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Metrobank Game 8 Beat Lancs or Bust
The last of the first phase games in thios year's 50 over competition. We face Lancashire and have the position of still being able to qualify IF we win AND Warks win AND Glos win AND neither of them do it with a better NRR than us. Winning is our only priority today. if the rest falls into place then we will cntinue. If they don't we'll assess a 4:4 record with all the wins at home and all the losses away. That is IF we win. Lewis has won the toss and put Lancashire in. Sav Perera returns in the battnf and Migael Pretorius returns to the bowling. Let battle commence.
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Metrobank Game 7 Away in Northamptonshire
The last away match of the first part of the Metrobank 50 over competition and it has not been very fertile ground for Somerset. They will hope a young side will change that this afternoon as they chase a possible qualifying spot after smashing Surrey on Friday. Lewis Goldsworthy won the toss and will bat first
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Metrobank Game 6 - Surrey at Home
Welcome to gridlocked Taunton for the Surrey match at 2pm on a Friday when they've closed half the roads in and then started the Taunton Flower Show. Jack Leach is in a young side for this one - maybe we've decided it's worth playing the up and comers as the two losses last weekend have pretty much us out of the running in this competition. Surrey have won the toss and will bowl first.
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Metrobank Game 5 - Chasing Foxes again
Back to Leicester for the first time in a long time and for the first of two visitst this summer (CC1 game in September). Somerset look to get back to winning ways today going with the extra bowler and resting James Theedom and Theo Lamey to do so. Somerset have won the toss and will bowl first at Grace Road.
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Metrobank 4 Down to Kent
Off to Canterbury for the fourth game in the Metrobank series. 16 year old Theo Lamey makes his debut while Jake Ball is rested in Joe Denley's last game for his county. Kent have won the toss and will field first. Jake Ball is rested we assume while Migael Pretorius returns to the bowling attack.
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MetroBank Game 3 - v Warks and a change of Weather
The weather has definitely taken a turn on Family Day at the County Ground as we welcome Warwickshire to Taunton and the chance to turn our present 50 over campaign to a predominently winning one as we have one win and one loss so far. Big queues at the gates at 10 this morning so the hope of a decent Sunday crowd for this one. Warwickshire have won the
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Stokes set for Durham's One Day Cup opener at Derby
Fifty-over cricket is back on Tuesday and Durham start at Derby - with Ben Stokes set to play, weeks after calling time on England. Here is how the One Day Cup works this year, where Durham are playing, and what a side sitting top of Division Two actually wants out of it.
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Metro50 Game1 - Welcome to the next stage - Notts at Welbeck
While the cricket establishment pretends that the domestic cricket season moves to their franchises. the real peopleknow that the domestic cricket continues with the MetroBank 50 tournament.. Admittedly some of the franchise counties have to go to outgrounds to play - what's not to like? But we revamp our first team and move on while our mercenaries go and do their mercenary thing for a month or so. Jake Ball captains today because of Lewis Goldsworthy's concussion based absence and we welcome new players and give first team experienceto the younger guys. We face Notts at Welbeck today at 11.
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Blast Finals Day Semi 1 - It's Northants Again!!
Here we go again then people. Another Blast Finals Day and another nailbiter as we pull ourselves into the day by the skin of Craig Overton's bat. We take on Northants - who must love us at the moment. We have won the toss and we will bowl first at 11 am. With Lewis Goldsworthy out because of a concussion, Jack Leach will be our spinner in the first game.
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Blast Quarter Final Here We Go at Headingley
It's a trip to Yorkshire we probably mostly did not expect. The boys are there on merit and on a roll for the second half. Can they win? Most certainly. Can we lose also most certainly. Tom Abell and Tom Banton are both available and the strange thing is that that creates more problems than it solves. the team will be interesting. Jonny Bairstow has decide to bat after winning the toss and we go before the World Cup Semi. The prize? Finals Day on Satruday. If not Metro50 starts on Tuesday. Go well Boyz