Somerset

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Somerset vs Warwickshire

Manager

Jason Kerr

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Established
1875 (151 years old)

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Cricket

Venue

County Ground Taunton
(8,500 Capacity)

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Location
Taunton

Nicknames
limited overs, Somerset

Competitions
English County Championship Division 1

Last Edit
smudgie: 12/Jun/24

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		Upcoming
19 Jun 26	SomersetSomerset	7:00am	WarwickshWarwickshire
20 Aug 26	SomersetSomerset	7:00am	EssexEssex
27 Aug 26	SussexSussex	7:00am	SomersetSomerset
02 Sep 26	SomersetSomerset	7:00am	GlamorganGlamorgan
08 Sep 26	LeicesterLeicestershire	7:00am	SomersetSomerset

		Results
12 Jun 26	NottinghaNottinghamshire	-	SomersetSomerset
15 May 26	SomersetSomerset	526 - 366	SussexSussex
08 May 26	GlamorganGlamorgan	514 - 511	SomersetSomerset
01 May 26	SomersetSomerset	458 - 533	YorkshireYorkshire
17 Apr 26	HampshireHampshire	574 - 576	SomersetSomerset

Description

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Somerset. The club's limited overs team was formerly the Somerset Sabres, but is now known only as Somerset.
Somerset's early history is complicated by arguments about its status. It is generally regarded as a minor county from its foundation in 1875 until 1890, apart from the 1882 to 1885 seasons when it is considered by substantial sources to have been an unofficial first-class team, holding important match status. There are, however, two matches involving W. G. Grace in 1879 and 1881 which are considered first-class by some authorities. In 1891, Somerset joined the County Championship, which had just become an officially recognised competition, and has important match status from 1891 to 1894. The county is classified as an official first-class team from 1895 by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the County Championship clubs; classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963; and classified as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003.
Somerset have never won the County Championship, their highest finish being second.