da betobet： Somerset start title defence with tight win as Davies, Goldsworthy hit fifties
da aviator aposta： ECB Reporters Network25-Jul-2021James Hildreth’s eighth List A century and an elegant 94 from Steven Davies helped Somerset begin their defence of the Royal London Cup with a six-wicket victory over Derbyshire at Taunton.Hildreth required treatment for cramp and batted with a runner in the later stages of his innings, but guided a young side to victory with two overs to spare. Davies had led the way with with an imperious 72-ball innings, before Hildreth weighed in with 110, including nine fours and three sixes.The visitors ran up 298 all out after losing the toss, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, who made 93, and Brooke Guest (74) hitting career-best List A scores, while 18-year-old seamer Sonny Baker claimed 3 for 46 on debut.Related
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A crowd of well over 3,000 at the Cooper Associates County Ground saw Derbyshire reduced to 36 for 3 at the start. Baker, a product of Devon age-group cricket, had Harry Came and Tom Wood caught behind in a five-over spell of 2 for 14, while Jack Brooks accounted for Billy Godleman, caught at fine leg.Guest and Hudson-Prentice exercised understandable caution and at the halfway stage of the innings had taken the score to 117 for 3. Hudson-Prentice took advantage of anything short to reach an impressive half-century off 60 balls, while Guest cleverly picked gaps in the field to move to fifty from 67 deliveries.England spinner Jack Leach went for 18 off the 33rd over, Hudson-Prentice clearing the ropes for the second time. The stand of 142 with Guest was a Derbyshire List A record for the fourth wicket against Somerset. It ended when Hudson-Prentice was caught and bowled by new Somerset List A captain Ben Green, having hit 10 fours and two sixes.Fynn Hudson-Prentice top-scored with 93•Getty Images
After Anuj Dal had been run out by Brooks, Guest was caught at cover off seamer Kasey Aldridge, making his List A debut, to make it 224 for 6. Alex Thomson contributed 24 and last man Ravi Rampaul boosted Derbyshire’s score with 3 sixes off Green before the last wicket fell in the final over.Despite the early loss of Plymouth-born debutant Sam Young, caught behind down the leg side looking to glance off-spinner Thomson, Somerset were soon in charge on a true pitch. Davies took three fours off an over from Rampaul and looked in great touch. But George Bartlett flattered to deceive, carelessly pulling a short ball from Hudson-Prentice to Dal at deep square.Hildreth began well and when Davies moved to an effortless fifty off 46 balls, with five fours and a six, home supporters were in high spirits. The pair continued to flourish, bringing up a hundred partnership from 98 balls before Hildreth went to a typically attractive half-century off 62 deliveries.Davies fell to a catch in the deep, having struck 12 fours and a six. But Hildreth brought up the 200 with a pulled six off Ben Aitchison in the 35th over and found an equally positive partner in 20-year-old Lewis Goldsworthy, who celebrated his List A debut with a mature 57 not out, off 66 balls.Hildreth struggled through the later stages of his innings, but it didn’t stop him reaching three figures with a six over cover off Rampaul before falling with just 23 needed.
