ham v Ess: www.youtube.com/live/ZWzyUVF... Lei v Sus: www.youtube.com/live/ApPq_X2... Som v Not: www.youtube.com/live/EqiGlzd... War v Sur: www.youtube.com/live/mnM9lNV...

Somerset women "won" by 2 runs, but seeing as we lost 20 wickets and Warwickshire only lost 11, I think Warwickshire take the moral victory 😂 Decent shift from the Somerset bowlers Scorecard: live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s...

Oh for fuck's sake

Today's County Championship Division 1 live streams Gla v Yor: www.youtube.com/live/I3hDpEO... Ham v Ess: www.youtube.com/live/OkgLHfE... Lei v Sus: www.youtube.com/live/TJI8ctb... Som v Not: www.youtube.com/live/KRQAxTZ... War v Sur: www.youtube.com/live/UsHZTEM...

Warwickshire host Somerset for a women's 50 over friendly at Edgbaston Community Sports Ground today Warwickshire win toss and bowl Scorecard: live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s...

Today's women's county 50 over friendly scorecards Ess v Lan: live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s... Glo v Gla: live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s... War v Som: live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s... Ken v Exeter Uni (T20): live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s...

Fantastic controlled innings from Tom Abell today, great to see him start the season in form. Think James Rew will be a little annoyed at how his innings ended. Overall a satisfactory day against the county champions, hopefully we can push on to 350+ tomorrow.

Josh Thomas and Tom Kohler-Cadmore are Somerset's 31st opening partnership in first-class cricket since Marcus Trescothick's last match for the club in June 2019 They are Somerset's 15th opening partnership since the start of 2024, and 10th since the start of 2025

Today's County Championship Division 1 live streams Gla v Yor: www.youtube.com/live/RMOLJxd... Ham v Ess: www.youtube.com/live/r-Rq7gz... Lei v Sus: www.youtube.com/live/fyWd7DA... Som v Not: www.youtube.com/live/rSm5dcg... War v Sur: www.youtube.com/live/TLSKvSY...

This is the first time Archie Vaughan has missed a first-class match for Somerset since making his debut against Durham at Taunton in August 2024 Very happy to see Alfie Ogborne playing

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Stats and facts ahead of Somerset v Notts at Taunton in the County Championship tomorrow The last four CC matches between the sides were draws, largely flat and boring The 12 CC matches between them before that all had positive results - 9 Somerset wins and 3 Notts wins 1/4

Seeing as basically everyone seems to agree that 8 points is too many for a draw in the County Championship, I wondered if this might change but alas it remains the same Batting bonus points will also continue to start at 250

The regulations and playing conditions for the 2026 county cricket season can be found here: www.ecb.co.uk/about/polici... As reported, the headline is the injury replacements trial; little else has changed

Main points from this re. squad depth are that the squad isn't necessarily smaller now by design, but that we're only going to sign a second overseas player if they're world-class. Point is made that we want to give youngsters a chance, which is obviously something we... 1/8

Better day, hopefully a sign that Lammonby will continue his upward trajectory of the last couple seasons and always nice to see Abell in the runs

I'm sure he understands this really, but he was released not because he's a bad player (though he was poor in CC), but because it's imperative to give the Rews, Lammonby etc more chances to play T20. He could score 600 T20 runs this year and it still won't have been a mistake

I didn't see any play today and I know it's only pre-season but my concerns that the Somerset pace attack lacks enough depth or quality haven't exactly been alleviated... 1/2

A collapse from 87/3 to 125/7 but dragged up to 223 thanks to 47 from Jack Leach, randomly promoted to no.8, and 46 from Craig Overton? We are so back

Funny - Josh Shaw is wearing a Will Sutherland shirt. Sutherland withdrew from his planned Somerset stint in 2024 due to injury

TKC and Josh Thomas would be yet another new opening partnership for Somerset in FC cricket if it carries over to the first CC match Interesting that Vaughan's not in the squad for this match but glad to see Goldsworthy included - he did score a century in the last match of 2025, after all

Somerset host Glamorgan at Taunton for a men's 3-day friendly Toss uncontested, Somerset to bat first Sean Dickson and Eddie Byrom included for Glamorgan Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxTI... Scorecard: live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s...

Surrey and Somerset played a women's T20 in Pretoria yesterday Surrey scored 175/6, Bea Willis with 3-0-26-3 and Niamh Holland - who didn't bowl at all last season - with 3-0-9-0 Somerset scored 160/5, Holland with 59* and Bex Odgers with 41 Scorecard: live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_s...

We're less than 2 weeks away from the first County Championship match and I'm concerned that Somerset haven't announced the signing of a second overseas pace bowler. Something is probably being worked on but we usually have our business done by now. 1/3

A couple things of note: Vaughan and Thomas opened the batting, which could indicate they're first choice to open in the first County Championship game Zach Vukusic played despite not having a professional contract. He seems a talent and may well get a chance in the ODC

Good. I had feared the new owners might insist on complete control of their players for the entire duration of the competition, although it remains to be seen how often they actually allow players to be released when eligible.

Following the auction, these Somerset players have been signed for the men's Hundred: Abell Banton (pre-signed) Gregory Kohler-Cadmore Overton J Rew T Rew Smeed These Somerset players were in the auction but weren't signed: Ball Goldsworthy Lammonby Pretorius Shaw 1/6

Following the auction, these Somerset players have been signed for the women's Hundred: Anderson Dean (pre-signed) Gibson Odgers It's not very many, and reflects how poor Somerset/Western Storm have been in T20 cricket in recent years 1/3

I'm surprised more hasn't been made of this. The ICC chairman, who is supposed to be neutral, not only stayed with the India team for the trophy lift, he actually lifted the trophy alongside Suryakumar Yadav! Absolutely insane, I guess we've all become desensitised to this shit.

Anika Learoyd is a very solid signing for Somerset, I think. Due to the T20WC there's limited availability for the top players for a decent chunk of the season so we've understandably looked to the second tier of players, and an Australian makes a lot of sense given the strength of their system 1/7

The ICC chairman just (kind of) lifted the trophy along with the India captain

I was only watching to see how the ICC fuck up the trophy presentation anyway

With the Hundred longlist being slimmed down, these 7 Somerset women's players are up for auction: Anderson Barnes Gibson Griffiths Holland Luff Odgers (Dean is already pre-signed, Knight is general manager of London Spirit women) Full list here: resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document... 1/2

With the Hundred longlist being slimmed down, these 12 Somerset men's players are up for auction: Abell Ball Goldsworthy Gregory Kohler-Cadmore Lammonby Overton Pretorius J Rew T Rew Shaw Smeed (Banton is already pre-signed) Full list here: resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document... 1/3

Great to see Migael Pretorius back playing top level cricket for the first time since T20 finals day on 13 September He played for North West in a South African domestic 50 over match on Sunday Just in time for his return to Somerset

The list of players registered for the women's Hundred auction can be found here: resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document... Charlie Dean is the only Somerset player who was pre-signed (by London Spirit) 1/3

The list of players registered for the men's Hundred auction can be found here: resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document... Tom Banton is the only Somerset player who was pre-signed (by Trent Rockets) 1/5

Worth reading this. It exposes the naivety of the idea that the sale of the Hundred teams will "save county cricket".

I see that Will Smeed entered yesterday's PSL auction but was unsold Riley Meredith was sold, but as the PSL finishes on 3 May and the Blast starts on 22 May it shouldn't affect his Somerset availability www.wisden.com/series/psl-2...

It's England v India in the U19 World Cup final It starts at 7:30am on Sky Sports Cricket

What a law change that is by the way. Delighted.

Tommy Rew 🥹

England play Australia in the first semi-final of the U19 World Cup right now It's on Sky Sports Cricket

I see the proportion of Somerset Women games away from the County Ground will increase slightly In 2025, 3 of Somerset's 15 home games were at outgrounds (20%, 2 at Taunton Vale, 1 at Exmouth) In 2026, 4 of 14 home games will be at outgrounds (29%, 2 at Vale, 2 at Exmouth) 1/7

England play New Zealand in their second and final U19 World Cup Super 6 match right now It's on Sky Sports Cricket A win would put England in the semis; a loss would mean we're relying on Pakistan losing, or not winning too well, against India on Sunday