Summary

  • Opening night of 2022 T20 Blast competition

  • Yorkshire Vikings beat Worcestershire Rapids by seven wickets

  • Harry Brook's 60 not out takes Yorkshire to target of 173

  • Somerset ease to eight-wicket win at 2021 champions Kent Spitfires

  • Kent make 162-6, Rilee Rossouw's 81 not out sees Somerset home

Live Reporting

Josef Rindl and Gary Smee

  1. See ya!

    And that's where we'll end tonight's live text.

    There are four fixtures to get your teeth into on Thursday...

    • Middlesex v Gloucestershire (16:30 BST)
    • Leicestershire Foxes v Durham (18:30)
    • Birmingham Bears v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (18:30)
    • Sussex Sharks v Glamorgan (19:00)

    Thanks for joining us!

  2. Comfortable wins for Yorkshire Vikings and Somerset on the opening night of the 2022 T20 Blast then.

  3. SOMERSET BEAT KENT
    Breaking

    Somerset (166-2) beat Kent (162-6) by eight wickets

    Finished with a four.

    On debut Rilee Rossouw hits the winning runs to end on 81 not out.

    He bossed a 121-run partnership with skipper Tom Abell (48 not out). An excellent start to the T20 Blast campaign for Somerset.

    Rilee RossouwGetty Images

  4. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 162-2 (19 overs)

    Fred Klaassen is handed the ball.

  5. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 162-2 (19 overs)

    Excellent piece of fielding prevents a boundary.

    We will go to the final over with the scores level.

  6. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 161-2 (18.5 overs)

    Two needed off seven. Will Somerset finish this in style?

  7. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 160-2 (18.4 overs)

    And another single.

    Three needed off eight. Somerset have this won.

  8. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 159-2 (18.3 overs)

    One more. Four required off nine.

  9. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 158-2 (18.2 overs)

    A single. Five needed.

  10. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 157-2 (18.1 overs)

    A three from Tom Abell moves the English batter to 46 not out.

    Six needed from 11. Only takes one hit.

  11. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 154-2 (18 overs)

    George Linde will bowl the 19th over.

  12. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 154-2 (18 overs)

    Mid-off comes up so Rilee Rossouw walks down the ground and chips him for four.

    Nine needed off 12.

  13. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 148-2 (17.5 overs)

    And another single takes it to 13 needed from 13.

    Rossouw is on 70 not out from 49. Tom Abell is unbeaten on 43 from 26.

  14. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 148-2 (17.4 overs)

    14 off 14 now.

  15. 6 runs

    Kent 162-6 v Somerset 148-2 (17.3 overs)

    That's huge!

    Rilee Rossouw moves to 69 - his highest T20 Blast score - with a giant six.

    And that's the 100-partnership too. 103 runs off 68 deliveries.

    15 off 15 required.

  16. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 141-2 (17.1 overs)

    Costly.

    Matt Milnes is hit for four off his first delivery but it should only be a single.

    A misfield from Zak Crawley gifts Tom Abell a boundary. He moves on to 41 off 24.

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  18. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 137-2 (17 overs)

    Rasputin by Boney M is playing.

    Proper tune that.

  19. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 137-2 (17 overs)

    26 needed from 18.

    With eight wickets in hand. Somerset should, should, walk this.

  20. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 134-2 (16.4 overs)

    Oh dear.

    Qais Ahmad bowls a horrible full toss and is smashed by Tom Abell for a maximum.

    The last three balls have gone two, four, six.

    Game over?