Somerset entertained plenty last year but still didn’t make it past the group stage and they will be hoping to improve in the 2020 T20 Blast.

Last year’s finish: 6th in the South Group

Tournament history: After winning the tournament in 2005, Somerset endured the cruel fate of finishing runners-up on three consecutive occasions from 2009 to 2011. Despite the pyrotechnics of Babar Azam and Tom Banton last year, they missed out on a place in the quarter-finals last year.

Key player: Tom Abell. The 26-year-old will enter the competition with two first-class centuries banked during the Bob Willis Trophy, and he showed his chops as a T20 hard-hitter last year, racking up an unbeaten 101 from 47 balls against Middlesex.

2020 T20 Blast Somerset Squad

Lewis Gregory (c), Kasey Aldridge, Tom Banton, George Bartlett, Dom Bess, Jack Brooks, Eddie Byrom, Josh Davey, Steven Davies, Lewis Goldsworthy, Ben Green, Tom Abell, James Hildreth, Tom Lammonby, Jack Leach, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Ollie Sale, Roelof Van der Merwe, Max Waller, Sam Young

2020 T20 Blast Somerset Fixtures

August

Friday 28th v Birmingham (Edgbaston)
Sunday 30th v Northants (County Ground, Northampton)

September

Tuesday 1st v Glamorgan (Taunton)
Thursday 3rd v Worcestershire (Edgbaston)
Friday 4th v Birmingham (Taunton)
Friday 11th v Worcestershire (Taunton)
Sunday 13th v Gloucestershire (Taunton)
Wednesday 16th v Glamorgan (Cardiff)
Friday 18th v Northants (Taunton)
Sunday 20th v Gloucestershire (Bristol)

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