Ed Barnard’s 94 guides Warwickshire to win over Somerset
Warwickshire 233 for six (Barnard 94, Campher 3-47) beat Somerset 230 (Goldsworthy 78, Bartlett 74, Lintott 3-43) by 4 wickets
Ed Barnard‘s career-best List A rating of 94 guided Warwickshire to a four-wicket Metro Bank One-Day Cup victory over Somerset on the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton.
The house facet have been bowled out for 230 inside 47 overs after shedding the toss, Lewis Goldsworthy marking his first look of the season with a prime rating of 78, whereas George Bartlett contributed 74. Left-arm spinner Jake Lintott claimed 3 for 43.
In reply, Warwickshire made 233 for six, successful with 6.2 overs to spare. Barnard led the best way, going through 111 balls and putting 11 fours. Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher completed with 3 for 47 on his first Somerset look.
On a cloudy afternoon in entrance of a 4,500 crowd, the hosts quickly plunged into bother. George Thomas fell to the third ball of the sport, caught at slip by Rob Yates off Barnard with out scoring.
It was 12 for two when Andrew Umeed edged Oliver Hannon-Dalby to second slip and 24 for 3 when James Rew had his stumps scattered by the identical bowler.
Somerset’s new one-day captain Sean Dickson cowl drove his first ball from Hannon-Dalby for 4, however had made solely 15 when nicking a again foot shot off George Garrett via to wicketkeeper Michael Burgess.
Bartlett additionally hit his first supply for 4, however from 64 for 4, he and Goldsworthy needed to play with care, rotating the strike with loads of singles.
Goldsworthy has had a irritating summer season confined to second XI cricket. He survived a few early inside edges previous the keeper, however grew in confidence to succeed in fifty off 72 balls with eight fours.
Bartlett went to his half-century off 66 balls and the fifth-wicket stand was price 96 in 19 overs when Goldsworthy miscued an tried slog sweep off Lintott and was caught by Kai Smith working in from deep mid-wicket.
Campher’s first innings for Somerset lasted solely 5 balls, ending when he drove a supply from Lintott straight again on the bowler, who did properly to carry a pointy return catch.
Bartlett’s enticing 83-ball knock concluded when he was caught at quick fantastic leg by Hannon-Dalby the ball after depositing Craig Miles over mid-wicket for his second six.
Danny Lamb, making his Somerset debut on mortgage from Lancashire, hit 4 fours, together with two ramp photographs off Hannon-Dalby, in his unbeaten 28. But Ned Leonard was stumped advancing down the pitch to Lintott and Jack Brooks run out by a sensible piece of fielding by Barnard at backward level earlier than final man Shoaib Bashir edged a catch behind off Garrett.
Somerset’s whole seemed under par on the fast-scoring floor. Warwickshire openers Yates and Barnard batted positively to take the rating to 33 within the eighth over when Yates edged a catch to wicketkeeper Rew off Brooks.
Barnard seemed in good contact from the beginning, putting 8 fours in shifting to a fluent 55-ball half-century, and discovering an equally aggressive companion in skipper Will Rhodes as they confidently added 78 for the second wicket in 13 overs.
Rhodes scored at nearly a run a ball in his 41-ball innings of 38 earlier than pulling a ball from Campher to mid-wicket the place Bartlett held an excellent low catch to make it 111 for two.
Burgess had made solely three when Campher penetrated his defence to bowl him and left-arm spinner Goldsworthy rapidly adopted up by having Brookes caught at cowl off a skyer to go away Warwickshire 126 for 4 at midway.
Hamza Shaikh lofted Goldsworthy over long-on for the primary six of the innings earlier than a two off Campher took Barnard previous his earlier greatest List A rating of 85 not out, made for Worcestershire in opposition to Hampshire at Southampton.
Shaikh pulled one other six over deep sq. earlier than departing for 38 to a fantastic boundary catch by Brooks, who then ended Barnard’s match-winning contribution by having him caught behind.
By then, Warwickshire have been inside 29 of their goal and Smith and Lintott accomplished the job.