List of Somerset County Cricket Club Twenty20 players

Alfonso Thomas is Somerset's leading wicket taker in Twenty20 cricket with 137 wickets.

Somerset County Cricket Club was formed in 1875 and became a first-class county in 1882.^[1] They played their first Twenty20 match in the 2003 Twenty20 Cup against Warwickshire.^[2][3] Somerset have reached the domestic Twenty20 competition final on four occasions: the club won the 2005 Twenty20 Cup,^[4] and were runners-up in three consecutive seasons: 2009, 2010 and 2011.^[5] 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.^[3] In total, 89 players have appeared in Twenty20 cricket for Somerset, of whom James Hildreth has played the most matches: 163 since his debut in 2004.^[6]

Hildreth is Somerset's leading run-scorer in Twenty20 cricket, aggregating 3,359 runs.^[7] He is also one of only six batsmen to have scored a century for Somerset in the format, along with Chris Gayle, Johann Myburgh, Graeme Smith, Marcus Trescothick and Cameron White.^[8] Gayle's score of 151 not out, scored in 2015 against Kent is the highest score by a Somerset batsman,^[8] and Gayle also has the county's best batting average: 84.16.^[9] Among the bowlers, Alfonso Thomas has taken significantly more wickets than any other, claiming 137 – more than 25 more than that of the second most prolific player, Max Waller.^[10] The best bowling average is Dirk Nannes's 15.54.^[11] 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.^[12] Suppiah's figures in that match are the best by any bowler in Twenty20 cricket.^[13] Craig Kieswetter has taken the most catches as wicket-keeper for Somerset, with 40,^[14] and has made the highest number of stumpings: 14.^[15] Hildreth has claimed the highest number of catches among fielders, taking 66.^[16]

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

List of players

Somerset County Cricket Club Twenty20 players

No.	Name	Nationality	First	Last	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	Balls	Wkt	BBI	Ave	Ca	St	Ref(s)
						Batting			Bowling				Fielding
01	Jamie Cox	Australia	2003	2004	7	139	53	23.16	0	–	–	–	2	0	[17]
02	Carl Gazzard	England	2003	2007	27	221	39	17.00	0	–	–	–	14	6	[18]
03	Ian Blackwell	England	2003	2008	30	498	82	20.75	577	23	4/26	7001301700000000000♠30.17	10	0	[19][20]
04	Keith Dutch	England	2003	2004	10	291	70	32.33	132	5	2/14	7001328009999900000♠32.80	3	0	[21][22]
05	Mike Burns	England	2003	2004	9	108	36	15.42	36	2	1/15	7001275000000000000♠27.50	3	0	[23][24]
06	Wes Durston	England	2003	2009	38	386	57	16.78	214	17	3/25	7001198800000000000♠19.88	14	0	[25][26]
07	Keith Parsons	England	2003	2007	31	464	57*	20.17	338	18	3/12	7001259400000000000♠25.94	9	0	[27][28]
08	Aaron Laraman	England	2003	2004	7	35	28*	8.75	123	9	4/15	7001167700000000000♠16.77	0	0	[29][30]
09	Robert Turner	England	2003	2005	6	25	11	5.00	0	–	–	–	3	0	[31]
10	Steffan Jones	England	2003	2008	12	47	24*	15.66	242	9	3/27	7001420000000000000♠42.00	2	0	[32][33]
11	Simon Francis	England	2003	2006	20	31	9*	6.20	360	10	2/22	7001598000000000000♠59.80	4	0	[34][35]
12	Gareth Andrew	England	2003	2007	30	71	12*	7.10	535	28	4/22	7001278500000000000♠27.85	9	0	[36][37]
13	James Bryant	South Africa	2003	2003	1	0	0	0.00	0	–	–	–	0	0	[38]
14	Neil Edwards	England	2003	2003	1	1	1	1.00	0	–	–	–	0	0	[39]
15	James Hildreth	England	2004	2018	179	3,359	107*	24.51	169	10	3/24	7001247000000000000♠24.70	66	0	[40][41]
16	John Francis	England	2004	2007	14	271	49	27.10	0	–	–	–	1	0	[42]
17	Neil Hancock	Australia	2004	2004	2	9	7	4.50	12	1	1/9	7001250000000000000♠25.00	0	0	[43][44]
18	Thos Hunt	Australia	2004	2004	3	6	4	3.00	24	0	–	–	0	0	[45][46]
19	Matthew Wood	England	2004	2007	29	859	94	29.62	0	–	–	–	5	0	[47]
20	Marcus Trescothick	England	2004	2015	86	2,197	108*	27.81	0	–	–	–	27	0	[48]
21	Ricky Ponting	Australia	2004	2004	1	20	20	20.00	0	–	–	–	0	0	[49]
22	Graeme Smith	South Africa	2005	2005	11	380	105	38.00	12	0	–	–	18	0	[50][51]
23	Michael Parsons	England	2005	2005	1	0	0	0.00	24	0	–	–	0	0	[52][53]
24	Arul Suppiah	Malaysia	2005	2012	82	473	32*	13.13	647	41	6/5	7001191400000000000♠19.14	33	0	[54][55]
25	Andy Caddick	England	2005	2007	16	0	0	0.00	306	15	2/12	7001312000000000000♠31.20	1	0	[56][57]
26	Charl Langeveldt	South Africa	2005	2005	3	0	0*	–	60	0	–	–	2	0	[58][59]
27	Richard Johnson	England	2005	2006	9	24	10	6.00	198	14	3/21	7001199200000000000♠19.92	1	0	[60][61]
28	Sam Spurway	England	2005	2005	1	15	15*	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	[62]
29	Robert Woodman	England	2005	2005	2	1	1*	–	42	2	2/37	7001315000000000000♠31.50	0	0	[63][64]
30	Justin Langer	Australia	2006	2009	40	1,014	97	28.97	0	–	–	–	8	0	[65]
31	Cameron White	Australia	2006	2007	16	593	141*	45.61	160	8	3/16	7001281200000000000♠28.12	3	0	[66][67]
32	Charl Willoughby	South Africa	2006	2011	34	10	4	3.33	744	39	4/29	7001252000000000000♠25.20	4	0	[68][69]
33	Peter Trego	England	2006	2018	160	3,157	94*	24.09	1,187	50	2/16	7001321599999999999♠32.16	46	0	[70][71]
34	Mark Turner	England	2007	2010	32	25	11*	4.16	552	30	3/25	7001270600000000000♠27.06	6	0	[72][73]
35	Craig Kieswetter	England	2007	2014	77	2,202	89*	34.95	0	–	–	–	45	14	[74]
36	Omari Banks	West Indies	2008	2009	7	106	50*	35.33	120	5	1/14	7001320000000000000♠32.00	1	0	[75][76]
37	Alfonso Thomas	South Africa	2008	2015	104	189	30*	14.53	2,162	137	4/27	7001201700000000000♠20.17	33	0	[77][78]
38	Ben Phillips	England	2008	2010	34	101	26	6.73	678	29	3/31	7001316500000000000♠31.65	9	0	[79][80]
39	Zander de Bruyn	South Africa	2008	2010	39	798	95*	34.69	264	14	2/2	7001280000000000000♠28.00	12	0	[81][82]
40	Max Waller	England	2009	2018	111	79	17	7.90	2,103	111	4/16	7001231400000000000♠23.14	65	0	[83][84]
41	Jos Buttler	England	2009	2013	65	1,012	72*	25.30	0	–	–	–	45	10	[85]
42	Nick Compton	England	2010	2014	43	706	74	22.77	0	–	–	–	12	0	[86]
43	Murali Kartik	India	2010	2011	40	81	25*	16.20	840	34	3/18	7001267900000000000♠26.79	9	0	[87][88]
44	Kieron Pollard	West Indies	2010	2011	28	588	89*	34.58	575	41	4/15	7001185609999900000♠18.56	17	0	[89][90]
45	Craig Meschede	England	2011	2014	39	328	53	15.61	385	21	3/9	7001265200000000000♠26.52	7	0	[91][92]
46	Calum Haggett	England	2011	2011	3	3	2	1.50	30	1	1/15	7001320000000000000♠32.00	0	0	[93][94]
47	Gemaal Hussain	England	2011	2011	7	7	4	2.33	126	9	3/40	7001165500000000000♠16.55	1	0	[95][96]
48	Steve Kirby	England	2011	2013	39	15	7	5.00	713	34	3/26	7001257300000000000♠25.73	4	0	[97][98]
49	George Dockrell	Ireland	2011	2014	22	2	1*	2.00	398	19	2/15	7001270000000000000♠27.00	14	0	[99][100]
50	Roelof van der Merwe	South Africa  Netherlands	2011	2018	54	835	89*	36.30	1,131	43	3/13	7001340000000000000♠34.00	28	0	[101][102]
51	Lewis Gregory	England	2011	2018	77	941	62	23.52	1,369	75	4/15	7001272900000000000♠27.29	27	0	[103][104]
52	Chris Jones	England	2011	2014	13	217	53*	19.72	0	–	–	–	6	0	[105]
53	Steve Snell	England	2011	2012	5	48	34*	24.00	0	–	–	–	0	0	[106]
54	Adam Dibble	England	2011	2011	2	–	–	–	48	2	1/20	7001220000000000000♠22.00	0	0	[107][108]
55	Richard Levi	South Africa	2012	2012	7	179	69	25.57	0	–	–	–	3	0	[109]
56	Albie Morkel	South Africa	2012	2012	5	81	38	20.25	71	5	3/30	7001178000000000000♠17.80	1	0	[110][111]
57	Kevin O'Brien	Ireland	2012	2012	6	52	22	17.33	48	1	1/15	7001630000000000000♠63.00	4	0	[112][113]
58	Alviro Petersen	South Africa	2013	2014	13	316	64*	35.11	0	–	–	–	2	0	[114]
59	Yasir Arafat	Pakistan	2013	2016	16	36	12*	36.00	360	23	4/5	7001216000000000000♠21.60	0	0	[115][116]
60	Dirk Nannes	Australia	2014	2014	14	4	4*	–	279	24	5/31	7001155400000000000♠15.54	2	0	[117][118]
61	Craig Overton	England	2014	2018	32	194	35*	19.40	589	25	3/17	7001369200000000000♠36.92	15	0	[119][120]
62	Johann Myburgh	South Africa	2014	2018	47	1,087	103*	28.60	42	1	1/5	7001490000000000000♠49.00	10	0	[121][122]
63	James Burke	England	2014	2014	3	4	4	4.00	0	–	–	–	0	0	[123]
64	Tim Groenewald	South Africa	2014	2017	27	60	27*	7.50	494	20	3/27	7001352500000000000♠35.25	6	0	[124][125]
65	Colin Ingram	South Africa	2014	2014	4	95	37*	31.66	0	–	–	–	2	0	[126]
66	Jim Allenby	Australia	2015	2017	38	779	91	23.60	276	8	3/10	7001481200000000000♠48.12	9	0	[127][128]
67	Tom Cooper	Netherlands	2015	2015	12	242	84*	26.88	0	–	–	–	6	0	[129]
68	Sohail Tanvir	Pakistan	2015	2015	6	17	13	4.25	132	7	2/38	7001254200000000000♠25.42	0	0	[130][131]
69	Abdur Rehman	Pakistan	2015	2015	6	57	30*	28.50	114	2	1/18	7001765000000000000♠76.50	2	0	[132][133]
70	Jamie Overton	England	2015	2018	37	113	31	11.30	739	45	5/47	7001268800000000000♠26.88	16	0	[134][135]
71	Chris Gayle	West Indies	2015	2016	8	505	151*	84.16	0	–	–	–	3	0	[136]
72	Michael Bates	England	2015	2015	2	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	2	0	[137]
73	Luke Ronchi	New Zealand	2015	2015	5	89	49	22.25	0	–	–	–	1	1	[138]
74	Adam Hose	England	2015	2017	7	117	59	19.50	0	–	–	–	1	0	[139]
75	Michael Leask	Scotland	2016	2017	9	52	13	8.66	18	1	1/11	7001230000000000000♠23.00	2	0	[140][141]
76	Ryan Davies	England	2016	2016	12	14	5	2.33	0	–	–	–	4	3	[142]
77	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2016	2016	10	239	51	26.55	0	–	–	–	1	0	[143]
78	Alex Barrow	England	2016	2016	1	17	17*	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	[144]
79	Josh Davey	Scotland	2016	2018	9	53	23*	26.50	150	12	3/20	7001210000000000000♠21.00	1	0	[145][146]
80	Tim Rouse	England	2016	2016	1	9	9	9.00	0	–	–	–	1	0	[147]
81	Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands	2016	2017	7	4	1	1.00	116	3	1/23	7001603300000000000♠60.33	3	0	[148][149]
82	Tom Abell	England	2016	2018	20	305	48	23.46	12	0	–	–	12	0	[150]
83	Ben Green	England	2016	2016	1	12	12*	–	12	0	–	–	0	0	[151][152]
84	Dominic Bess	England	2016	2016	1	1	1	1.00	24	1	1/31	7001310000000000000♠31.00	0	0	[153][154]
85	Ollie Sale	England	2016	2016	1	1	1	1.00	18	0	–	–	0	0	[155][156]
86	Steven Davies	England	2017	2018	26	427	62	17.08	0	–	–	–	10	5	[157]
87	Corey Anderson	New Zealand	2017	2018	20	656	81	46.85	30	1	1/11	7001460000000000000♠46.00	3	0	[158][159]
88	Tom Banton	England	2017	2018	4	42	29*	21.00	0	–	–	–	0	2	[160]
89	Dean Elgar	South Africa	2017	2017	2	49	25	24.50	0	–	–	–	2	0	[161]
90	Jerome Taylor	West Indies	2018	2018	11	1	1*	–	246	22	5/15	7001166300000000000♠16.63	3	0	[162][163]

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