[source](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/vitality-blast-2021-1250122/somerset-vs-lancashire-3rd-quarter-final-1250364/match-report)
The 3rd Quarter Final match of the T20 Blast 2021 was played yesterday between Somerset vs Lancashire, at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, in which Tom Abell 78* off 45, Tom Lammonby 47* off 28, and Will Smeed 44 off 33 power Somerset beat Lancashire by 7 wickets to reach the final spot.
Somerset won the toss and invited Lancashire to bat first, Lancashire batted first scored 184 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in predictable 20 overs, Lancashire started the inning very very well, Josh Bohannon and Liam Livingstone came to start the inning, and gave a good start with partnership of 44 runs, the first wicket has gone for 44 runs, Liam Livingstone dismissed after playing a quick inning of 25 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundary in just 10 balls, next batsman Alex Davies came to bat, and he dismissed without scoring as second wicket, followed by Dane Vilas came to bat, and played well with Josh Bohannon, the third wicket has gone for 75 runs, Josh Bohannon dismissed after scoring 35 runs in 20 balls, next batsman Luke Wells came to bat, and he good strike rotate with Dane Vilas, the fourth has dismissed for 106 runs, Luke Wells dismissed just for 13 runs in 8 balls, followed by Rob Jones came to bat, and played well with Dane Vilas, the fifth wicket has gone for 134 runs, Dane Vilas dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 42 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 33 balls, next batsman Steven Croft came to bat, and played well for a while with Rob Jones, the sixth wicket has gone for 157 runs, Steven Croft dismissed just for 11 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Danny Lamb came to bat, and he dismissed just for 5 runs in 3 balls as seventh wicket, next batsman Tom Bailey came to bat, and he dismissed without scoring as eighth wicket, next batsman Tom Hartley came to bat, and he run out just for 3 runs as ninth wicket, after that Richard Gleeson came to bat, and he remains unbeaten without scoring, and Rob Jones played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 38 runs in just 27 balls. In this way, Lancashire batted first after losing the toss, scored 184 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in predictable 20 overs, and set a target of 185 runs in front of Somerset.
[source](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/vitality-blast-2021-1250122/somerset-vs-lancashire-3rd-quarter-final-1250364/match-report)
Somerset bowlers performed very brilliantly, Roelof van der Merwe took 4 wickets just for 27 runs, Marchant de Lange took 3 wickets for 41 runs, and Tom Lammonby got 1 wicket for 31 runs.
Somerset chasing 185 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in the first ball of the 19th over. Somerset started the inning very badly lost 2 wickets in just 12 runs, Tom Banton and James Hildreth dismissed just for 1-1 run after that Will Smeed and Tom Abell handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 71 runs, the third wicket has gone for 83 runs, Will Smeed dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 44 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 33 balls, followed by Tom Lammonby came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant quick unbeaten victory inning of 47 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 28 balls with Tom Abell, and Tom Abell played a brilliant quick unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 75 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 7 boundaries in just 45 balls. In this way, Somerset chasing 185 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in 18.1 overs and won the 3rd Quarter-Final match by 7 wickets to reach the final spot.
Lancashire bowlers Danny Lamb took 2 wickets, Danny Lamb got 1 wicket.
Lancashire batsman Tom Abell selected the best player of the match, he played a brilliant quick unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 75 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 7 boundaries in just 45 balls.
[reference](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/vitality-blast-2021-1250122/somerset-vs-lancashire-3rd-quarter-final-1250364/match-report)
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