T20 Blast: Somerset win thrash against Glamorgan

Tom Abell helped turn Somerset's innings around

Somerset beat Glamorgan by 16 runs in a seven-over thrash at Sophia Gardens to earn a quarter final place.

Tom Abell top-scored with 26 in Somerset's 75-6, with Michael Neser claiming 3-19.

Somerset then bowled tightly to restrict Glamorgan to 59-6 with only Colin Ingram (37 not out) getting going.

Ben Green (2-13) led the squeeze from the visitors' attack as Glamorgan's last-eight hopes ended.

Play was delayed until 20:45 BST by a series of heavy showers sweeping across Cardiff, and Craig Overton was added to the Somerset team after being released from the England Test squad.

But he had to watch as Somerset lost their powerful top three of Tom Banton, Rilee Roussouw and Will Smeed to pacemen Neser and Michael Hogan inside two overs.

Prem Sisodiya (2-19) then hit the stumps twice to dismiss Lewis Gregory (7) and Tom Lammonby, who smashed two sixes in his 18 off nine balls.

But Abell and Ben Green (17 not out off six) turned the visitors' innings round with 57 coming off the final four overs.

Glamorgan made a similar stuttering start with Overton dismissing Sam Northeast first ball and veteran Australian Peter Siddle bowling David Lloyd for one, either side of two maximums from Colin Ingram.

Green bowled superbly in the middle of the innings, taking the wickets of Dan Douthwaite and Kiran Carlson as Glamorgan took five overs to get half-way to their target.

Ingram scored at nearly two runs a ball but could find no support and did not have enough of the strike as all Somerset's bowlers kept their discipline.

Somerset all-rounder Ben Green told BBC Somerset:

"It's always difficult in a shortened game but the key was we tried to keep it as simple as possible, tried to execute a simple plan and on the whole we did really well.

"The last two overs (batting) were huge in dragging the momentum back to us, we back ourselves all the way down the batting order to eleven and we're not shy of trying to hit boundaries.

"A good win tonight puts us back on track for a good finish to the group and hopefully a home quarter-final."

Glamorgan batter Colin Ingram told BBC Sport Wales:

"it was a tough night, we were excited getting wickets early on and we felt the chase was on.

"But they seemed to land a lot of yorkers to disrupt us and take wickets at the right time so we ended up short. Fair play to them, they nailed that skill and they play on a ground where you've got to do that often.

"Disappointed because we've started to find a bit more of a formula (winning the two previous games), but a pity it's been quite late. You need to start the comp well and get ahead, seven wins and you're in the money but the season didn't unroll for us that way."