Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

पिछली तीन बैठकों में Somerset 2-1 से आगे हैं। सबसे हालिया मुकाबले में Somerset ने 164/7 defend किया और Gloucestershire को chase में 148/8 पर रोककर 16 runs से जीत दर्ज की। यह मैच इस बात से तय हुआ कि Somerset ने chase के दौरान GLO को 148/8 तक सीमित रखा। इन तीन मैचों में नतीजे झूलते रहे हैं, दोनों टीमों ने जीत दर्ज की है और इनमें से दो Somerset के पक्ष में गए हैं।

SOSomerset 164/7

GLGloucestershire 148/8

2025-07-18 · SOM won by 16 runs

GLGloucestershire 135/7

SOSomerset 137/4

2025-06-13 · SOM won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

SOSomerset 124/10

GLGloucestershire 129/2

2024-09-14 · GLO won by 8 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire T20B Regular Season में 12 points के साथ 3rd स्थान पर हैं। उनके हालिया प्रदर्शन में एक दमदार 56-run की जीत शामिल है, साथ ही 0 balls remaining रहते हुए last-ball chase में मिली जीत भी, जो दिखाती है कि वे आराम से भी और दबाव में भी जीत सकते हैं। पिछली तीन में एकमात्र झटका 167 का पीछा करते हुए 2-run की करीबी हार रहा।

GLGloucestershire 217/6

YOYorkshire 161/10

2026-05-31 · GLO won by 56 runs

GLGloucestershire 164/9

NONorthamptonshire 166/3

2026-05-29 · NOR

GLGloucestershire 158/8

GLGlamorgan 157/8

2026-05-23 · GLO won by 2 wickets (with 0 ball remaining)

Somerset

Somerset T20B Regular Season में 8 points के साथ 9th स्थान पर हैं। उनके पिछले दो मैच Glamorgan के खिलाफ हार रहे हैं, जिसमें 202/6 बनाने के बाद 0 balls remaining रहते हुए last-ball पर मिली हार भी शामिल है। पिछली तीन में उनकी एकमात्र जीत वह थी जिसमें chase 10 balls remaining रहते पूरा किया गया।

SOSomerset 202/6

GLGlamorgan 203/6

2026-06-04 · GLA won by 4 wickets (with 0 ball remaining)

SOSomerset 171/9

GLGlamorgan 175/3

2026-05-29 · GLA won by 7 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)

SOSomerset 193/3

WAWarwickshire 189/5

2026-05-24 · SOM won by 7 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

Playing XI

मुख्य आँकड़े

Prediction

चारों मॉडल Gloucestershire के पक्ष में हैं, औसतन GLO को लगभग 60% (range 55–65%) रेट किया गया है। Bookmakers अलग राय रखते हैं और Somerset को 54% (1.75) पर favourite, जबकि Gloucestershire को 46% (2.05) पर रख रहे हैं। प्रमुख आँकड़े कुल मिलाकर 4-4 से बँटे हैं; points, NRR और हालिया नतीजों में GLO आगे है, जबकि head-to-head और कुछ bowling-phase economy metrics में SOM को बढ़त है। यह मुकाबला संभवतः इस बात पर निर्भर करेगा कि क्या GLO की सीज़न की मजबूत शुरुआत, Somerset के हालिया matchup नियंत्रण पर भारी पड़ती है।

Short blasts chase into cruise

D’Arcy Short made the decisive move before Somerset could even set a field, launching Gloucestershire’s chase with clean, straight hitting and sharp placement. His 63 off 34 ensured the asking rate never became a conversation, and even when Somerset briefly found a foothold, the target had already been stripped of pressure. Gloucestershire wrapped it up at 138/3 in 14.1 overs, winning by seven wickets with 35 balls unused.

Somerset’s powerplay collapse

The match was effectively decided in the first six overs of Somerset’s innings. Reduced to 33/4 in the powerplay, they spent the rest of the night trying to rebuild from a hole rather than setting one. Duan Jansen’s control (2/25) and Matthew Taylor’s three-over burst (2/20) kept the middle overs quiet enough that Somerset’s late surge couldn’t fully compensate; their death-overs 46/1 came after the damage was done.

Short, Jansen set the tone

Short was the game’s accelerant, turning the chase into a one-way timeline with boundary options across the arc. Jansen’s two wickets were just as important for context: they forced Somerset into consolidation and left Lewis Gregory’s 33 off 28 and the 47-run Gregory-Overton stand as salvage rather than a platform. Jack Taylor’s 34 off 21 then ensured there was no late twist, even with Daniel Sams picking up 2/21 to briefly raise a question.

Form and phases flip the script

Pre-game talk centred on whether Gloucestershire’s stronger start would outweigh Somerset’s recent edge in the matchup and their tighter projected new-ball and death economy. Instead, it was Gloucestershire who dominated the key phase: they struck early with the ball, then batted like a side in rhythm, racing to 61/1 in the powerplay at 10.2 an over. Somerset’s bowlers never got to deploy their usual squeeze because they were defending a total built from recovery, not control.