When a player rolls his ankle while playing football in warm-ups, Jason Kerr claims that batter injured himself in "pretty severe" ways.
Tom Banton will lose Saturday's Blast semi-final fight after rolling his hip while playing soccer, but Somerset won in a thrilling day-four victory over Surrey.
At No., Baton batted. 11 in Somerset's next pitches, scoring 46 in a critical last-wicket stand with Craig Overton fair 71. Surrey finally collapsed from 95 for 3 to 109 all out in the final period of the sport, Somerset securing triumph with minutes left in the day to reduce the warriors ' lead at the top to eight positions.
Jason Kerr, Somerset's head coach, said afterwards that Banton was doubtful to play in the semi-final at Edgbaston after sustaining a "pretty serious" injuries during the team's warm-up on time three.
" Tom will go with us to T20 Finals Day, but is very unlikely to take piece," Kerr said. " His knee injury looks quite significant, but we are still awaiting the results of a test to determine how bad it is.
" James Rew will come into the squad and I would be surprised if he does n't keep wicket for us. Tom is an extraordinary talent, but so is James and we believe he has a brilliant prospect in all forms. "
Apart from Banton, who top-scored with 132 in the first pitches, Somerset's soldiers were Archie Vaughan- the brother of former England captain, Michael- and Jack Leach. Vaughan, playing just his next first-class match, claimed match images of 11 for 140, while Leach took 9 for 142.
Somerset's extraordinary success kept them in touch with Surrey, the two-time defending warriors, and maintained their hopes of winning a local vocals, having likewise progressed to the One-Day Cup finalized later this month.
" It was a crazy afternoon at the end," Somerset captain, Lewis Gregory, said. " The boys hung in there for a while, and Jack Leach and Archie Vaughan were great the entire game.
" To get a win with only a couple of minutes left in the match was really unique. You work so hard for them, and your four-day victories count as one of the most rewarding ones you have as a cricket player.
" Archie has taken to first-class cricket like a duck to water. We think he will be very interesting to watch with the bat over the long haul because he is a more flour than a spinner, which is really interesting. If you throw in the off-spin he has bowled in this sport, there is a magnificent particular player developing.
" Leachy is a great mate of mine. He has been through a good deal of suffering in his career and not just his cricket job. He's back in the England crew, and I'm confident he'll demonstrate his abilities in Pakistan.
" The instructors and myself said at the start of the time that we wanted to be in a position to task for prizes come September. The depth of the people in our dressing room is demonstrated by the fact that we are still able to win three games. "
Although Surrey had their guide cut at the top slice, they remain in control of their own destiny with two rounds of the Championship to execute- a home fixture against Durham and a trip to Chelmsford to perform Essex.
" We had a focus fall for the last hours of the sport and it cost us the consequence," Wales head coach, Gareth Batty, said. We played our part in the very great cricket match, but Somerset rightly won the details.
" We are also top of the group and eight points apparent. And, while we had a weak hour, there were still plenty of positive to consider from the match for us.
" Archie Vaughan bowled well, but it is for England to remark on his performance. It's a truly great stop for the child and we wish him all the victory for the future.
" It will remain our experience in the washing room." We are a very strong product and we will go into future week very confident that we can do what is required at The Oval.
" We will join Somerset once more on Saturday for Finals Day." Both teams have played excellent cricket in the group stages, but it will be in a different style and color ball. There will be a dozen new faces in the match-ups and we will go afterwards. "
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