Vitality Blast 2025 ke shuruati match mein, Somerset ne apne ghar Taunton ke Cooper Associates County Ground pe Surrey ko 5 wicket se dhool chata di. Jason Roy ne 54 ball pe 92 run thok ke Surrey ko 146 tak pahunchaya, par Somerset ne chill chase kar ke 13 ball bachi rehne pe jeet haasil kar li. Ye jeet 2024 ke semi-final haar ka badla bhi tha.
Surrey ka batting: Roy ka ekla show
Surrey ne toss haar ke pehle batting li. Jason Roy, number 3 pe aake, ekdum aag laga diya—54 ball mein 92 run, 6 four aur 7 six ke saath, strike rate 170.37! Uska cover drive, lofted shots aur mid-wicket pe do bade chakke (Ben Green ke against) dekhne layak the. Par baaki team ne saath nahi diya. Total 146 for 9, aur Roy ke 92 ne 60% se zyada score banaya.
Somerset ke seamers ne kamaal kiya. Matt Henry ne 4 over mein 21 deke 3 wicket liye, jisme Dom Sibley aur Ollie Pope ke bade wicket the. Riley Meredith ne bhi 3 for 26 ke saath Ollie Sykes aur Chris Jordan ko out kiya. Craig Overton ne ek maiden over daala aur Tom Curran ka catch pakda. Roy ko ek life mila jab Lewis Gregory ne 71 pe no-ball daali, par aakhir mein Meredith ne usko mid-off pe out kar diya. Surrey ke aur batsmen flop—Ollie Pope 5 run, Sam Curran 22, aur koi bada partnership nahi.
Somerset ka chase: Solid aur shant
147 ke target ke jawab mein, Somerset ke openers Tom Banton aur Will Smeed ne 6 over mein 45 run jode. Smeed ne 29 ball pe 35 banaye, par Sam Curran ne usko clean bowled kar diya. Tom Kohler-Cadmore aur Tom Abell ne innings sambhali, 98 for 3 tak le gaye. Sam Curran (2 for 30) aur debutant Yousef Majid (2 for 26) ne thodi fight dikhayi, jab Lewis Gregory aur Thomas Rew jaldi out hue, score 112 for 5 ho gaya. Par Tom Abell (29 not out) aur Ben Green (16 ball pe 23 not out) ne 35 run ka unbeaten partnership kiya. Green ne 17th over mein Chris Jordan ko ek six aur four maar ke match khatam kar diya, 13 ball bacha ke. Taunton ka crowd jhum utha!
Key players aur tactics
- Jason Roy (Surrey): 92 off 54, ekdum akela warrior. Uska aggressive batting Surrey ka ekla sahara tha.
- Matt Henry aur Riley Meredith (Somerset): 8 over mein 6 for 47, dono ne Surrey ke batsmen ko bandh ke rakha.
- Tom Abell aur Ben Green (Somerset): Inki shant aur aggressive batting ne chase ko asaan bana diya.
- Tactics: Somerset ne pehle bowling chuni, apne seam attack ka faida uthaya. Batting mein flexibility ne pressure absorb kiya aur finish zabardast tha. Pitch ka average T20 score 147 tha, to koi side ko zyada faida nahi, par Somerset ke bowlers ne early movement ka fayda uthaya.
Match ka matlab
Somerset ke liye ye jeet 2025 Vitality Blast ka shandaar start hai, jo 2023 ke champion aur 2024 ke runner-up hain. Surrey ke liye, ye loss dikhata hai ki unko Roy ke alawa aur players se run chahiye. Cloudy weather aur 50% rain chance ke bawajood, Somerset ne apne fans ke saamne kamaal kiya. Agle matches mein Somerset is momentum ko rakhna chahega, aur Surrey apne stars jaise Sam Curran aur Ollie Pope se ummeed karega.
