T20 Blast 2022 | SOM vs KENT| Preview, Prediction, Probable XI, CREX XI

Somerset will face Kent in the South Group of the English T20 Blast 2022 in Taunton on Friday, June 10th. 

The game will be a repeat of last year's T20 Blast final between the same two teams. However, the teams have had opposite fortunes this season, with Somerset sitting comfortably in the top half of the table and Kent struggling at the bottom of the South Group.

The Kent team, led by Sam Billings, has only one win in seven games this season. Since the start of the tournament, the defending champions have been plagued by poor performances from their batters and bowlers. Billing's men will have to put up a massive effort to beat a Somerset team.

Rilee Rossouw has been one of the tournament's top performers and is Somerset's highest run-scorer this season. Somerset has quality openers in Will Smeed and Tom Banton. Somerset's Josh Davey has been their best bowler, impressing with his seam bowling in the powerplay. 

Match Details

Match: Somerset vs Kent, Match 68

Venue: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Date & Time: June 10 at 11:00 PM IST

Live Streaming: FanCode and ECB website.

Pitch Report: The Taunton ground is among the flattest pitches in the county, as batters usually dominate bowlers at the venue. The team that wins the toss normally chooses to bat, but given Somerset's or Kent's quality, the toss wouldn't have much of an impact on the game.

Squads

Somerset: Tom Abell(c), Tom Banton(w), George Bartlett, Jack Brooks, Rilee Rossouw, Josh Davey, Marchant de Lange, Lewis Gregory, Lewis Goldsworthy, Ben Green, Tom Lammonby, Will Smeed, Roelof van der Merwe

Kent: Sam Billings(w/c), Daniel Bell-Drummond, Alex Blake, Jordan Cox, Zak Crawley, Joe Denly, Fred Klaassen, Jack Leaning, George Linde, Tawanda Muyeye, Matt Milnes, Qais Ahmad, Matthew Quinn, Darren Stevens, Grant Stewart

Probable playing XI

Somerset: Will Smeed, Tom Banton (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Tom Abell (c), Tom Lammonby, Lewis Gregory, Craig Overton, Ben Green, Roelof van der Merwe, Marchant de Lange, Josh Davey 

Kent: Daniel Bell-Drummond, Joe Denly, Sam Billings (c & wk), Jack Leaning, Jordan Cox, George Linde, Alex Blake, Grant Stewart, Qais Ahmad, Matt Milnes, Fred Klaassen

CREX XI Suggestion 

Wicket-Keeper: Sam Billings, Tom Banton

Batters: Joe Denly, Rilee Rossouw, Daniel Bell Drummond

All-Rounders: Lewis Gregory, Craig Overton

Bowlers:  Marchant de Lange, Josh Davey, Qais Ahmad, Fred Klaassen

Captain: Rilee Rossouw

Vice-Captain: Josh Davey