Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

Last do meetings 1-1 split hain. Sabse recent match me Worcestershire ne tight finish me Somerset ko edge kiya, 3 runs se jeet gaye. Game bilkul fine margins par decide hua, aur Somerset chase me thoda sa short reh gaya. Usse pehle wali meeting ulta gayi thi, jahan Somerset ne 16 runs se jeeta, jo dikhata hai ki is matchup me dono sides ke beech kitna kam gap hai.

SOSomerset 165/8

WOWorcestershire 168/4

2020-09-11 · WOR won by 3 runs

WOWorcestershire 213/7

SOSomerset 229/8

2020-09-03 · SOM won by 16 runs

Worcestershire

Worcestershire T20B Regular Season me 12th par hain 12 points ke saath, 3W-4L record aur -0.930 NRR. Wo three-match losing streak par hain, aur har defeat ya to narrow margin se aayi hai ya phir clear gap se. Unka most recent outing Warwickshire ke against 59-run loss tha, jisne slide ko aur stretch kiya aur net run rate ko bhi hit kiya.

WOWorcestershire 165/7

WAWarwickshire 224/10

2026-06-26 · WAR won by 59 runs

WOWorcestershire 154/5

NONorthamptonshire 162/4

2026-06-09 · NOR won by 6 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) (D/L method)

WOWorcestershire 145/10

GLGloucestershire 148/7

2026-06-07 · GLO won by 3 runs

Somerset

Somerset T20B Regular Season me 10th par hain 12 points ke saath, 3W-4L record aur -0.385 NRR. Unke last three me do losses ke baad bounce-back win aayi hai. Sabse telling recent result Gloucestershire ke against 18-run win hai, jisne dip ko rok diya aur is fixture se pehle unko momentum de diya.

SOSomerset 194/7

GLGloucestershire 176/7

2026-06-26 · SOM won by 18 runs

SOSomerset 215/4

WAWarwickshire 216/4

2026-06-07 · WAR won by 6 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

SOSomerset 137/8

GLGloucestershire 138/3

2026-06-05 · GLO won by 7 wickets (with 35 balls remaining)

Playing XI

Key Stats

Verdict

Chaaro models Somerset ko favour kar rahe hain, average projection SOM 61% vs WOR 39% (SOM ke liye range 58–64%). Bookmakers bhi agree karte hain: Somerset 64% (1.60) aur Worcestershire 36% (2.75). Key stats Somerset ki taraf lean karte hain 4-1 overall, mainly net run rate, Elo, aur powerplay ke bahar bowling economy ke advantages ki wajah se. Worcestershire ka immediate task hai three-match losing run ko arrest karna, jabki Somerset ka edge unke broader statistical profile par based hai.

Waite slams the brakes

Matthew Waite’s spell was the match’s hard stop: just as Somerset tried to build momentum, he kept striking to leave the chase wobbling. Worcestershire’s 180/5 always looked defendable once the early wickets fell, and Waite ensured it stayed that way, finishing with 3/23 as Somerset slid to 144/9 and lost by 36 runs.

Death overs flip the script

The decisive phase was Worcestershire’s finish. After a steady 131/4 through 16 overs, they detonated at the death with 49 runs in the last four overs (RR 12.2), turning a par total into a demanding one. Sikandar Raza’s 42 off 22 and Brett D’Oliveira’s 41 off 25 meant Somerset were chasing a rate that hovered around nine an over, and they never found a sustained boundary run to reset it.

Raza, D’Oliveira, Waite deliver

Raza provided the late-innings acceleration Worcestershire had been missing in recent losses, and D’Oliveira set the tempo so the finish could be explosive. For Somerset, James Rew’s 36 off 28 held the chase together during the middle overs, but the key moment arrived late in the powerplay-to-middle transition: once Worcestershire had Somerset 42/2 in the first six, Waite and company could attack the stumps and protect the rope.

Somerset’s edge never landed

Pre-match numbers leaned Somerset: stronger recent profiles, better projected control at the death, and Worcestershire arriving on a three-match skid. But this game leaned on moments, not reputations. Worcestershire were cleaner in the high-leverage overs, while Somerset’s innings kept getting interrupted — even their best passage, the Banton-Rew partnership of 59, didn’t translate into a launchpad because wickets around it kept the pressure on.