Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

The Blaze W aur Somerset W ke beech pehle koi meetings nahi hui hain.

The Blaze W

The Blaze W T20BW Regular Season mein 24 points ke saath 4th par hain. Woh three-match losing run mein hain, aur unki most recent defeat Hampshire W ke against 23 runs se aayi. Last three games sab losses rahe hain, isliye unpe pressure hai ki yeh slide ko rokna padega.

TBThe Blaze W 128/8

HAHampshire W 151/8

2026-07-08 · HAM-Women won by 23 runs

TBThe Blaze W 147/9

DUDurham W 148/5

2026-07-05 · DUR-W won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

TBThe Blaze W 121/10

SUSurrey W 155/8

2026-07-03 · SUR-W won by 34 runs

Somerset W

Somerset W T20BW Regular Season mein 23 points ke saath 5th par hain. Unka recent form mixed raha hai, jiska highlight Essex W ke against 1 ball remaining ke saath 2-wicket win hai. Last three matches mein unke paas 1 win hai, jisse woh standings mein TB-W ke bilkul touch mein bani hui hain.

SOSomerset W 178/8

ESEssex W 177/5

2026-07-07 · SOM-W won by 2 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

SOSomerset W 199/5

YOYorkshire W 210/4

2026-07-03 · YOR won by 11 runs

SOSomerset W 148/6

SUSurrey W 152/8

2026-06-28 · SUR-W won by 2 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Playing XI

Key Stats

Verdict

Models split hain: ML Somerset W ko 51%–49% se lean karta hai, lekin model average The Blaze W ko 58%–42% se favour karta hai, aur 4 mein se 3 models TB-W ko back kar rahe hain. Bookmakers us lean se diverge kar rahe hain, The Blaze W ko 64% (1.50) aur Somerset W ko 36% (2.60) price karte hue. Key stats overall TB-W ko 4-2 se edge dete hain, mainly Elo aur powerplay/death economy ke advantages ki wajah se, jabki SOM-W better NRR aur last-three win rate mein stronger hai. Game ka turning point yahi hoga ki TB-W ki recent losing run continue hoti hai ya unka bowling control late in the innings phir se reassert karta hai.

Knott’s counterpunch settles it

Charli Knott walked in with The Blaze two down early and the chase wobbling, then flipped the tempo with clean, low-risk hitting. Her 63 off 43, stitched to Sarah Bryce’s calmer support, turned 119 into a target that never quite felt safe for Somerset. The Blaze finished at 122/3 in 14.2 overs to win by 7 wickets, even after Charlie Dean’s three-wicket burst threatened to drag the game deep.

Somerset’s middle overs stall

The match was effectively decided in Somerset’s innings between overs 7 and 16, when boundaries dried up and wickets kept interrupting momentum. After 37/2 in the powerplay, Somerset managed only 57/3 through the middle phase at 5.7 an over, leaving their late push too small. Lucy Higham’s 2 for 6 in a tight two-over spell squeezed the scoring options, and even with 24 coming at the death, 118/8 was a total built more on survival than pressure.

Dean shines, Knott finishes

Charlie Dean was Somerset’s heartbeat, top-scoring with 41 from 32 and then striking three times in four overs to keep the chase honest. But Knott absorbed that pressure and picked the moments to attack, lifting the rate in the middle overs while Bryce ensured there was no collapse. Higham’s miserly spell provided the platform; Knott’s finishing touch ensured it was cashed in early.

Bowling control beats recent form

Pre-match talk centred on whether The Blaze’s three-match losing run would linger, especially with Somerset’s slightly better recent results. Instead, The Blaze’s stronger bowling matchups showed up exactly where it mattered: they controlled the middle and limited a set batter’s access to the rope. Somerset’s edge in net run-rate never came into play because the innings never accelerated, and that left their bowlers defending a below-par score.