James Bracey thumps 224* as Gloucestershire pile on 454
Gloucestershire 454 for 3 (Bracey 224*, O Price 77, Dent 65) beat Somerset 256 (Umeed 55, van Meekeren 3-34, Shaw 3-42) by 198 runs
James Bracey struck an unbeaten double century as data tumbled in Gloucestershire’s 198-run win over Somerset of their Metro Bank One-Day Cup derby conflict at Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol.
The hosts blitzed their technique to their highest-ever List A complete of 454 for 3 on the again of Bracey’s 224 from 151 balls, which was additionally a report List A rating by a Gloucestershire batter. Josh Shaw and Paul van Meekeren claimed three wickets apiece as Somerset managed 256 all out in reply.
Bracey crashed 30 fours and 5 sixes because the wicketkeeper-batter took centre stage, simply 4 days after Somerset’s assault had seen India star Prithvi Shaw hit a double century towards them for Northamptonshire.
Bracey’s innings simply noticed him surpass the earlier greatest List A rating by a Gloucestershire batter, a mark that Tony Wright had set with 177 towards Scotland at Bristol in 1977.
Gloucestershire’s whole was additionally the second-highest ever in List A county cricket and beat the membership’s earlier report mark of 401 for 7 towards Buckinghamshire in 2003.
The stage for the harmful batting, which noticed the hosts hit a complete of 15 sixes, was set by a 105-run opening stand between Bracey and Chris Dent in simply 13.1 overs.
Dent smacked 65 from 38 balls earlier than he was caught of Somerset teen George Thomas, however new man Oliver Price merely picked up the baton.
Price and Bracey shared a simple 213-run second-wicket stand the pair dominating the away assault and organising a remaining 10-over blitz that noticed Gloucestershire add 136.
Price performed the anchor function as Bracey took the Somerset assault aside earlier than he fell to 19-year-old offspinner Shoaib Bashir for 77 from 83 balls within the forty second over.
Gloucestershire solely accelerated from there as Ireland worldwide Harry Tector blasted 37 from 17 balls and Graeme van Buuren added an unbeaten 35 from 12 balls as Bracey remained to put up the primary double century of his Gloucestershire profession in any format.
Andrew Umeed was the one Somerset batter who was capable of go fifty of their response with James Rew and Curtis Campher making helpful contributions because the required price ballooned uncontrolled.
Umeed hit 55 from 46 balls earlier than he was bowled by Van Meekeren whereas Tom Price adopted his brother’s antics with the bat by eradicating Thomas and Rew.
When Van Meekeren bowled Somerset captain Sean Dickson for twenty-four the sport slid out of the guests’ management as they misplaced their remaining 5 wickets for 25 runs in 28 balls.
Shaw accomplished victory, which strikes Gloucestershire as much as third in Group B, when Bashir was caught by Tom Price. Somerset stay backside of the group.