Somerset County Cricket Club
2024 season
CoachJason Kerr (FC & T20)
Paul Tweddle (LA)
CaptainLewis Gregory
Overseas playerRiley Meredith
Migael Pretorius
Brett Randell
Matt Renshaw
County ChampionshipDivision One, TBD
One-Day CupFinal
T20 BlastSemi-final

Somerset County Cricket Club competed in three domestic competitions during the 2024 English cricket season: the County Championship, the One-Day Cup and the T20 Blast.

They were captained for the first season by all-rounder, Lewis Gregory.

Squad

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The following players made at least one appearance for Somerset in first-class cricket, List A cricket or Twenty20 during 2024. The age given is for the start of Somerset's first match of the season, on 5 April 2024.

Somerset players in 2024
Name Nationality Age Batting stance Bowling style Ref
Tom Abell   England 30 Right-handed Right arm medium
Kasey Aldridge   England 23 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Sonny Baker   England 21 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Jake Ball   England 33 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Tom Banton (WK)   England 25 Right-handed
Shoaib Bashir   England 20 Right-handed Right arm off break
Charlie Cassell   Scotland 25 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Josh Davey   Scotland 33 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Sean Dickson   South Africa 32 Right-handed Right arm medium
Lewis Goldsworthy   England 23 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Ben Green   England 26 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Lewis Gregory (captain)   England 31 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Joe Heywood   England 17 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Tom Kohler-Cadmore   England 29 Right-handed Right arm off break
Tom Lammonby   England 23 Left-handed Left arm medium-fast
Jack Leach   England 32 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Ned Leonard   England 21 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Riley Meredith   Australia 27 Right-handed Right arm fast
Alfie Ogborne   England 20 Right-handed Left arm medium-fast
Craig Overton   England 29 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Migael Pretorius   South Africa 29 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Brett Randell   New Zealand 28 Right-handed Right arm medium
Matt Renshaw   Australia 28 Left-handed Right arm off break
James Rew (WK)   England 20 Left-handed
Will Smeed   England 22 Right-handed Right arm off break
George Thomas   England 20 Right-handed Right arm medium
Josh Thomas   England 19 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Andrew Umeed   Scotland 27 Right-handed Right arm leg break
Roelof van der Merwe   Netherlands 39 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Archie Vaughan   England 18 Right-handed Right arm off break

County Championship

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Match log and statistics

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No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 5–8 April Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Drawn
2 12–15 April Surrey The Oval, London Drawn
3 19–22 April Nottinghamshire County Ground, Taunton Drawn
4 26–29 April Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster Drawn
5 3–6 May Essex County Ground, Taunton Won by 3 wickets
6 17–20 May Kent County Ground, Taunton Won by 8 wickets
7 24–27 May Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Lost by an innings and 6 runs
8 23–26 June Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Drawn
9 30 June – 3 July Warwickshire County Ground, Taunton Won by 5 wickets
10 22–25 August Warwickshire Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Drawn
11 29 August – 1 September Durham County Ground, Taunton Won by 293 runs
12 9–12 September Surrey County Ground, Taunton Won by 111 runs
13 17–20 September Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Match not started
14 26–29 September Hampshire County Ground, Taunton Match not started
Batting averages
Player Matches Innings Runs Average Highest Score 100s 50s
Tom Abell 6 11 619 68.77 152* 3 2
Tom Banton 12 19 891 49.50 133 2 5
Tom Lammonby 12 21 851 42.55 100 1 5
James Rew 12 19 672 42.00 114 2 3
Qualification: 450 runs. Source: ESPNcricinfo[1]
Bowling averages
Player Matches Innings Wickets Average BBI BBM 5wi 10wi
Archie Vaughan 2 4 14 17.78 6/102 11/140 2 1
Jack Leach 7 13 35 25.45 7/50 12/174 4 1
Lewis Gregory 9 13 20 29.45 4/66 4/45 0 0
Josh Davey 7 13 16 31.00 4/80 6/122 0 0
Jake Ball 6 10 15 33.20 5/62 5/62 1 0
Craig Overton 10 19 27 35.77 4/57 5/122 0 0
Kasey Aldridge 8 15 20 35.90 5/64 8/78 2 0
Migael Pretorius 8 13 23 39.43 5/104 6/162 1 0
Qualification: 10 wickets. Source: ESPNcricinfo[1]

T20 Blast

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Match logs and statistics

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No. Stage Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 South Group 31 May (D/N) Essex Eagles County Ground, Taunton Won by 4 wickets
2 South Group 2 June (D/N) Surrey The Oval, London Lost by 57 runs
3 South Group 7 June (D/N) Kent Spitfires St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Lost by 4 wickets
4 South Group 9 June Hampshire Hawks County Ground, Taunton Won by 63 runs
5 South Group 11 June (D/N) Middlesex Lord's, London Won by 9 wickets
6 South Group 14 June (D/N) Kent Spitfires County Ground, Taunton Won by 14 runs (DLS method)
7 South Group 16 June Glamorgan County Ground, Taunton Won by 108 runs
8 South Group 21 June (D/N) Gloucestershire Bristol County Ground, Bristol Lost by 5 wickets
9 South Group 5 July (D/N) Essex Eagles County Ground, Chelmsford No result: Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain
10 South Group 7 July Gloucestershire County Ground, Taunton Lost by 5 wickets
11 South Group 12 July (D/N) Surrey County Ground, Taunton Won by 6 wickets
12 South Group 14 July Hampshire Hawks Rose Bowl, Southampton Won by 9 wickets
13 South Group 18 July (D/N) Sussex Sharks County Ground, Taunton Won by 6 wickets
14 South Group 19 July (D/N) Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Lost by 120 runs
15 Quarter-final 5 September (D/N) Northants Steelbacks Wantage Road, Northampton Won by 17 runs
16 Semi-final 14 September Surrey Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Won by 6 wickets
17 Final 14 September (D/N) Gloucestershire Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Lost by 8 wickets
Batting averages
Player Matches Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 50s
Tom Banton 14 14 515 46.81 151.02 79* 4
Sean Dickson 16 14 333 33.30 152.75 78 2
Tom Abell 16 13 352 32.00 138.58 96* 2
George Thomas 4 4 127 31.75 135.10 42 0
Tom Kohler-Cadmore 16 16 386 27.57 140.87 51 1
Lewis Gregory 15 13 216 27.00 168.75 53 1
Will Smeed 12 12 260 21.66 175.67 86 2
Qualification: 100 runs. Source: ESPNcricinfo[2]
Bowling averages
Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi
Riley Meredith 12 42.0 14 22.78 7.59 4/12 1
Lewis Gregory 15 45.0 19 18.89 7.97 3/11 0
Josh Davey 8 23.3 8 23.00 7.82 3/34 0
Craig Overton 12 43.0 9 38.88 8.13 2/21 0
Jack Leach 5 15.0 6 21.00 8.40 2/23 0
Jake Ball 13 44.0 15 26.33 8.97 2/9 0
Roelof van der Merwe 12 24.4 6 39.66 9.64 2/0 0
Ben Green 16 42.0 21 21.71 10.85 5/29 3
Qualification: 15 overs. Source: ESPNcricinfo[2]

One-Day Cup

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Match logs and statistics

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No. Stage Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
1 Group A 26 July (D/N) Kent Spitfires County Ground, Taunton Won by 3 wickets
2 Group A 28 July Hampshire Rose Bowl, Southampton Lost by 5 wickets
3 Group A 31 July Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Won by 133 runs
4 Group A 2 August (D/N) Lancashire County Ground, Taunton Won by 8 wickets
5 Group A 4 August Derbyshire Falcons County Ground, Taunton Lost by 1 wicket
6 Group A 7 August Northants Steelbacks Wantage Road, Northampton Won by 7 wickets
7 Group A 9 August Worcestershire Rapids County Ground, Taunton Won by 5 wickets
8 Group A 11 August Middlesex Lord's, London Won by 8 wickets
9 Semi-final 18 August Leicestershire Foxes County Ground, Taunton Won by 23 runs
10 Final 22 September Glamorgan Trent Bridge, Nottingham Match not started
Batting averages
Player Matches Innings Runs Average Highest Score 100s 50s
James Rew 9 9 445 74.16 88 0 6
Lewis Goldsworthy 9 9 416 59.42 115* 1 2
Andrew Umeed 9 9 447 55.87 114* 1 4
George Thomas 8 8 264 37.71 106* 1 0
Sean Dickson 9 7 194 32.33 86 0 1
Qualification: 150 runs. Source: ESPNcricinfo[3]
Bowling averages
Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi
Josh Davey 5 37.0 9 18.00 4.37 3/46 0
Lewis Goldsworthy 9 40.3 11 19.36 5.25 4/44 1
Jack Leach 9 81.3 15 22.20 4.08 6/26 1
George Thomas 8 25.0 5 23.60 4.72 3/41 0
Kasey Aldridge 8 50.1 12 24.25 5.80 6/33 1
Alfie Ogborne 6 44.3 8 27.87 5.01 3/58 0
Ned Leonard 4 27.0 2 71.00 5.25 1/36 0
Qualification: 20 overs. Source: ESPNcricinfo[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Records in County Championship Division One, 2024". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Vitality Blast, 2024 – Somerset / Records / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "One-Day Cup, 2024 – Somerset / Records / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2024.