The 2022 edition of the T20 Blast kickstarted on 25th May and has picked up a great pace now. The contests are getting spicier and more exciting for the fans. One such match was the T20 Blast 2022 Quarter-Final 4 which turned out to be great entertainment for the fans as they witnessed one of the craziest batting displays by Somerset in recent times. The team amassed a whopping 265 runs in their allotted 20 overs and the fans were left amused.
T20 Blast 2022 Quarter Final 4 saw some serious hitting
Harry Came, who is the captain of Derbyshire opted to bowl first after winning the toss but the decision by the skipper turned into a nightmare for his bowlers. The Somerset batsmen went all guns blazing in the T20 Blast 2022 Quarter-Final 4 and hit the Derbyshire bowlers left, right and centre. They lost their first wicket in the sixth over but after that, it was all Somerset as Tom Banton and Rilee Rossouw started their ruthless hitting.
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Interestingly, there was no century scored in the T20 Blast 2022 Quarter-Final 4 by Somerset, still, they got to a daunting score of 265. The Derbyshire batsmen crumbled under pressure and were shockingly all-out without even giving a fight. Somerset bowlers dented the Derbyshire chase in the first over itself by picking up the wicket of their captain. As a result, Somerset set a record for registering the biggest win in Domestic T20 cricket.
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The T20 Blast 2022 Quarter-Final 4 was won by Somerset by a margin of a staggering 191 runs which makes it the biggest win in the Domestic T20 Circuit and the third-largest victory in the history of T20 cricket. Rilee Rossouw was awarded the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his brilliant 93 off just 36 deliveries. The Semi-Final 1 of the league will be played between Yorkshire and Lancashire on 16th July.
