Somerset opened their T20 Blast campaign by repeating their 2025 final success over Hampshire Hawks. Will Smeed struck 59 off 29 balls to help Somerset chase and win by seven wickets, reaching his half-century off 22 balls during a 90-run first-wicket stand with Tom Banton. James Rew finished 47 not out as Somerset completed a comfortable victory. Hampshire captain James Vince top-scored with 58, but Somerset’s bowlers, led by Craig Overton with 3-27 and Jake Ball with 3-28, restricted Hampshire to 158 all out. Warwickshire were dismissed for 74 by Gloucestershire. Yorkshire chased 168 to beat Notts Outlaws, with Jonny Bairstow making 83 not out and James Wharton 55. Derbyshire narrowly missed a 204 target against Durham, with Matt Montgomery 74 not out.
"Somerset picked up where they left off last September as the reigning T20 Blast champions ruthlessly repeated their 2025 final victory over Hampshire Hawks on the opening night of this summer's competition. Will Smeed produced a match-winning knock of 94 in last year's decider at Edgbaston and, eight months on at Taunton, he smashed 59 off 29 balls in a seven-wicket win to help the holders get off to a fast start in this year's tournament."
"The 24-year-old, who was the second-highest run-scorer in last year's Blast, reached his half-century off 22 balls as part of a first-wicket stand of 90 with Tom Banton (30). James Rew - who has been named in the England squad for the first Test against New Zealand next month - ended on 47 not out as he and his younger brother, Thomas Rew, guided Somerset to a comfortable victory."
"Earlier, Hampshire captain James Vince top-scored with 58 but Somerset's bowlers, led by Craig Overton (3-27) and Jake Ball (3-28), limited the visitors to 158 all out. Elsewhere, Warwickshire Bears were skittled for 74 by Gloucestershire, while Jonny Bairstow and Sam Billings made match-winning contributions for Yorkshire and Kent Spitfires respectively, as all 18 counties got their Blast campaigns under way."
"Yorkshire, who have never lifted the domestic T20 trophy, successfully chased 168 to beat Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge. England opener Ben Duckett was one of several Notts batters unable to kick on to a big score after getting a start - he was dismissed for 29 in Notts' 167-7. Yorkshire were 11-2 in the second over but were easy winners in the end, thanks to a third-wicket partnership of 144 between Bairstow (83 not out) and James Wharton (55)."
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