Somerset v Lancashire, Metro Bank One Day Cup
11.08.26, 18:34 Updated 23.08.26, 17:09 2 Minute Read
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Lancashire 443-6 (50 overs, Keaton Jennings 156, Rocky Flintoff 123)
Somerset 269 all out (39.2 overs, Tom Lammonby 68, Tom Aspinwall 4-42, George Balderson 4-58)
Lancashire won by 174 runs
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Career-best List A centuries from Keaton Jennings and Rocky Flintoff propelled Lancashire to their highest ever score in one-day cricket and a thumping 174-run Metro Bank One-Day Cup group victory over Somerset at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton.
The visitors ran up 443 for six after being invited to bat first, Jennings slamming 156 off 127 balls and 18-year-old Flintoff 123 – his first Lancashire ton - off just 76 deliveries. It was the biggest ever List A total against Somerset on their home ground and featured 20 sixes.
In reply, the home side were bowled out for 269 in 39.2 overs, Tom Lammonby top-scoring with 68. Both Tom Aspinwall and George Balderson claimed List A best bowling figures with four for 42 and four for 58 respectively to cement a comprehensive victory.
Lancashire will now play Durham at Emirates Old Trafford in the Quarter-Finals on Friday.
Keaton Jennings said:
“It was a memorable day for Rocky Flintoff. When you are developing a few grey hairs, it’s great to be out there batting with a young player of such talent.
“Rocky knows his family can’t score his runs for him. He has to go out there and do it himself and there is every sign he is going to do just that.
“He has a fantastic physique for a cricketer and a good head on young shoulders. Today he used his feet well and played a fantastic knock.
“I love playing at Taunton. There must have been four or five thousand people here today and I couldn’t have picked a more enjoyable venue for my best List A score.
“I am told the win gives us a home game in the next stage of the competition, which is an exciting prospect.”
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