Alex Carey‘s fabulous performance in his debut match earned Sussex Sharks an important victory over Somerset on Taunton Cricket Ground. Two Southerners battled out on Sunday and Sharks won the game by 13 runs. Somerset won the toss and opt to bowl. Sussex hadn’t a good opening as both of their openers failed a make a big score. Two middle-order batsmen Alex Carey and Laurie Evans scored 78 and 33 respectively and helped Sussex to post 184 runs. Both Somerset openers Tom Banton and Babar Azam scored 51 and 83 respectively but the collapse in the middle-order saw them taste the defeat of 13 runs.

Alex Carey’s fabulous performance on debut match saw Sharks win at Taunton: SOM vs SUS SG Vitality Blast T20 2019

Sussex won by 13 runs

Sussex Innings (184-8-20)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Philip Salt c L Gregory b Max Waller 4 2 1 0 200.00
Luke Wright (c) b Jerome Taylor 20 19 3 0 105.26
Laurie Evans
c Craig Overton b Tom Lammonby
 33 27 2 1 122.22
Alex Carey (wk) c Tom Lammonby b L Gregory 78 46 7 4 169.57
David Wiese c Babar Azam b L Gregory 26 17 2 1 152.94
Delray Rawlins b L Gregory 2 2 0 0 100.00
Rashid Khan run out (Tom Banton) 7 4 0 1 175.00
Ollie Robinson run out (Tom Banton/Jerome Taylor) 2 4 0 0 50.00
Danny Briggs not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Reece Topley not out 2 1 0 0 200.00

Extras: 10(b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 6, p 0)

Total: 184(8 wkts, 20 Ov)

Did not Bat: Tymal Mills

Fall of Wickets: 4-1 (Philip Salt, 0.2), 32-2 (Luke Wright, 5.1), 105-3 (Laurie Evans, 12.2), 166-4 (Alex Carey, 18.1), 166-5 (David Wiese, 18.2), 168-6 (Delray Rawlins, 18.4), 171-7 (Ollie Robinson, 19.3), 182-8 (Rashid Khan, 19.5)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Max Waller 4  0 27  1   0   0 6.75
Roelof van der Merwe 3  0 40  0   0   0 13.33
Jerome Taylor 4  0 31  1   2   0 7.75
Lewis Gregory (c) 4  0 30  3   1   1 7.50
Craig Overton 3  0 40  0   0   0 13.33
Tom Lammonby 2  0 14  1   0   1 7.00
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-6 34

Sussex Squad: 

Philip Salt, Luke Wright (c), Laurie Evans, Alex Carey (wk), David Wiese, Delray Rawlins, Rashid Khan, Ollie Robinson, Danny Briggs, Reece Topley, Tymal Mills, Ben Brown, Jofra Archer, Will Beer, Harry Finch, Luke Evans

Playing XI: 

Philip Salt, Luke Wright (c), Laurie Evans, Alex Carey (wk), David Wiese, Delray Rawlins, Rashid Khan, Ollie Robinson, Danny Briggs, Reece Topley, Tymal Mills

Bench:

Ben Brown, Jofra Archer, Will Beer, Harry Finch, Luke Evans

Somerset Innings (171-5 20)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Tom Banton (wk) c Tymal Mills b O Robinson 51 45 6 1 113.33
Babar Azam c Philip Salt b Rashid Khan 83 50 10 2 166.00
Peter Trego run out (Rawlins/Alex Carey) 14 17 0 1 82.35
Lewis Gregory (c) b Tymal Mills 6 4 1 0 150.00
James Hildreth c Rawlins b R Topley 3 4 0 0 75.00
Roelof van der Merwe not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Tom Abell not out 1 1 0 0 100.00

Extras: 12(b 1, lb 1, w 6, nb 4, p 0)

Total: 171(5 wkts, 20 Ov)

Fall of Wickets: 96-1 (Tom Banton, 11.5), 152-2 (Babar Azam, 17.5), 159-3 (Lewis Gregory, 18.4), 165-4 (James Hildreth, 19.3), 169-5 (Peter Trego, 19.4)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Reece Topley  3  0 26  1   1   4 8.67
Ollie Robinson  3  0 24  1   1   0 8.00
Rashid Khan  4  0 32  1   0   0 8.00
Tymal Mills  4  0 27  1   0   0 6.75
Danny Briggs  2  0 22  0   0   0 11.00
David Wiese  4  0 38  0   0   2 9.50
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-6 48

Somerset Squad: 

Tom Banton (wk), Babar Azam, Peter Trego, James Hildreth, Tom Abell, Lewis Gregory (c), Tom Lammonby, Roelof van der Merwe, Craig Overton, Jerome Taylor, Max Waller, Jack Leach, Jamie Overton, George Bartlett

Playing XI: 

Tom Banton (wk), Babar Azam, Peter Trego, James Hildreth, Tom Abell, Lewis Gregory (c), Tom Lammonby, Roelof van der Merwe, Craig Overton, Jerome Taylor, Max Waller

Bench: 

Jack Leach, Jamie Overton, George Bartlett

After the tied match vs Surrey at Hove, Sussex gets their win against Somerset. They are in good position right now. Sussex will host Kent on Friday while Somerset is going to host Surrey on the exact day.