Tom Kohler-Cadmore‘s swashbuckling 90 off 39 balls helped Somerset assure their spot within the Vitality Blast quarter-finals after they thumped struggling Essex by 95 runs at Taunton.
Batting in sun shades to fight the sunshine which will have contributed to Essex’s below-par show within the discipline with a number of drops, Kohler-Cadmore belted seven sixes and eight fours in a shocking knock.
Kohler-Cadmore appeared to be cruising in the direction of an electrifying century however was suckered in by a wider supply from Simon Harmer and succeeded solely in toe-ending straight to Michael Pepper within the deep.
His innings was the cornerstone of a complete of 225 for six for Somerset, whose whole top-seven reached double figures, with Mohammad Amir the one Essex bowler to report respectable figures with 4-0-22-3.
Australia quick bowler Riley Meredith then made the breakthrough in Essex’s reply as a searing yorker positioned the bottom of Pepper’s leg stump, which terribly snapped upon influence.
Essex got here into this contest with only one win from 10 this season and their hopes of doubling their tally and reeling of their highest-ever chase receded once they slipped to 48 for 5 after 5.4 overs.
Matt Henry was the choose of Somerset’s assault with 4 for 21, dismissing Amir together with his ultimate supply, earlier than Essex have been put out of their distress subsequent ball and all out for 130 from 14.1 overs.
Somerset moved 12 factors away from Surrey atop the South Group and so they turned the primary team to ensure of a spot within the knockout phases, with rock-bottom Essex already eradicated.
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