Somerset Sabres

Captained by Justin Langer, the Somerset Sabres are a reasonably strong Twenty20 cricket side on paper, with several former international players in their ranks. They have been playing in the Midlands group for their round robin Twenty20 Cup matches but from the 2010 season they will play in the newly formed, Southern Division. They are currently ranked at number 5 in the The Twenty20 Cup Rankings

Twenty20 Cup Performances

The Sabres were runners up in the 2009 Twenty20 Cup, losing somewhat tamely in the final to a highly charged up Sussex team. They had won their semi final in great style with a superb contribution from former England man, Marcus Trescothick against Kent Spitfires.

Somerset did win the Twenty20 Cup back in 2005 where they beat Lancashire Lightning in the final, but apart from those two appearances they have failed to qualify from the Group Stages.

2009/10 Squad

The squad is made up from 22 players.

Batsmen

• Justin Langer, Aus, LHB
• Marcus Trescothick, England, LHB
• Neil Edwards, England, LHB
• Wes Durston, England, RHB
• James Hildreth, England, RHB
• Robin Lett, England, RHB
• Richard Timms, England, RHB

Bowlers

The leading bowlers for the Panthers are:

• Andrew Caddick, England, R Arm Fast Med
• Steffan Jones, England, R Arm Fast Med
• Michael Munday, England, L Arm Spin
• Charl Willoughby, SA, L Arm Fast Med
• Mark Turner, England, R Arm Fast Med
• Max Waller, England, R Arm Spin
• David Stiff, England, R Arm fast

All Rounders

• Peter Trego, England, RHB & R Arm Med
• Omari Banks, WI, RHB & R Arm Off Spin
• Arul Suppiah, Malay, RHB & L Arm Spin
• Alfonso Thomas, SA, RHB & R Arm Fast Med
• Zander de Bruyn, SA, RHB & R Arm Fast Med
• Ben Phillips, England, RHB & R Arm Fast Med

Wicket keepers

• Craig Kieswetter, RHB
• Carl Gazzard, RHB

Top Batsmen - 2009

The batting stats for the top five Somerset Sabres bowlers are below. Zander de Bruyn scored most runs with 391 and he will be amongst the favourites for the 2010 Twenty20 Cup Top Run Scorer Betting.

Top Bowlers - 2009

Below are the statistics on the Sabres top bowlers in the 2009 Twenty20 Cup. Those who will be making T20 Free Bets will find this information helpful as and when they place a bet in the Twenty20 Cup Top Wicket taker Odds.

In 2009 the lead wicket taker was quickie Alfonso Thomas who took  a very creditable 18 wickets  See Twenty20 Top Bowler betting. His stats along with other leading wicket takers are listed below and they include best bowling performance, economy rates and averages.