Somerset finished in first place in Group A with six wins in eight matches and directly qualified for the semi-finals.
Preview
Somerset will face Leicestershire in the first semi-final of the One Day Cup 2024 on Sunday, August 18, at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton. Somerset finished in first place in Group A with six wins in eight matches and directly qualified for the semi-finals. Leicestershire had to take the long route after finishing in second place in Group B with six wins in eight matches.
Somerset faced Middlesex in their last league stage match and chased down the target of 136 runs in 27 overs with eight wickets in hand. Riley Meredith was the pick of the bowlers and took four wickets for 27 runs in eight overs. James Rew was the best performer with the bat and remained unbeaten on 53 runs off 43 deliveries.
Leicestershire outperformed Hampshire in their previous outing in the quarter-final. Hampshire had scored 290 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 50 overs. Ajinkya Rahane, Peter Handscomb, and Liam Trevaskis scored a half-century each. They helped Leicestershire win the match by three wickets in 49.5 overs.
Match Information
Somerset vs Leicestershire, 1st Semi Final
Metro Bank One Day Cup, 18 Aug 2024, Sun, 3:30 PM IST ,Taunton
Probable PlayingXI
Somerset
George Thomas-2, ARI Umeed, SR Dickson(C), BGF Green, Lewis Goldsworthy, James Rew, A Vaughan, Kasey Aldridge, MJ Leach, JH Davey, Riley Meredith
Bench: SM Davies, T Banton, T Kohler-Cadmore, GA Bartlett, CT Bancroft, IU Haq, JC Hildreth, Matt Renshaw, Will Smeed, TB Abell, TA Lammonby, Curtis Campher, Ned Leonard, Joshua Thomas, L Gregory, C Overton, DJ Lamb, F Hill, JT Langridge, JA Brooks, Shoaib Bashir, Alfie Ogborne, RE van der Merwe, MJ Henry, PM Siddle, Sonny Baker, Ish Sodhi, M Pretorius, JT Ball, J Heywood, C Cassell, Charlie Cassell
Leicestershire
LJ Hill(C), Sol Budinger, Ajinkya Rahane, PSP Handscomb, LPJ Kimber, OB Cox, L Trevaskis, TAR Scriven, RI Walker, CJC Wright, A Green
Bench: HJ Swindells, NR Welch, RK Patel, ST Evans, S Steel, M Finan, Wiaan Mulder, AM Lilley, O Gibson, WS Davis, Rehan Ahmed, E Barnes, MET Salisbury, Uttam Ramji, Josh Hull, BWM Mike, PR Stirling, Lewis Goldsworthy, Scott Currie, IG Holland, SKW Wood, James Neesham.
Injury News- (Will be added when there is an update)
Weather Report- Overcast Clouds
Win Prediction- Leicestershire
Pitch Condition- Batting
Avg 1st Inning Score- 272
Pitch Report
Captains- 8
Lewis Goldsworthy SOM | all
He is the third-highest run-scorer for Somerset and has scored 301 runs in eight outings at an average of 43. He has picked 11 wickets as well at an average of 17.18.
He has amassed 217 runs in seven games at an average of 36.16 and has picked five wickets as well.
Avoid Player Message- 7.5
Alex Green- LEI | BOWL- 6
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