Cockbain knocks out Somerset

IAN Cockbain’s blistering 89 knocked Somerset out and set Gloucestershire up with a quarter-final clash with Northamptonshire Steelbacks on Thursday.
Cockbain thumped nine fours and three sixes in his 57-ball knock as they chased down Somerset’s 161-7, while Tom Smith hit the winning runs off the final ball.
Somerset won the toss and batted, with Babar Azam (42) and Steve Davies (31) putting on 53 for the first wicket in 5.2 overs. However, Davies pulled the ball down mid-wicket’s throat and Gloucestershire applied the brakes in the middle overs through ...

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