Dan Kingdom

The following Somerset players have not entered the Hundred auction:

Harris
Robbins
Vukusic
Willis

Also, Heather Knight is not playing in the Hundred as she's become general manager of London Spirit women

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11 Somerset players have entered the Hundred auction:

Anderson
Barnes
Corney
Gibson
Hazell
Holland
Griffiths
Jones
Luff
Odgers
Skelton

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The list of players registered for the women's Hundred auction can be found here: resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document...

Charlie Dean is the only Somerset player who was pre-signed (by London Spirit)

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The following Somerset players have not entered the Hundred auction:

Roberts
Theedom

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Meredith and Sams have entered too but they aren't signed for the One-Day Cup anyway

Although Sams did become available at the last minute for a few ODC games for Notts last season, and with it immediately following the Blast this year something similar can't be ruled out

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I'd say Abell, Gregory, Kohler-Cadmore, Overton and Smeed are certain to be signed

The Rews haven't got much top level T20 experience but their strong reputations mean one or both being signed wouldn't be a shock

Think it's unlikely any of our other players will be signed

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18 Somerset players have entered the Hundred auction:

Abell
Ball
Goldsworthy
Gregory
Hill
Kohler-Cadmore
Lammonby
Langridge
Leach
Ogborne
Overton
Pretorius
J Rew
T Rew
Shaw
Smeed
Thomas
Vaughan

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The list of players registered for the men's Hundred auction can be found here: resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document...

Tom Banton is the only Somerset player who was pre-signed (by Trent Rockets)

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Worth reading this. It exposes the naivety of the idea that the sale of the Hundred teams will "save county cricket".

I see that Will Smeed entered yesterday's PSL auction but was unsold

Riley Meredith was sold, but as the PSL finishes on 3 May and the Blast starts on 22 May it shouldn't affect his Somerset availability

www.wisden.com/series/psl-2...

It's England v India in the U19 World Cup final

It starts at 7:30am on Sky Sports Cricket

What a law change that is by the way. Delighted.

Tommy Rew 🥹

England play Australia in the first semi-final of the U19 World Cup right now

It's on Sky Sports Cricket

...should too. Obviously we get great crowds at the County Ground for all men's matches but if the idea of professionalising women's county cricket was to put them on an equal footing with the men I'm not sure we can justify the current situation for many more years.

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...in Truro or somewhere in the north of Somerset) so, if we must use outgrounds, we can play some games in places where we would be genuinely spreading county cricket

Of course, there's also the question of whether, if the women have to play at outgrounds, the men...

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Somerset have said before there aren't any other club grounds in the region which are suitable for county cricket, and it's definitely better to play at the Vale than somewhere unsuitable. But hopefully we are looking at ways to improve a ground or two (eg Boscawen Park...

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(I'm not sure why the game on 9 September is at the Vale - the last cricket before that at the County Ground is on 5 September, and the only cricket after that at the County Ground starts on 24 September)

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But our ambition should be to play no matches at the Vale as soon as possible. It's clearly only used as an option of convenience and it's not spreading county cricket somewhere different.

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There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea of playing women's or men's county cricket at outgrounds and I think it's somewhat positive to play at Exmouth, as we effectively represent the whole south west and by playing there we're spreading cricket around the region.

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I see the proportion of Somerset Women games away from the County Ground will increase slightly

In 2025, 3 of Somerset's 15 home games were at outgrounds (20%, 2 at Taunton Vale, 1 at Exmouth)

In 2026, 4 of 14 home games will be at outgrounds (29%, 2 at Vale, 2 at Exmouth)

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England play New Zealand in their second and final U19 World Cup Super 6 match right now

It's on Sky Sports Cricket

A win would put England in the semis; a loss would mean we're relying on Pakistan losing, or not winning too well, against India on Sunday

England play Bangladesh in their first Super Six match of the U19 World Cup today

It's on Sky Sports Cricket from 7:30am

England play Scotland in their third match of the Men's U19 World Cup right now

It's on Sky Sports Main Event

Great work from Thomas Rew there

England play Zimbabwe in their second match of the Men's U19 World Cup, starting right now

It's on Sky Sports Plus (channel 404)

England, led by Thomas Rew, are playing their first game of the men's U19 World Cup against Pakistan right now

England are batting first and it's on Sky Sports Mix (channel 416)

No surprise, and massive good luck to him. Glad he's found a county where he'll hopefully get more regular cricket.

Also note the wording - he "has elected to leave" ie he rejected Somerset's contract offer. He wasn't released by the club as some media reports have stated.

Also, the second stage is called the Super 6, even though there are 12 teams

In the men's T20 World Cup, the second stage is called the Super 8, because it has 8 teams divided into 2 groups of 4

So why isn't it the Super 12 in the Under-19 World Cup? Who knows!

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In your group of 6, you only play 2 matches, as results against fellow group qualifiers are carried over

And you don't play against the side that finished in the equivalent finishing position to you in another group from the first stage

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