T20 Blast: Hants, Northants, Notts and Somerset reach semi-finals

Somersetwho has won two of the last three T20 titles, Needing 80 off 27 balls, looking down and getting out Yorkshire.

The Tykes’ target of 162 runs was the lowest by 31 runs in a T20 match at Headingley this season.

Only Adam Leith (64), with his third half-century of the campaign, troubled the scorers for Yorkshire as Somerset’s bowlers shared the load – Jake Ball took 3-30 and two wickets each for Riley Meredith (2-27), Daniel Sams (2-29) and Craig Overton (2-36).

The hosts tore into Somerset in their first meeting in this format, quickly reducing the holders to 28-4 in their sixth over.

Tom Banton, released by England to play the game, fell for just one, as did brothers Thomas and James Rew.

Will Schmidt (21), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (2), skipper Lewis Gregory (19) and Daniel Sams (0) soon left Somerset at 59-7 and needing 103 to win from eight overs.

Overton then staged an almost unimaginable recovery, hitting eight fours and five sixes en route to his first T20 blast half-century to inflict a painful defeat on Yorkshire, who are looking for their first title.