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Somerset Team: Squad, Results, Stats & Schedule

Somerset's complete 2026 Vitality Blast hub: the 20-player opening, knockout and campaign group; every score from the 12-match group through the quarter-final and Finals Day semi-final; James Rew's team-high 430 runs; Daniel Sams and Jake Ball's 20 wickets each; Sams' leading two-skill return; Lewis Gregory and Jason Kerr's leadership; the Cooper Associates County Ground; titles in 2005, 2023 and 2025; recent-season comparisons; and official club channels.

Somerset official team mark
Taunton, Somerset, England

SOM

T20 Blast champions · 2005, 2023 and 2025

Captain
Lewis Gregory · Club and T20 captain
Head coach
Jason Kerr · Men's Head Coach
Home
Cooper Associates County Ground
Founded
1875

Team overview

Somerset at a glance

Somerset County Cricket Club are a member-owned registered society rather than a private T20 franchise. The men's limited-overs side plays under the Somerset name and is based at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton.

Somerset won England's men's domestic T20 competition in 2005, 2023 and 2025. Their 2026 run produced a sixth consecutive Finals Day appearance, the longest active sequence published by the club.

After four losses in five matches, Somerset won five of their last six group games. They finished second in the Central & West Group with seven wins, five losses, 28 points and NRR +0.763.

A two-wicket quarter-final win at Yorkshire extended the title defence to Finals Day. Northamptonshire then won the semi-final by 17 runs, leaving Somerset's complete record at 14 played, eight won and six lost.

Roster timeline

Is Somerset's 20-player list one fixed full-season squad?

No. The list joins Somerset's 13-player opening selection to the published quarter-final squad and players whose 2026 appearances are documented in completed competition records.

Availability changed during the campaign: Riley Meredith was not due until the seventh group match, Tom Banton needed an England release for the quarter-final, and Tom Lammonby and Migael Pretorius missed that tie through injury. Selection, registration and an actual appearance are related but different facts.

Qualification reversal

How did Somerset recover from 3–5 to qualify second?

Somerset won their last four group matches and five of their final six. The closing run included two wins over Northamptonshire, a crossover win at Derbyshire and the 78-run victory over Worcestershire that secured qualification.

That sequence moved Somerset to 7–5, 28 points and second place on net run rate. It explains the recovery without pretending that one player or one tactical change alone caused it.

Record boundary

Did Somerset finish 7–5 or 8–6 in the 2026 Blast?

Both records are correct within different boundaries. Somerset went 7–5 in the Central & West Group, then beat Yorkshire and lost to Northamptonshire to finish 8–6 overall.

The 28 points and +0.763 net run rate belong only to the 12-match group stage. Knockout results change the complete win-loss record but do not alter the final group table.

Myth versus reality

Did two group wins over Northamptonshire predict the semi-final?

No. Somerset beat Northamptonshire by 105 runs at Wantage Road and by seven wickets at Taunton, then lost the Edgbaston semi-final to the same opponent by 17 runs.

The rematch had a neutral venue, knockout pressure and a different match state. Somerset reduced Northants to 143, but a chase that began 0/1, 6/2 and 12/3 never fully recovered despite Will Smeed's 49.

Advanced knockout reading

How did Somerset win after slipping to 82/8 at Yorkshire?

Craig Overton produced an unbeaten 78 from 29 balls after Somerset fell to 82/8 while chasing 162. He reached fifty from 22 balls and hit three sixes in a 22-run final over before the winning single arrived with one ball left.

The recovery followed a disciplined first innings in which Somerset held Yorkshire to 161/9. Overton also took two wickets, while Jake Ball claimed 3/30; the result was an all-phase turnaround, not a routine chase.

Completed seasonSF

Sixth consecutive Finals Day appearance

The group record was seven wins and five losses for second place, 28 points and NRR +0.763. Somerset then beat Yorkshire in the quarter-final and lost to Northamptonshire at Finals Day.

14Matches
8Wins
6Losses
28Group points

Performance leaders

Somerset's Vitality Blast 2026 leaders

The totals cover all 14 completed matches, including the quarter-final and semi-final. The all-round card combines Sams' actual batting and bowling aggregates and is not presented as an official award.

James Rew portrait in Official Somerset squad shirtTop run-scorer430 runs

James Rew

Twelve innings · average 43.00 · strike rate 152.48 · highest score 116

Will Smeed portrait in Official Somerset squad shirtSecond run-scorer394 runs

Will Smeed

Ten innings · average 39.40 · strike rate 166.24 · two fifties

Daniel Sams portrait in Lahore Qalandars 2026 HBL PSL green match shirtJoint top wicket-taker20 wickets

Daniel Sams

Fourteen matches · average 19.15 · also scored 143 runs

Jake Ball portrait in Official Somerset squad shirtJoint top wicket-taker20 wickets

Jake Ball

Thirteen matches · average 18.75 · career-best 4/17 in the semi-final

Daniel Sams portrait in Lahore Qalandars 2026 HBL PSL green match shirtLeading all-round return143 runs · 20 wickets

Daniel Sams

Strike rate 158.89 with the bat · joint team lead with the ball

Craig Overton portrait in Official Somerset squad shirtQuarter-final rescue78 not out

Craig Overton

Twenty-nine balls · recovered Somerset from 82/8 to chase 162 at Headingley

Highest team total223/4 vs NorthamptonshireWon by 105 runs
Best bowlingJake Ball4/17 vs Northamptonshire
Largest win105 runs vs NorthamptonshireCounty Ground, Northampton

Completed scores

All 14 Somerset scores in Vitality Blast 2026

Every completed score is shown in chronological order: ten home-and-away Central & West fixtures, crossovers against Hampshire and Derbyshire, the quarter-final and the Finals Day semi-final. Somerset went 7-5 in the group and 1-1 in the knockouts.

ResultDateOpponent & venueScoresOutcome
WMatch Group match 1Hampshire HawksCooper Associates County Ground, TauntonSOM 160/3 (16.2 overs)Hampshire Hawks 158 all out (19.4 overs)Won by 7 wickets
WMatch Group match 2Warwickshire BearsEdgbaston, BirminghamSOM 193/3 (18.2 overs)Warwickshire Bears 189/6 (20 overs)Won by 7 wickets
LMatch Group match 3GlamorganSophia Gardens, CardiffSOM 171/9 (20 overs)Glamorgan 175/3 (13.5 overs)Lost by 7 wickets
LMatch Group match 4GlamorganCooper Associates County Ground, TauntonSOM 202/6 (20 overs)Glamorgan 203/6 (20 overs)Lost by 4 wickets
LMatch Group match 5GloucestershireSeat Unique Stadium, BristolSOM 137/8 (20 overs)Gloucestershire 138/3 (14.1 overs)Lost by 7 wickets
LMatch Group match 6Warwickshire BearsCooper Associates County Ground, TauntonSOM 215/4 (20 overs)Warwickshire Bears 216/4 (19.4 overs)Lost by 6 wickets
WMatch Group match 7GloucestershireCooper Associates County Ground, TauntonSOM 194/7 (20 overs)Gloucestershire 176/7 (20 overs)Won by 18 runs
LMatch Group match 8Worcestershire RapidsNew Road, WorcesterSOM 144/9 (20 overs)Worcestershire Rapids 180/5 (20 overs)Lost by 36 runs
WMatch Group match 9Northamptonshire SteelbacksCounty Ground, NorthamptonSOM 223/4 (20 overs)Northamptonshire Steelbacks 118 all out (15.3 overs)Won by 105 runs
WMatch Crossover matchDerbyshire FalconsCentral Co-op County Ground, DerbySOM 214/6 (20 overs)Derbyshire Falcons 187/7 (20 overs)Won by 27 runs
WMatch Group match 11Northamptonshire SteelbacksCooper Associates County Ground, TauntonSOM 164/3 (15 overs)Northamptonshire Steelbacks 162/8 (20 overs)Won by 7 wickets
WMatch Group match 12Worcestershire RapidsCooper Associates County Ground, TauntonSOM 194/7 (20 overs)Worcestershire Rapids 116 all out (16 overs)Won by 78 runs
WMatch Quarter-finalYorkshireHeadingley, LeedsSOM 162/8 (19.5 overs)Yorkshire 161/9 (20 overs)Won by 2 wickets
LMatch Semi-finalNorthamptonshire SteelbacksEdgbaston, BirminghamSOM 126/9 (20 overs)Northamptonshire Steelbacks 143 all out (19.2 overs)Lost by 17 runs

Opening squad, knockout squad and documented 2026 participants

Somerset 2026 Vitality Blast squad

The 20-player season group combines Somerset's official 13-man opening squad, the quarter-final squad and documented 2026 participants. Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Archie Vaughan, Riley Meredith, Josh Shaw and Jack Leach entered the published knockout group; Jordan Hermann and Alfie Ogborne are retained because completed competition records document their appearances.

Batters

Will Smeed portrait in Official Somerset squad shirtBatterWill Smeed
Tom Abell portrait in Official Southern Brave 2026 squad shirtBatterTom Abell
Jordan Hermann portrait in Official Sunrisers Eastern Cape squad shirtBatterJordan Hermann

Wicketkeeper-batters

James Rew portrait in Official Somerset squad shirtWK-BatterJames Rew
Thomas Rew portrait in Somerset age-group wicketkeeping shirt and helmetWK-BatterThomas Rew
Tom Banton portrait in Official Somerset squad shirtWK-BatterTom Banton
Tom Kohler-Cadmore portrait in Yorkshire County Championship batting shirt and helmetWK-BatterTom Kohler-Cadmore

All-Rounders

Bowlers

Riley Meredith portrait in Official Hyderabad Kingsmen HBL PSL 11 alternate playing shirtBowlerRiley Meredith
Jake Ball portrait in Official Somerset squad shirtBowlerJake Ball
Josh Shaw portrait in Official Somerset team training apparelBowlerJosh Shaw
Jack Leach portrait in Official Somerset squad shirtBowlerJack Leach
Alfie Ogborne portrait in Official Somerset squad shirtBowlerAlfie Ogborne

Competition record

League and season history

Somerset's men also compete in the County Championship and Metro Bank One Day Cup. Somerset Women are a separate playing side under the same member-owned club. This page isolates the completed 2026 men's Vitality Blast campaign and keeps other formats separate.

SeasonFinishRecordTop scorerMost wickets
2026Semi-finals · 2nd Central & West8 wins · 6 losses overallJames Rew · 430Sams 20 · Ball 20
2025Champions · 2nd South Group14 wins · 3 losses overallWill Smeed · 620Riley Meredith · 28
2024Runners-up · 3rd South Group10 wins · 6 losses · 1 NR overallTom Banton · 515Ben Green · 21

Team operations

SOM coaching and support staff

Men's Head Coach

Jason Kerr

Contracted through at least the end of 2028; coach of the 2023 and 2025 Blast title-winning teams.

Director of Cricket

Andy Hurry

Oversees Somerset's cricket programme and senior performance structure.

Assistant & Fielding Coach

Paul Tweddle

Current first-team assistant who also works with Somerset's Second XI.

Bowling & Assistant Coach

Steve Kirby

Listed in Somerset's senior coaching directory and active with the men's group in 2026.

Temporary First XI assistant

Trent Keep

Joined from mid-May to the end of June 2026 across the First XI, Second XI and Pathway.

Club and T20 captain

Lewis Gregory

Two-time title-winning T20 captain and Somerset's all-time leading T20 wicket-taker.

Home venue

Cooper Associates County Ground

Taunton, England

Somerset's Taunton headquarters hosted all six home group matches in 2026. The club lists the ground at St James Street, Taunton, TA1 1JT.

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Team news

Latest SOM updates

Official Somerset reports cover the completed title defence, knockout run, coaching continuity and 2025 championship context. News from other formats is excluded.

Official destinations

SOM website and social handles

Use these direct links to avoid fan accounts and lookalike profiles.

References

Sources and update notes

Twenty-player selection and appearance timeline, 3–5 recovery, 7–5 group and 8–6 overall boundaries, Northamptonshire rematch, Craig Overton's quarter-final rescue, leadership, venue and three-title history checked 13 August 2026.

Reader questions

Somerset FAQ

Where did Somerset finish in the 2026 Vitality Blast?

Somerset finished second in the Central & West Group, beat Yorkshire in the quarter-final and lost to Northamptonshire in the semi-final.

What was Somerset's complete 2026 Blast record?

Fourteen matches: eight wins and six losses, including a 7-5 group record and 1-1 in the knockouts.

Who scored the most Somerset runs in 2026?

James Rew led Somerset with 430 runs in 12 innings at an average of 43.00 and strike rate of 152.48.

Who took the most Somerset wickets in 2026?

Daniel Sams and Jake Ball finished joint top with 20 wickets each.

Who was Somerset's leading all-rounder in 2026?

Daniel Sams combined 143 runs at a strike rate of 158.89 with 20 wickets.

Who captained Somerset in the 2026 Blast?

Lewis Gregory captained Somerset. He is a two-time Blast-winning captain and the club's all-time leading T20 wicket-taker.

Who coaches Somerset?

Jason Kerr is Men's Head Coach, supported by Director of Cricket Andy Hurry and assistants including Paul Tweddle and Steve Kirby.

Where do Somerset play home matches?

At the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton, which hosted six men's Blast group matches in 2026.

Who owns Somerset County Cricket Club?

Somerset CCC is a member-owned registered society, number 29995R, rather than a privately owned franchise.

How many T20 titles have Somerset won?

Three: the 2005 T20 Cup and the 2023 and 2025 Vitality Blast titles.

Why are 20 players listed in Somerset's 2026 squad?

The directory combines the official opening and knockout squads with additional players documented in completed 2026 competition records.

Does Somerset play in other competitions?

Yes. Somerset's men also play County Championship and One Day Cup cricket, but those records are kept separate from this Blast page.

What are Somerset's official social handles?

The club uses @SomersetCCC on X, @somersetcricketofficial on Instagram, SomersetCricketClub on Facebook and SomersetCricket on YouTube.