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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Following the auction, confirmation that 3 Somerset players will be in the SA20: T Rew (Paarl Royals), Gregory and Overton (Sunrisers Eastern Cape) It'll be a busy winter for Overton, with stints in the ILT20 (22 Nov - 20 Dec), BBL (12 Dec – 26 Jan) and SA20 (17 Jan – 21 Feb)

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ILT20 side Sharjah Warriorz continue their penchant for picking Somerset players, signing Tom Banton, Craig Overton and James Rew for this year's tournament which will take place from 22 November to 20 December (last year they had Rew, TKC and Abell) www.cricinfo.com/story/ilt20-...

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MI Emirates bag Farooqi with record bid, Babar heads Vipers' Pakistan contingent

Farooqi, Liam Livingstone and Rahmanullah Gurbaz breached the USD 300,000 mark at the ILT20 auction

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can you name every Somerset player in 2026? Men: www.sporcle.com/games/danthe... Women: www.sporcle.com/games/danthe...

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think you're thinking of 2024 when it was used at the start and end of the season, but the Kookaburra was also used in 2025 for 4 rounds mid-season resulting in lots of draws so its removal is definitely a reason for the reduced number of draws this year

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So in 2026, choosing to bowl first became more common than in 2025, but unlike in 2025, teams were actually more likely to win after batting first 8/8

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In 2025, 26 matches were won by the side that batted first and 38 were won by the side that bowled first In 2026, 49 matches were won by the side that batted first and 38 were won by the side that bowled first 7/8

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In 2025, 37 toss winners went on to win the game, and 27 toss losers went on to win the game In 2026, 41 toss winners went on to win the game, and 46 toss losers went on to win the game So this year you were slightly more likely to win if you lost the toss 6/8

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In 2025, teams that won the toss chose to bat 52 times, and bowl 74 times In 2026, teams that won the toss chose to bat 39 times, and bowl 87 times 5/8

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Congratulations to Kent, Leicestershire and Yorkshire, jointly 2026's best tossers, winning 9 each Notts were the worst tossers, winning just 4 4/8

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This year there was just one maximum (24) point win, by Durham against Gloucestershire at Bristol At the other end of the scale, no team lost a match with 0 points, but there were four losses that earned just 1 point (I wonder why there were so few wins with 21 points) 3/8

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In 2026, on average, teams received 20.74 points for a win, 12.54 points for a draw, and 3.21 points for a loss So like 2025, the average draw was worth more than half of the average win, which reinforces the case for reducing the number of points for a draw, in my opinion 2/8

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A thread of CC stats In the 2025 County Championship, there were: 37 home wins 27 away wins 62 draws This year, there were: 47 home wins 40 away wins 39 draws So we saw far fewer draws, while home and away wins remained in a similar proportion compared to each other 1/8

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Before the season, the ECB said they expected subs under the new rules to occur in 25% of matches In the end they occurred in 35 out of 126 matches, which is 28% There were 10 matches with 2 subs under the new rules 6/6

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The most common reason for a full sub under the new rules was a hamstring injury - there were 8 5/6

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chelmsford saw by far the most full subs (10) and the most subs under the new rules (7) Canterbury was the only county HQ not to see any full subs 4/6

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Each team had at least 1 full sub made against them 6 full subs were made against Glamorgan, the most of any team Every team except Surrey had a full sub made against them under the new rules 5 full subs under the new rules were made against Hants, the most of any team 3/6

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every county made a full sub with the exception of Warwickshire Hampshire also made no full subs under the new rules Essex made the most full subs, with 9 Essex, Notts and Somerset jointly made the most subs under the new rules, with 5 each 2/6

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The final list of full subs used in the County Championship this season In total there were 61 full subs, split into: 47 injury/illness/life event subs under the new rules 3 concussion subs 11 international call-up related subs 1/6

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

- Sussex would have been 2nd if not for their 12-point deduction but finished 3rd, their highest finish since they came 3rd in 2014 4/4

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

- Somerset finished 2nd for the seventh time this century (and ever) - Surrey were 7th, their lowest finish in their current Division 1 stint which began in 2016 (they were 11th in the conference-based County Championship in 2021) 3/4

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

...their highest finish since they won it in 1997 - Gloucs finished in the bottom 3 for the 4th season in a row - Lancs were 17th, their lowest ever finish. They have previously finished 2nd-bottom when there were fewer counties several times - this last happened in 1984 2/4

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A few facts from this year's County Championship finishing positions... - Since 2023, Essex have finished, in this order, 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th (assuming Leics don't get their points back) - Glamorgan finished 6th and survive a season in Div 1 for the first time. It's... 1/4

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

(Note this all ignores 2020 and 2021, which didn't have normal divisions. And I'm assuming Leicestershire are not going to stay up. Will redo if they do!) 5/5

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Derbyshire will play a record-extending 24th year of a possible 26 in Division 2, while Gloucestershire will play their 23rd 4/5

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Warwickshire will next year extend their record of most seasons played in Division 1 to 22, with Somerset following on 21, and Surrey and Yorkshire on 20 3/5

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meanwhile Derbyshire will play a 12th consecutive season in Division 2 next year, and are the only county not to have played in Division 1 since it was expanded to 10 teams in 2022 2/5

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not that their status was ever in doubt this year but Somerset will play in Division 1 for a record-extending 18th consecutive season in 2027 Meanwhile, Hampshire's 10-season stint, the third-longest stint ever, comes to an end Surrey will join them on 10 seasons next year 1/5

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

156 v Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, 2025 307 v Surrey at Taunton, 2026 2/2

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The evolution of Tom Abell's first-class high score 95 v Warwickshire at Taunton, 2014 (debut) 131 v Hampshire at Taunton, 2015 135 v Lancashire at Old Trafford, 2016 150* v Surrey at the Oval, 2022 151 v Lancashire at Taunton, 2023 152* v Warwickshire at Taunton, 2024 1/2

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks mate, it's a pleasure as always

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Number of individual centuries for Somerset in the County Championship since it was reduced to 14 games 2017: 9 2018: 10 2019: 6 2021: 5 2022: 13 2023: 12 2024: 8 2025: 13 2026: 17

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tom Abell ended the season on 1287 runs, the most for Somerset in a 14-game County Championship season, and the second-most in the country this season, just one run behind Joe Clarke

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Somerset end the season having conceded just three individual centuries in the County Championship, by Daniel Hughes, Charlie Allison and Dan Lawrence, all at Taunton To not concede any away centuries must be pretty rare

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Highest Division 1 scores this season Tom Abell 307 for Somerset v Surrey at Taunton Tom Lammonby 229 for Somerset v Surrey at Taunton James Coles 224* for Sussex v Glamorgan at Hove (Luke Procter 261* and Ben McKinney 244 were the only scores higher than Lammonby in Div 2)

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Somerset's triple centurions club gains a new member: Tom Banton 371 Justin Langer 342 and 315 Viv Richards 322 Jimmy Cook 313* Graeme Smith 311 Harold Gimblett 310 Tom Abell 307 James Hildreth 303*

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Somerset's highest totals in first-class cricket 850/7 v Middlesex at Taunton, 2007 731 v Surrey at Taunton, 2026 705/9 v Hampshire at Taunton, 2003 688/8 v Surrey at Guildford, 2006

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two double-centuries in a first-class match for Somerset James Hildreth 268 and Nick Compton 236 v Cardiff MCCU at Taunton Vale, 2012 Tom Abell 307 and Tom Lammonby 229 v Surrey at Taunton, 2026

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tom Abell and Migael Pretorius set a new 9th wicket record partnership for Somerset first-class cricket They pass 183 by Chris Greetham and Harold Stephenson v Leics at Weston-super-Mare in 1963, and by Chris Tavaré and Neil Mallender v Sussex at Hove in 1990

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today's County Championship live streams Division 1 Gla v Ess: www.youtube.com/live/O3wSeEM... Som v Sur: www.youtube.com/live/S-2kA0z... Division 2 Lan v Dur: www.youtube.com/live/4j3ZooP...

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

JT Langridge ends his Gloucestershire stint with 22 wickets at 22.13 in 4 games, with 2 five-fors He ends the season as Gloucestershire's 3rd-highest wicket-taker Fascinated to see how he goes when he, all being well, makes his Div 1 debut next year - such an exciting prospect

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tom Abell and Migael Pretorius have set a new 9th wicket record partnership for Somerset against Surrey in first-class cricket They pass 126 by Vernon Hill and Teddy Tyler at Taunton in 1896, which, funnily enough, was also Somerset's last match of the season

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yorkshire beating Notts confirms that Somerset will finish second in the County Championship

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

First-class high score for Tom Abell, passing his 156 v Notts at Trent Bridge last year His previous highest score at Taunton was 152* v Warwickshire in 2024

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tom Lammonby and Tom Abell set a new 4th wicket record partnership for Somerset in first-class cricket They pass 313 by...James Rew and Tom Abell against Notts at Trent Bridge last year

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tom Lammonby and Tom Abell set a new 4th wicket record partnership for Somerset against Surrey in first-class cricket They pass 251 by Viv Richards and Peter Roebuck at Weston-super-Mare in 1977

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is Tom Lammonby's highest score in first-class cricket, beating 133 v Warwickshire at Edgbaston last year His highest score at Taunton before this was 110 v Northants in 2022 Also, Lammonby has 10 first-class centuries. 6 of them came in September.

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today's County Championship Division 2 live streams Ken v Glo: www.youtube.com/live/eLNyGCe... Lan v Dur: www.youtube.com/live/6sz4gbJ... Mid v Nor: www.youtube.com/live/AJwtAmF... Wor v Der: www.youtube.com/live/bxWOi77...

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Dan Kingdom @dankingdom96.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today's County Championship Division 1 live streams Gla v Ess: www.youtube.com/live/H1dQoM7... Ham v Sus: www.youtube.com/live/9KJ3vzf... Not v Yor: www.youtube.com/live/ZXHVbnC... Som v Sur: www.youtube.com/live/13epHS6... War v Lei: www.youtube.com/live/nfHTWGd...

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