Alfie & Thomas help Somerset make it two out of two
Career-bests from Alfie Ogborne and Thomas Rew help Somerset to a four wicket victory over Durham in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at the Cooper Associates County Ground.
Left-armer, Ogborne claimed five for 41 and Rew scored an unbeaten 84 from 81 balls as the home side made it two out of two in front of a packed house at Taunton.
Durham won the toss and elected to bat but Jake Ball made an early breakthrough when he tempted Emilio Gay (7) into the drive in the third over, found the edge and James Rew did the rest.
12 for one soon became 25 for two in the sixth over when Scott Borthwick (10) miscued Alfie Ogborne high into the Taunton sky and Fin Hill took a good catch on the move over his shoulder.
Ogborne struck again in his next over when he trapped Colin Ackermann lbw for 0 to leave the visitors on 41 for three.
After the 10-over powerplay, Durham were 49 for three. The half century arrived in the following over but Ollie Robinson (13) feathered Ben Green behind as the visitors slipped to 67 for four in the 15th.
By the half way stage Will Rhodes and Haydon Mustard had advanced the score to 96. Three figures arrived in the 26th over and Rhodes went to 50 from 65 balls.
The 50 partnership for the fifth wicket came from 83 deliveries and the stand was worth 78 when Mustard chipped Ogborne to Green at backward point.
145 for five became 170 for six when George Drissell got a leading edge off Kasey Aldridge and Lewis Goldsworthy took a simple catch at point.
Durham’s 200 arrived in the 43rd over and Rhodes went to three figures from 118 balls with 10 fours. However, he fell two balls later without addition to his total, caught by Tom Lammonby in the deep off Ogborne.
Ogborne completed his five-for when he had Paul Coughlin caught at long on by Thomas Rew at 237 for eight.
Mitchell Killeen top edged the final delivery of the innings allowing James Rew to run around and take the catch as Durham finished on 255 for nine.
The Somerset reply got off to a rapid start with Archie Vaughan helping himself to 12 off the first over, bowled by James Minto, and 11 runs came from the second over, sent down by Coughlin.
Durham were forced into an early bowling change as 41 runs came from the opening four overs with Killeen replacing Minto at the River End.
Lammonby earned a reprieve on 17 when he edged Coughlin but a diving Robinson was unable to hold onto the chance.
The Somerset 50 came in the eighth over when Lammonby cut Coughlin beautifully to the boundary for four.
Unfortunately for the hosts and indeed Lammonby, the left-hander played on to Killeen and had to go for 24 with the addition of just one further run to the total.
Vaughan and Goldsworthy took Somerset to 78 in the 15th over before the hosts lost two wickets in five balls.
Vaughan (37) was the first to go, beaten by one from Rhodes which clipped off stump before Goldsworthy (12) was trapped lbw by Drissell and all of a sudden Somerset were 78 for three.
This brought the Rew brothers together and the pair took Somerset to three figures in the 20th over.
By the half way stage, Somerset were 124 for three, 28 runs and one wicket better off than their opponents at the same stage.
The Brothers Rew brought up their half century stand for the fourth wicket in 59 balls and the pair continued to find the gaps. The pair unleashed a tremendous array of shots from textbook cover drives to exquisitely timed cuts and pulls. There was no shortage of power either as Thomas smashed Killeen over the Somerset Stand for a huge maximum in the 27th over.
The partnership was worth 95 when James Rew (39) chipped Rhodes to Killeen at mid on at 173 for four. Thomas Rew continued undeterred and reached his second consecutive 50 in the competition from 45 balls.
Josh Thomas fell for nine at 187 for five, caught at long on by Killeen off the bowling of Rhodes in the 35th and Fin Hill was run out for 0 just nine balls later as Durham fought back valiantly.
The Somerset 200 arrived off the final delivery of the 39th over and any hopes that Durham had of taking something from the game evaporated as Rew and Green kept the scoreboard ticking over. The seventh wicket pair added 69 as the hosts claimed victory with 22 balls to spare.
