Smeed is the slayer with show of brutality

By ECB Network

WILL SMEED produced a blistering knock of 94 from 35 balls to propel topof-the-table Somerset to a comfortable 80-run win over West Country rivals Gloucestershire. The England Lions batter dominated a brilliant opening stand of 122 in 10 overs with Tom Banton, hitting eight sixes and eight fours as Somerset ran up 231 for 4, their best ever total in matches against Gloucestershire and the third-highest recorded in any T20 fixture at Bristol. Chasing such a huge total proved beyond a Gloucestershire side missing several key players through injury, the hosts dismisse...

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