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Jack Carson celebrates with teammates after taking a wicket in the match against Gloucestershire on Sunday
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Sharks vs Somerset

5 Jun 2025

It's been the perfect start to the Vitality Blast campaign for Paul Farbrace's Sharks, and they look to make it three victories on the spin as Somerset head to Hove for a Friday evening showdown under the lights.

With wins over Middlesex and holders Gloucestershire, it has been a promising beginning to this fresh campaign with impressive performances with both bat and ball, having skittled the latter all out for just 93 on Sunday. The spotlight now shines on Friday evening.

The Opposition 

Next up, Somerset. And another test for the Sharks as Friday's visitors journey east full of confidence, too, having also won their opening two matches of the Blast campaign.

A five-wicket victory over Surrey on the opening day combined with a blistering eight-wicket win over Essex two days later, where Will Smeed crushed 81 off just 54 balls.

They have strengths in every department, with Matt Henry and Craig Overton already in the wickets, alongside the ever-present bats of Tom Banton and Tom Abell. 

Last campaign they finished third, a mere point shy of the Sharks. They made it all the way to the final - their third appearance in just four years - but the then holders would lose out to Gloucestershire in convincing style.

Team News

Farbrace has named an unchanged 16-player squad for the visit of Somerset.

Squad: Alsop, Carson, Clark, Coles, Crocombe, Currie, Foreman, Hudson-Prentice, Hughes, Lamb, McAndrew, Mills, Robinson, Simpson* (wk), Thomas, Ward

Start Time

The match will get underway at 7pm on Friday, with gates opening at 5.30pm.

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Ticket Information

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