[WATCH] Vitality Blast 2025: Riley Meredith splits stump in two with lethal yorker

Throughout the current South Group match between Somerset and Essex within the Vitality T20 Blast 2025, Australian pacer Riley Meredith cut up a stump in half, main Somerset to a 95-run win over Essex at Taunton.

The incident befell throughout Essex’s chase of Somerset’s 225/6. Within the third over, he produced a fiery yorker to opener Michael Pepper, that not solely beat the batter however crashed into the off-stump, splitting the stump in two. Whereas one half stayed rooted, the opposite flew behind the wicket. Meredith was seen sprinting towards the shattered stump and choosing it up like a trophy.

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Riley Meredith leads wicket-taking chart

Earlier within the night, Somerset displayed good batting efforts. Tom Kohler-Cadmore smashed 90 off simply 39 balls, lacing his knock with eight fours and 7 sixes. In the meantime, Will Smeed (32 off 20) and Sean Dickson (28* off 17) made certain Somerset posted 225/6 of their allotted 20 overs

Essex’s bowlers, together with Mohammad Amir and Simon Harmer, have been smashed all around the floor by Somerset’s batters. Not one of the Essex bowlers managed to limit the move of runs, with Benkenstein, Walter, and Bennett all going at over 12 runs per over.

Chasing 226, Essex have been dismantled by Somerset’s tempo battery. Matt Henry (4/21) and Craig Overton (2/32) dismantled the center and decrease order, and Meredith completed with figures of two/22.

Regardless of a late cameo from younger Noah Thain (38 off 17), Essex have been bundled out for 130 all out in simply 14.1 overs. The consequence not solely secured a win for Somerset but additionally took them into the quarterfinals of the competitors. With this efficiency, Meredith prolonged his lead because the joint-highest wicket-taker of the 2025 Vitality Blast, taking his tally to 24.

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