Dion Stovell spins Somerset to Cup Match victory
Somerset Cricket Club (Somerset won toss): Somerset beat St George’s by 227 runs
Dion Stovell continued his Cup Match brilliance as he took 12 wickets in the match to guide Somerset to victory over St George’s on Friday.
After scoring centuries in the two previous Cup Matches, it was with the ball that spinner Stovell excelled this year, taking seven wickets in the first innings and five in the second as Somerset beat St George’s by 227 runs
Resuming on 80 for five in the first innings at the start of day two, St George’s added just 25 runs for their final five wickets, with Stovell taking four of the five to fall, claiming the wickets of Marcus Scotland, Macai Simmons, Kevon Fubler and Luke Fulton as St George’s were bowled out for just 110, leaving them 245 runs behind.
Choosing not to enforce the follow on, Somerset started their second innings aggressively, eventually declaring on 172 for eight, with captain Terryn Fray top scoring on 48.
That left St George’s needing 408 to win but thanks largely to Stovell’s brilliance they never looked likely to either achieve victory or bat through the afternoon to claim an unlikely draw.
Only four st George’s players made it into double figures with No 7 Macai Simmons briefly lending hopes that he could salvage a draw for the East Enders with a fine knock of 80 before being trapped lbw by Stovell.
With him went St George’s hopes of avoiding defeat, with the wickets of Kevon Fubler and Zeko Burgess falling quickly afterwards to give Somerset captain Terryn Fray victory in his first year at the helm.
Stovell finished the second innings with five for 62 in 15 overs, with Derrick Brangman claiming four for 52 and Kamau Leverock picking up the remaining wicket.
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Somerset (first innings)
*T Fray b Burgess 51
K Leverock c sub (Horan) b Paynter 153
T Manders c Smith b Fubler 6
A Richardson b Burgess 11
D Stovell b Burgess 37
M Jones c Burgess b Rawlins 18
†S Bremar c sub (Horan) b Burgess 27
D Sabir not out 9
J Proctor run out 16
D Brangman b Rawlins 2
Extras (b 8, w 5, nb 2) 15
Total (9 wkts dec; 68.4 overs) 345
M Walker did not bat
Fall of wickets: 1-169, 2-192, 3-221, 4-245, 5-267, 6-309, 7-324, 8-343, 9-345.
Bowling: Burgess 14-1-73-4; Rawlins 20.4-2-98-2; Fubler 14-1-85-1; Fulton 11-2-36-0; Simmons 4-0-31-0; Paynter 3-0-11-1; Smith 2-0-9-0.
St George’s (first innings)
N Paynter b Stovell 35
Oronde Bascome b Leverock 5
†M Scotland c Bremar b Stovell 30
J Smith b Stovell 0
D Rawlins c Manders b Sabir 1
*Onias Bascome c Jones b Stovell 1
†J Richardson b Brangman 25
M Simmons b Stovell 4
K Fubler c Manders b Stovell 0
Z Burgess not out 5
L Fulton c Richardson b Stovell 0
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 1) 4
Total (39.2 overs) 110
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-64, 3-64, 4-65, 5-66, 6-81, 7-85, 8-87, 9-109.
Bowling: Leverock 5-0-13-1; Brangman 9-2-30-1; Walker 3-2-5-0; Stovell 12.2-4-27-7; Proctor 4-0-19-0; Sabir 3-1-3-1; Jones 3-0-10-0
Somerset (second innings)
*T Fray c Scotland b Smith 48
K Leverock c Scotland b Fulton 26
T Manders c Paynter b Rawlins 27
A Richardson c Oronde Bascome b Fubler 25
D Stovell c Rawlins b Fubler 11
D Sabir c Burgess b Rawlins 1
†S Bremar c Onias Bascome b Rawlins 6
J Proctor not out 7
M Jones b Fubler 11
D Brangman not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, pen 5) 19
Total (8 wkts dec; 30 overs) 172
M Walker did not bat
Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-82, 3-130, 4-141, 5-142, 6-147, 7-156), 8-167.
Bowling: Burgess 2-0-30-0; Fulton 5-0-21-1; Rawlins 10-0-45-3; Simmons 6-0-23-0; Fubler 6-1-39-3; Smith 1-0-5-1.
St George’s (second innings)
N Paynter c Manders b Leverock 1
†M Scotland st Bremar b Brangman 1
J Smith st Bremar b Stovell 46
D Rawlins c Manders b Sabir 0
*Onias Bascome b Brangman 5
†J Richardson c Stovell b Brangman 10
M Simmons lbw b Stovell 80
Oronde Bascome c Richardson b Stovell 17
K Fubler c Bremar b Stovell 1
Z Burgess b Brangman 7
L Fulton not out 0
Extras (b 8, pen 5) 13
Total (42.5 overs) 181
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-15, 3-27, 4-58, 5-58, 6-76, 7-161, 8-174, 9-175.
Bowling: Leverock 5-1-23-1; Brangman 14.5-9-52-4; Stovell 15-5-62-5; Sabir 3-1-18-0; Jones 3-0-8-0; Proctor 2-1-5-0
Umpires: E Carrington and A Knight.
Third umpire: A Cumberbatch.
Fourth umpire: P Smith.
Match referee: L Williams.
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