Worcestershire’s young fast bowler Tom Taylor has bowled out Somerset opener George Thomas with an unplayable delivery in the 2024 Royal London One-Day Cup season. Tom Taylor dismissed George Thomas on the first ball of Somerset’s innings in a crucial Group A match of the ongoing one-day tournament.
Somerset secured a five-wicket win over Worcestershire at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton on Friday, August 9. Somerset have secured their fifth win from seven group stage matches so far. Worcestershire are second in the Group A table despite losing the recent match.
Watch: Tom Taylor stuns George Thomas with an unreplicatable pitch
Defending on 264, Tom Taylor bowled a remarkable in-swinger on the first ball of Somerset’s run chase. Tom clean-bowled George Thomas and sent him back to the pavilion for a golden duck. George put his arms on the outside delivery outside the off stump which came to the batsman after bowling.
“What a throw! A tremendous inward turn. That’s totally a boomerang. This is going to be all over social media tonight. “That’s from the outside. That’s from the broadside,” said one commentator.
The tournament’s official Twitter account posted a video showing Tom Taylor’s inswing that knocked out George Thomas. “What an absolutely spectacular first ball of Tom Taylor’s innings,” the caption read.
Watch the video below:
“This is going to be all over social media tonight.”
Correct, Mr. Commentator.
What an absolutely stunning first ball of Tom Taylor’s innings! photo.twitter.com/f9LY02v8xS
— Metro Bank One Day Cup (@onedaycup) August 9, 2024
Tom Taylor, Worcestershire’s top scorer
The first-ball wicket was Tom Taylor’s only success as Somerset chased down 264 with 33 balls to spare. Taylor finished with 1-50 from eight overs. For Somerset, Andrew Umeed (44), Lewis Goldsworthy (95), James Rew (70), Archie Vaughan (31*) and Ben Green (23*) all made valuable contributions with the bat.
Earlier in the match, Tom Taylor was the top scorer for the Worcestershire team. The all-rounder scored 73 runs off 65 balls with the help of seven boundaries and three sixes. The Worcestershire team was bowled out for 263 in 47.3 overs. Right-arm fast bowler Ben Green took 3 wickets for 58 runs in his nine overs.
Worcestershire openers Ed Pollock (30) and Gareth Roderick (35) built a solid foundation before being dismissed. Jake Libby (24) and Rob Jones (14) also fell narrowly, leaving Worcestershire struggling at 117 for 5. Taylor scored a quickfire half-century and added crucial runs. Tom Hinley added a quickfire 32 runs from 18 balls.
Despite the defeat, Worcestershire maintain second place in Group A of the 2024 Royal London One-Day Cup. Worcestershire, led by Jake Libby, have recorded four wins and two losses from their six matches.
Brief scores:
Somerset 267 for 5 (Lewis Goldsworthy 95, James Rew 70, Fateh Singh 4-52)
Worcestershire 263 (Tom Taylor 73, Gareth Roderick 35, Ben Green 3-58)
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