Northeast leads Glamorgan to One Day Cup triumph over Somerset

Glamorgan 186-7 (20 overs): Northeast 63*, Root 39; G Thomas 2-23, Ogborne 2-36.

Somerset 171-6 (20 overs): Umeed 45, Dickson 44; Kellaway 2-37, Gorvin 2-42.

Glamorgan triumph by 15 runs

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Glamorgan won nan One Day Cup for nan 2nd clip successful 4 years arsenic they held connected to hit Somerset by 15 runs successful a crippled trim from 50 to 20 overs.

Sam Northeast held nan Glamorgan innings together pinch 63 not retired disconnected 49, aided by Billy Root (39) arsenic they posted a challenging 186-7.

Somerset started slow but skipper Sean Dickson deed 44 disconnected 20 to springiness them dream earlier nan Glamorgan bowlers kept their nervus to limit Somerset to 171-6.

It was a awesome astonishment that immoderate cricket was imaginable astatine Trent Bridge aft a first time wash-out.

Despite different appalling upwind forecast, play sewage nether measurement connected clip successful a surreal ambiance successful beforehand of a very sparse crowd - pinch nan captains agreeing connected nan short format and putting up pinch nan slippery conditions astir nan square.

With some sides sticking to nan players not progressive successful The Hundred, a youthful Somerset had six missing from nan squad which contested nan T20 Blast final, while Glamorgan did not prime Mason Crane aliases Chris Cooke.

Alfie Ogborne struck doubly successful his first over, dismissing Kiran Carlson and Tom Bevan successful consecutive balls to time off Glamorgan 8-2.

Will Smale swung nan bat efficaciously to get nan Glamorgan innings going, hitting 5 fours and a six to make 28 disconnected 14 balls earlier falling to a superb diving drawback from Sean Dickson haring backwards astatine mid-off, from nan bowling of Kasey Aldridge.

Danger man Colin Ingram holed retired astatine long-on disconnected George Thomas for 11 arsenic Glamorgan stuttered to 71-4 astatine halfway.

But Root sewage nan momentum going pinch a brace of pulled sixes and Northeast had nan acquisition not to panic astatine a slow commencement arsenic he excessively started uncovering nan boundaries, and nan brace plundered 29 disconnected an complete from Aldridge.

Northeast’s mature 50 came up disconnected conscionable 39 balls and nan guidelines was worthy 78 by nan clip Root edged to James Rew disconnected Thomas, who vanished pinch a good return of 2-23.

After a little clatter of wickets, Timm van der Gugten swung efficaciously for 26 not retired disconnected 9 balls to nan delight of nan remaining Welsh supporters, pinch 17 runs coming disconnected nan past complete arsenic Glamorgan vanished pinch a very competitive-looking total.

In nan Somerset reply, Thomas was conscionable starting to get going erstwhile he was tally retired for 13 successful a mix-up pinch Andy Umeed, who sewage aft Ben Kellaway earlier nan spinner kept his nervus to person Lewis Goldsworthy caught for 11.

The Scotland world went connected to make a useful 45 but erstwhile he feathered a drawback to Smale disconnected Andy Gorvin, and James Rew skied 1 to nan keeper disconnected Kellaway, Somerset were nether nan cosh astatine 89-4 successful 13 overs.

Dickson, who had amazingly travel successful astatine six, group astir dragging nan crippled backmost towards his squad successful a furious battle connected nan Glamorgan bowling successful business pinch teen Archie Vaughan, arsenic nan required run-rate came down from 14.

But pinch Somerset hopes rising and Glamorgan nerves jangling, Dickson fell successful nan 18th complete trying to reverse-sweep Gorvin and clothing a drawback to short 3rd man.

Vaughan (32 not out) was near pinch excessively overmuch to do arsenic Jamie McIlroy bowled a mean 19th complete and Dan Douthwaite vanished nan job.