Tom Banton ruled out of T20 Blast Finals Day

Somerset opened up the District Title Division One title race by beating pioneers Surrey in an outright exhilarating day-four completion at Taunton - yet triumph included some significant pitfalls, with Tom Banton controlled out* of Saturday's Shoot semi-last rematch between the groups subsequent to moving his lower leg while playing football. Banton batted at No. 11 in Somerset's subsequent innings, scoring 46 in a fundamental last-wicket stand with Craig Overton worth 71. Surrey then, at that point, imploded from 95 for 3 to 109 all out in the last meeting of the game, Somerset protecting triumph with minutes passed on in the day to cut the bosses' lead at the top to eight places. Talking before the degree of Banton's physical issue was affirmed, Jason Kerr, Somerset's lead trainer, yielded that it was "pretty serious", adding that James Rew would be added to their crew as wicketkeeping cover. "Tom is an extraordinary ability, however so is James and we accept he has a splendid future in all organizations," Kerr said. "Yesterday was an incredible day and we want to utilize the certainty and force from that tomorrow. We realize that anything can occur in the short configuration of the game, yet the trust in the gathering is very high and a test we are in general anticipating."