Post by bluetornados on Jun 9, 2024 21:49:51 GMT
Somerset pair share record stand in a big win v Hampshire..
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Tom Abell and Sean Dickson shared a record Somerset fourth-wicket partnership of 144 from 68 balls as the defending champions thrashed Hampshire by 63 runs at Taunton.
Abell's unbeaten 96 from 47 enabled Somerset to post 241-5 before seamer Ben Green recorded a career-best 5-29 to complete a crushing win.
Hampshire looked well-placed after reducing Somerset to 54-3 in the powerplay, with Michael Neser (2-30) taking two wickets – but they had reckoned without the destructive capability of Abell and Dickson.
The fourth-wicket pair flayed Hampshire's bowling around Taunton and, although Liam Dawson eventually had Dickson (65 from 32) caught in the deep, the skipper – assisted by Lewis Gregory's eight-ball cameo of 18 – took his side to a daunting 241-5.
Ben McDermott (46 from 29) and James Vince gave Hampshire some hope of challenging that with an opening stand of 77 from 44 but, once both had fallen to Green in the space of three balls, the visitors' innings faltered and they were bowled out for 178.
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Tom Abell and Sean Dickson shared a record Somerset fourth-wicket partnership of 144 from 68 balls as the defending champions thrashed Hampshire by 63 runs at Taunton.
Abell's unbeaten 96 from 47 enabled Somerset to post 241-5 before seamer Ben Green recorded a career-best 5-29 to complete a crushing win.
Hampshire looked well-placed after reducing Somerset to 54-3 in the powerplay, with Michael Neser (2-30) taking two wickets – but they had reckoned without the destructive capability of Abell and Dickson.
The fourth-wicket pair flayed Hampshire's bowling around Taunton and, although Liam Dawson eventually had Dickson (65 from 32) caught in the deep, the skipper – assisted by Lewis Gregory's eight-ball cameo of 18 – took his side to a daunting 241-5.
Ben McDermott (46 from 29) and James Vince gave Hampshire some hope of challenging that with an opening stand of 77 from 44 but, once both had fallen to Green in the space of three balls, the visitors' innings faltered and they were bowled out for 178.