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

England play Bangladesh in their first Super Six match of the U19 World Cup today It's on Sky Sports Cricket from 7:30am

England play Scotland in their third match of the Men's U19 World Cup right now It's on Sky Sports Main Event

Great work from Thomas Rew there

England play Zimbabwe in their second match of the Men's U19 World Cup, starting right now It's on Sky Sports Plus (channel 404)

England, led by Thomas Rew, are playing their first game of the men's U19 World Cup against Pakistan right now England are batting first and it's on Sky Sports Mix (channel 416)

No surprise, and massive good luck to him. Glad he's found a county where he'll hopefully get more regular cricket. Also note the wording - he "has elected to leave" ie he rejected Somerset's contract offer. He wasn't released by the club as some media reports have stated.

Would love to know how they came up with the Under-19 World Cup format 4 groups of 4 with the top 3 through from each Then 2 groups of 6 with only the top 2 through from each 1/3

Thomas Rew scored 71* (66) and took 3 catches as England beat India by 20 runs (DLS) in an Under-19 World Cup warm-up match today Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-m...

Feel free to take a look at this - Matt's put in a lot of work to unearth old women's county cricket scorecards that were buried deep on the internet and centralised the details in one place:

Good to see Lewis Gregory doing well today after a slightly difficult start for Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20. He returned figures of 4-0-18-1 before they chased down 177 without losing a wicket! Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/sa20-...

Tom Banton scored 63 off 27 for MI Emirates in ILT20 Qualifier 1 today MI Emirates lost but will have a second chance to reach the final Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/inter...

Two Somerset players in the SA20 today Will Smeed scored 34 (30) as Pretoria Capitals lost by 22 runs: www.espncricinfo.com/series/sa20-... Lewis Gregory didn't bat or bowl for Sunrisers Eastern Cape as they beat Paarl Royals by 137 runs: www.espncricinfo.com/series/sa20-... It's on Sky Sports

Bazball is BACK, baby

A 4-wicket win off the last ball of the match for Sharjah Warriorz in the ILT20 today James Rew was there at the end, finishing with 42* (29) Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/inter...

James Rew top-scored with 47 (38) for Sharjah Warriorz today as they lost to Dubai Capitals by 63 runs in the ILT20 Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/inter...

So with Tom Banton signed by Gujarat Titans in the IPL, he'll miss Somerset's first 6 County Championship matches and probably up to 4 Blast matches, depending on whether they reach the knockouts. Matt Henry has been signed by Chennai Super Kings which probably ends any... 1/3

Good news today as Somerset (Sharjah Warriorz, including TKC, Abell and Rew) beat Hampshire (Gulf Giants, including Vince, Dawson and Chris Wood) in the ILT20 by 11 runs Abell scored 68 (41) and Rew hit 39 (33), sharing a partnership of 71 Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/inter...

James Rew scored 24* (14) on his ILT20 debut for Sharjah Warriorz today Tom Kohler-Cadmore also scored 30 (32) as Warriorz beat Tom Banton's MI Emirates by 6 runs Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/inter...

Two Somerset players included in the IPL auction list - Tom Banton and Riley Meredith Banton's probably unlikely to be signed, but Meredith has a chance and would probably miss some Blast games depending on IPL knockouts Full list here: www.iplt20.com/news/4248/ta...

32 off 21 for Tom Banton today as he helped MI Emirates beat Sharjah Warriorz by 4 runs in the ILT20. Tom Kohler-Cadmore hit 51 off 42 for Sharjah. Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/inter...

Somerset's Lando Norris, of Somerset. #FromSomerset

The ILT20 starts tomorrow, and for the first time it's being shown on Sky Sports There are four Somerset players involved Tom Abell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and James Rew for Sharjah Warriorz Tom Banton for MI Emirates Also Sean Dickson for Gulf Giants

The ECB will be deducting Somerset points for today's Wordle

Here's who each team will play once in County Championship Division 1 next year The number to the left of each team is their position last year The number on the far right is the positions of the teams you play against once added together 1/2

Feel like this has slipped under the radar but the Vitality T20 Women's County Cup fixtures were released today The rounds are much more spread out, which is better for securing grounds and gives fans more time to plan their attendance See here: www.ecb.co.uk/news/4409189... 1/5

Some thoughts on the County Championship and men's One-Day Cup fixtures Starting the season on Good Friday is a big tick, even if 3 April will be the earliest ever start to a County Championship Hopefully we get better weather than last year's Easter round 1/11

39 off 27 for Somerset's Dani Gibson as Melbourne Stars won by 37 runs in the WBBL today, scorecard here: www.espncricinfo.com/series/women...

I don't buy this at all from the ECB (see here: www.ecb.co.uk/news/4408232) Perhaps the proportion of matches that are rivalries has increased but that's only because the overall number of fixtures has been reduced! 1/4

Some general thoughts on next year's Blast fixtures There are some definite improvements, with the vast majority of matches on Fridays and Sundays and very few instances of back-to-back matches But there are still some issues 1/17

The 2026 men's Blast crossover fixtures will see three match-ups happen in T20 cricket for the first time: Sussex v Leicestershire (Hove) Worcestershire v Kent (Worcester) Yorkshire v Gloucestershire (Headingley) 1/5

Here are all the crossover fixtures in the 2026 men's Blast I assume this wasn't entirely random because Somerset playing Hampshire - a repeat of last season's final - seems a little too convenient (it's being played on the opening day, too) 1/4

Surprisingly prompt for a tournament mainly hosted by India, but 10 weeks out still isn't acceptable, really, and we don't yet know when tickets will be on sale. The 2026 women's T20 World Cup schedule was released a full year in advance and tickets went on sale not long after.

Some county news in here Shoaib Bashir is being encouraged "to find a new home that suits him geographically, rather than concern himself with being a club’s No 1 spinner" 1/4 www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricke...

So much for the Blast being in one block. No matches from 10-25 June which will presumably be filled with County Championship. Am guessing this is because the women's T20WC starts on 12 June. Blast starts a week earlier than 2025 with matches over the late May BH weekend.

They lost, but Tom Kohler-Cadmore scored 58 (31) out of a total of 87/7 for Deccan Gladiators in the Abu Dhabi T10 today (next highest score was 9) Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/abu-d...

19 wickets in a day? Taunton pitches nicely preparing our boys for international cricket

Will Smeed scored 23 (11) for Ajman Titans as they lost their first Abu Dhabi T10 match today He's teammates with two former Somerset players of different eras - Rilee Rossouw and Piyush Chawla Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/abu-d...

78* (29) and POTM for Tom Kohler-Cadmore in the Abu Dhabi T10 today as he helped Deccan Gladiators to a 6-run win over UAE Bulls in their first match Scorecard: www.espncricinfo.com/series/abu-d...

Everyone's favourite cricket tournament starts tomorrow - the Abu Dhabi T10 There are lots of English players involved, including three Somerset players: Will Smeed for Ajman Titans Jake Ball & Tom Kohler-Cadmore for Deccan Gladiators Also Sean Dickson for "Vista Riders" 1/8

He's not even made his first-class debut yet but he's scored a fifty against near enough England's first-choice bowling attack in foreign conditions. Some boy.

Unfortunately the match ended in a no result, but Somerset's Dani Gibson scored 31 off 15 balls on Melbourne Stars debut overnight!

A look at the contract situation of Somerset's women Last season Somerset had 16 contracted players, excluding 3 England centrally contracted players, 1 overseas player and Ruby Davis who was signed mid-season on a short-term deal Of those 16, 13 are signed for next season 1/4