Somerset vs Bears Preview & Prediction | 2025 T20 Blast Men | Quarter-Final

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The formidable Somerset and the T20 fortress that is Taunton awaits the Birmingham Bears, who’ve been quarter-final losers in each of their last four years.

Date & time:

Venue: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, England

Weather: Sunshine that descends into clear skies later on whilst temperatures reach highs of 20c.

How to watch: UK – Some matches will be televised on Sky Sports and can be streamed on Sky Go, while others can be streamed live on the official websites and YouTube channels of each competing team

Somerset vs Bears prediction

This is the stage of the competition which appears to be allergic for the Bears. Each of the last four years they have reached the T20 Blast quarter-finals and each of the last four years they have been promptly bounced out, regardless of where they finished in the North Group. Kent Spitfires, Hampshire Hawks, Essex and Gloucestershire have all gotten the better of the Bears and now it’s Somerset’s chance to do the same.

The hosts have been a true T20 Blast juggernaut for a number of years now and for them not to make Finals Day would be a big shock. Champions in 2023 and last year’s runners-up, the depth of Somerset’s batting, particularly the hitting all-rounders down the order such as captain Lewis Gregory and Ben Green ensure that they can come out from ball one and attack, with openers Will Smeed and Tom Banton leading the charge.

Beating Somerset on their own patch in this format is one of the hardest tasks in all of T20 domestic cricket across the world and any outcome here other than a home win would be seen as a big surprise. But as we saw at the Kia Oval this past Wednesday, the T20 Blast has a knack of delivering the unexpected.

Somerset vs Bears tip: Somerset to win