Published on: Aug 27, 2019 3:08 pm IST|Updated on: Aug 27, 2019 3:13 pm IST
Surrey and Somerset will meet in the South Group fixture of Vitality T20 Blast at the Kennington Oval in London.
Total of seven teams are fighting for the third spot, Sussex has sealed their place in the quarter-finals, while Glamorgan is out of the competition having lost all their 13 games.
Surrey, at spot 8 still have a chance to make it to top four if they manage to win their remaining matches and other teams in the race must lose their respective games.
Meanwhile, Somerset is running right in the race. They have 13 points from 2 games and only a single win will help them to move ahead in the tournament.
The match is set to begin at 11:00 PM IST.
SOM vs SUR, South Group, Vitality T20 Blast
Kennington Oval, London
27th August 2019, 11:00 PM IST
Matches Played: 15
Somerset: 05
Surrey: 09
Abandoned: 01
Total Match Played: 41
Batting First Won: 19
Batting Second Won: 22
Tie: 0
Teams batting first have won mostly here. Chasing gets problematic, especially under the lights. High scoring game is expected at this surface.
Record of chasing teams: Won – 0, Lost – 3
Surrey:
Liam Plunkett, Rikki Clarke, Aaron Finch, Gareth Batty, Rory Burns, Jade Dernbach (c), Mark Stoneman, Scott Borthwick, Imran Tahir, Ben Foakes (wk), Jordan Clark, Sam Curran, Conor McKerr, Ollie Pope, Will Jacks, Ryan Patel, Jamie Smith
Playing11:
Jordan Clark, Ryan Patel/Rikki Clarke, Gareth Batty, Imran Tahir, Jade Dernbach, Aaron Finch (C), Mark Stoneman, Sam Curran, Ollie Pope, Will Jacks, Ben Foakes (WK)
Somerset:
Jerome Taylor, James Hildreth, Roelof van der Merwe, Peter Trego, Max Waller, Tim Groenewald, Lewis Gregory (c), Babar Azam, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Jack Leach, Tom Abell, George Bartlett, Dominic Bess, Ollie Sale, Tom Banton (wk), Edward Byrom, Tom Lammonby
Playing 11:
Babar Azam, Tom Banton, Tom Abell (C), James Hildreth, Eddie Byrom, Tom Lammonby, Craig Overton/Lewis Gregory, Roelof van der Merwe, Tim Groenewald, Jerome Taylor, Max Waller