Somerset County Cricket Club was formed in 1875 and became a first-class county in 1882. They played their first Twenty20 match in the 2003 Twenty20 Cup against Warwickshire. Somerset have reached the domestic Twenty20 competition final on eight occasions: the club has won the 2005 Twenty20 Cup, 2023 T20 Blast and 2025 T20 Blast, and were runners-up in three consecutive seasons: 2009, 2010 and 2011. Their performances in the competition have resulted in their qualification for the 2009 and 2011 Champions League Twenty20 competitions, and an invitation to participate in the 2010–11 Caribbean Twenty20. In total, 121 players have appeared in Twenty20 cricket for Somerset, of whom James Hildreth has played the most matches: 206 spread over 19 seasons between 2004 and 2022.
Hildreth is Somerset's leading run-scorer in Twenty20 cricket, aggregating 3,906 runs. He is also one of only ten batsmen to have scored a century for Somerset in the format, along with Tom Abell, Babar Azam, Tom Banton, Chris Gayle, Johann Myburgh, James Rew, Graeme Smith, Marcus Trescothick and Cameron White. Gayle's score of 151 not out, scored in 2015 against Kent is the highest score by a Somerset batsman, and Gayle also has the county's best batting average: 84.16. Among the bowlers, Lewis Gregory has taken more wickets than any other bowler, both claiming 169, 30 more than Max Waller. The best bowling average is Matt Henry's 14.72. Arul Suppiah has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed six wickets against Glamorgan in a 2011 match, while only conceding five runs. Suppiah's figures in that match were the best by any bowler in Twenty20 cricket at the time. Tom Banton has taken the most catches as wicket-keeper for Somerset, with 51, and Craig Kieswetter has made the highest number of stumpings: 14. Craig Overton has claimed the highest number of catches among fielders, taking 95.
Players are initially listed in order of appearance; where players made their debut in the same match, they are initially listed by batting order.
Key General – Wicket-keeper First – Year of Twenty20 debut for Somerset Last – Year of latest Twenty20 match for Somerset Mat – Number of Twenty20 appearances for SomersetBatting Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not outBowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicketFielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected All statistics correct as of the end of the English 2026 cricket season.
List of players +Somerset County Cricket Club Twenty20 players No. Name Nationality First Last MatRunsHSAvgBallsWktBBIAveCaSt Ref(s) Batting Bowling Fielding 01 2003 2004 7 139 – 2 0 02 2003 2007 27 221 – 14 6 03 2003 2008 30 498 10 0 04 2003 2004 10 291 3 0 05 2003 2004 9 108 3 0 06 2003 2009 38 386 14 0 07 2003 2007 31 464 9 0 08 2003 2004 7 35 0 0 09 2003 2005 6 25 – 3 0 10 2003 2008 12 47 2 0 11 2003 2006 20 31 4 0 12 2003 2007 30 71 9 0 13 2003 2003 1 0 – 0 0 14 2003 2003 1 1 – 0 0 15 2004 2022 206 3,906 73 0 16 2004 2007 14 271 – 1 0 17 2004 2004 2 9 0 0 18 2004 2004 3 6 – 0 0 19 2004 2007 29 859 – 5 0 20 2004 2015 86 2,197 – 27 0 21 2004 2004 1 20 – 0 0 22 2005 2005 11 380 – 18 0 23 2005 2005 1 0 – 0 0 24 2005 2012 82 473 33 0 25 2005 2007 16 0 1 0 26 2005 2005 3 0 – 2 0 27 2005 2006 9 24 1 0 28 2005 2005 2 1 0 0 29 2005 2005 1 15 – 0 0 30 2006 2009 40 1,014 – 8 0 31 2006 2007 16 593 3 0 32 2006 2011 34 10 4 0 33 2006 2019 164 3,273 47 0 34 2007 2014 77 2,202 – 45 14 35 2007 2010 32 25 6 0 36 2008 2009 7 106 1 0 37 2008 2015 104 189 33 0 38 2008 2010 34 101 9 0 39 2008 2010 39 798 12 0 40 2009 2022 144 106 86 0 41 2009 2013 65 1,012 – 45 10 42 2010 2014 43 706 – 12 0 43 2010 2011 40 81 9 0 44 2010 2011 28 588 17 0 45 2011 2014 39 328 7 0 46 2011 2011 3 3 0 0 47 2011 2011 7 7 1 0 48 2011 2013 39 15 4 0 49 2011 2014 22 2 14 0 50 2011 2024 121 1,213 64 0 51 2011 2026 170 2,192 75 0 52 2011 2014 13 217 – 6 0 53 2011 2012 5 48 – 0 0 54 2011 2011 2 0 0 55 2012 2012 7 179 – 3 0 56 2012 2012 5 81 1 0 57 2012 2012 6 52 4 0 58 2013 2014 13 316 – 2 0 59 2013 2016 16 36 0 0 60 2014 2014 14 4 2 0 61 2014 2026 121 675 95 0 62 2014 2018 47 1,087 10 0 63 2014 2014 3 4 – 0 0 64 2014 2019 34 70 6 0 65 2014 2014 4 95 – 2 0 66 2015 2017 38 779 9 0 67 2015 2015 12 242 – 6 0 68 2015 2015 6 17 0 0 69 2015 2015 6 57 2 0 70 2015 2020 42 142 17 0 71 2015 2016 8 505 – 3 0 72 2015 2015 2 – 2 0 73 2015 2015 5 89 – 1 1 74 2015 2017 7 117 – 1 0 75 2016 2017 9 52 2 0 76 2016 2016 12 14 – 4 3 77 2016 2016 10 239 – 1 0 78 2016 2016 1 17 – 0 0 79 2016 2025 52 162 16 0 80 2016 2016 1 9 – 1 0 81 2016 2017 7 4 3 0 82 2016 2026 117 2,658 – 78 0 83 2016 2025 85 774 25 0 84 2016 2016 1 1 0 0 85 2016 2020 10 20 3 0 86 2017 2021 37 633 – 14 5 87 2017 2018 20 656 3 0 88 2017 2026 94 2,614 – 53 7 89 2017 2017 2 49 – 2 0 90 2018 2019 24 39 4 0 91 2019 2020 20 796 – 11 0 92 2019 2026 61 858 35 0 93 2019 2021 18 269 – 4 0 94 2020 2022 8 148 – 2 0 95 2020 2026 91 2,683 – 42 0 96 2020 2026 55 397 13 0 97 2021 2022 20 63 6 0 98 2021 2023 18 18 3 0 99 2021 2026 11 12 4 0 100 2021 2021 8 309 – 5 0 101 2022 2022 16 623 – 11 0 102 2022 2026 19 596 – 7 0 103 2022 2023 5 43 – 2 0 104 2022 2022 1 0 0 105 2022 2023 18 22 1 0 106 2023 2026 58 1,568 – 34 2 107 2023 2025 24 53 15 0 108 2023 2025 41 1,007 – 26 0 109 2023 2023 5 1 0 110 2023 2023 5 2 1 0 111 2024 2026 31 8 11 0 112 2024 2026 34 22 6 0 113 2024 2024 1 1 0 114 2024 2024 4 127 – 1 0 115 2024 2025 4 14 1 0 116 2025 2026 17 273 – 12 1 117 2026 2026 14 143 5 0 118 2026 2026 7 69 3 0 119 2026 2026 7 22 2 0 120 2026 2026 3 105 – 1 0 121 2026 2026 2 4 1 0
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