Somerset Women will square off against Essex Women in the 40th match of the Vitality Women's T20 Blast 2025 on Tuesday, 8th July. The match is slated to be played at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton and the start time is 7:00 PM IST. Catch all the live updates of this match including playing XI, match winner prediction, head to head record, tips & betting odds of the Somerset Women vs Essex Women match.
Somerset Women vs Essex Women Tips & Odds
Stats
- Amanda J Wellington and Rebecca Odgers are the leading run-scorers for Somerset Women with 167 runs.
- Lauren Winfield-Hill has scored the most runs (307 runs in 10 matches) for Essex Women.
- Somerset Women lost all their four matches at The County Ground in Taunton this season.
County Ground, Taunton Pitch Report
The pitch at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton offers a balanced track that favours both the batters and bowlers. In the four Women's T20 Blast played at Taunton this season on twice in eight innings a team has managed to score past 160 runs. While in six innings the scores have been between 130-140 runs.
Three of the last four Women's T20 games played at Taunton have been won the team bowling first. It's a clear indication that setting a target is a hard at this venue as the conditions favour the bowlers in the early stages and as the match progresses it gets better for batting.
1st Innings Score Prediction
- 150-160 runs if Essex Women bat 1st
- 130-140 runs if Somerset Women bat 1st
Somerset Women vs Essex Women Head to Head Record
Somerset Women and Essex Women met only once in the Women's T20 Blast and it was won by Essex Women. In this contest Essex Women batted first and scored 149/7 and then bowled out Somerset Women for 84 runs in 14.2 overs.
- Matches Played: 1
- Somerset Women Won: 0
- Essex Women Won: 1
Somerset Women vs Essex Women Squads
Somerset Women Squad: Ellie Anderson, Olivia Barnes, Ruby Davis, Alex Griffiths, Lola Harris, Jess Hazell, Niamh Holland, Laura Jackson, Sophie Luff, Bex Odgers, Mollie Robbins, Chloe Skelton, Erin Vukusic, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Fran Wilson.
Essex Women Squad: Grace Scrivens (c), Amara Carr, Kate Coppack, Jo Gardner, Eva Gray, Jodi Grewcock, Cordelia Griffith, Esmae MacGregor, Lissy Macleod, Abtaha Maqsood, Maddie Penna, Sophia Smale, Lauren Winfield-Hill.
Somerset Women vs Essex Women Match Winner Prediction
Essex Women enter this contest as favourites who won one and tied one of their of last five matches. While the home team Somerset Women are winless in the tournament so far with 8 losses and one now result in 9 matches. The home team has been really poor with the bat, where their top order struggled to score runs collectively.
While Essex Women having already defeated Somerset Women earlier in the season will be confident enough to get two crucial points in this fixture. Based on our analysis it is going to be a pretty one sided contest in favour of Essex Women.
Our Prediction: Essex Women to Win!
