Surrey head on the road as they aim to return to form when they take on Somerset on Sunday
The match in Taunton gets underway at 2:30pm on Sunday 28 June.
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The match will be broadcast live on Somersets YouTube channel, with a link placed on the Kia Oval Match Day Centre. This link will also be shared across Surrey’s social media channels, with regular updates and clips from the game.
A report and match highlights will be available post-match on Surrey’s website and YouTube channel, retrospectively.
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Surrey’s squad remains unchanged from Friday’s defeat at Warwickshire.
LAST TIME OUT
Surrey last clash with Somerset came at the start of the Vitality Blast. Somerset won by four wickets to hand Surrey a first defeat of the campaign.
Despite the result, Alice Monaghan was defiant from start to finish. She entered the crease when Surrey needed a late flurry of runs with the score on 105/9 in the 17th over.
Monaghan delivered and struck a fast firing 20* from seven balls to help power Surrey to 153/5.
Starting with the new ball, the seamer took the first wicket of Bex Odgers, caught behind to revive Surrey’s hopes of defending their total.
Monaghan then returned in the fourth over and dismissed Niamh Holland, firing her off stump out of the ground. Returning in the thirteenth over, Monaghan delivered for a third time and to restrict Somerset to 100/5.
A formidable performance from Monaghan fell in vein as Sophie Luff refused to be back down to the Surrey’s bowling attack.
Somerset completed their chase with three balls to spare and four wickets in hand. Surrey will now look to return the favour and beat Somerset on home soil.
SOMERSET
Captain: Sophie Luff
Overseas player: Anika Learoyd (Australia, all)
2025 finish: 8th
2025 leading run-scorer: Amanda-Jade Wellington (254)
2025 leading wicket-taker: Molly Robbins (15)
Key winter moves: Australia A international Anika Learoyd will fill the overseas vacancy created by Amanda-Jade Wellington’s switch to Hampshire, while England’s Dani Gibson and Charlie Dean have signed one and two-year contract extensions respectively. England Under-19 seamer Bea Willis, batter Ruby Davis and leg spinner Lola Harris have agreed their first professional deals. Opener Amelie Munday and seamer Laura Jackson were released in the winter, while batter Fran Wilson took up a coaching role at Gloucestershire.
The big question: Can a relatively inexperienced squad find a way to win matches without their senior England players? In the anticipated absence of Heather Knight, Dani Gibson and Charlie Dean, it will be incumbent upon those with less experience to prove they can muster the consistency needed to translate last year’s near misses into victories in 2026.
Wildcard watch: Lola Harris – playing her first season at this level and still something of an unknown quantity on the county circuit, the highly-rated teenage leg spinner has already made an impact in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. She has a great repeatable action and, providing she can maintain her composure under pressure, the England Under-19 international possesses the variation required to cause problems for batters.
Final thought: Although weakened by the loss of new ball bowler Mollie Robbins and batter Emma Corney, Somerset should still have sufficient resource to better last season’s disappointing return of one win from 14 games. If Anika Learoyd, Bex Odgers, Sophie Luff and Niamh Holland can score runs consistently, Chloe Skelton and Alex Griffiths possess the bowling knowhow to restrict the opposition.
