Worcestershire See Off Somerset In One-day Cup Semis

Metro Bank One-Day Cup semi-final, Worcester

Worcestershire 275-9 (50 overs): Lategan 78 (82), D'Oliveira 45 (52); Green 4-52

Somerset 141 (29.2 overs): J Rew 47 (55); Shahzad 4-36, Brookes 3-16

Worcestershire hit Somerset by 131 runs (DLS method)

Match scorecard

Worcestershire powered done to nan One-Day Cup last pinch a 131-run triumph complete Somerset astatine New Road.

Put in, nan location broadside posted a coagulated 275-9 arsenic Daniel Lategan struck a List A-best 78 disconnected 82 balls against a disciplined Somerset onslaught pinch Jack Leach's fantabulous 2-28 from 10 overs astatine its heart, while Ben Green besides claimed 4-52.

The target looked astir par connected a bully transportation but Somerset's apical bid imploded against Khurram Shahzad (4-36).

The visitors lurched to 108-7 from 23.4 overs earlier rainfall arrived pinch them much than 100 runs down nan DLS score.

After nan resumption they further crumbled to 141 each retired contempt James Rew's 47 arsenic Worcestershire emphatically secured a spot successful nan last astatine Trent Bridge connected 20 September.

Somerset chose to vessel but were kept waiting for their first breakthrough arsenic openers Lategan and Brett D'Oliveira (45) added 85 successful 15 overs.

The bowlers gave small distant though and arsenic risks were taken successful hunt of acceleration, wickets began to fall.

D'Oliveira drilled Kasey Aldridge to other screen and Kashif Ali was caught pinch nan top nonchalance by Finley Hill connected nan mid-wicket bound disconnected Green, while Jake Libby skied Aldridge to mid off.

Nineteen-year-old Lategan posted a polished maiden 50 but fell lbw, reverse-sweeping Leach arsenic nan spinner built unit which besides saw him vessel Rob Jones.

After Ethan Brookes was lbw, sweeping Tom Lammonby, Worcestershire needed immoderate late-order contributions and they sewage them from Henry Cullen (32 disconnected 30) and Matthew Waite (24 disconnected 26) earlier Tom Taylor clubbed 3 sixes successful an unbeaten 22 disconnected 10 balls.

Pakistan world Shahzad past began pinch 2 wides, 1 of which went for four, successful his first 3 balls.

But Lammonby and Lewis Goldsworthy were beaten for gait erstwhile trying to propulsion and sent up catches, Archie Vaughan was brilliantly caught by Ben Allison astatine mid-wicket and Thomas Rew edged to slip.

Worcestershire's different seamers deepened Somerset's plight. Waite had Joshua Thomas well-caught by Lategan connected nan agelong limb bound and Ben Allison dismissed Hill, caught astatine slip, and Green, astatine mid off.

Green fell to nan past shot earlier dense rainfall arrived pinch Somerset successful dire straits.

They resumed needing different 165 from 14.2 overs to scope a revised target and quickly mislaid Aldridge, caught behind, and Leach, stumped, disconnected Brookes.

Last brace James Rew and Jake Ball needed to find 137 runs from 10 overs but they only managed 5 earlier Rew lifted Brookes (3-16) to agelong disconnected to trigger large and agelong celebrations from nan location fans.

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