sports
Holders Somerset beat Hampshire - T20 Blast round-up
Key takeaways
- Only Hampshire's Toby Albert (633) scored more runs than Will Smeed (620) in last year's T20 Blast
- 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.
- 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).
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
Only Hampshire's Toby Albert (633) scored more runs than Will Smeed (620) in last year's T20 Blast
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.
Article preview — originally published by BBC Sport. Full story at the source.
Read full story on BBC Sport →
More top stories
Aggregated and edited by the Scoop newsroom. We surface news from BBC Sport alongside other reporting so you can compare coverage in one place.
Editorial policy · Corrections · About Scoop