SOMERSET continue to look hugely impressive as they look to retain their T20 Blast trophy.

Four wins on the trot has put them in pole position to win the South group and, despite a couple of wobbles in their opening three games, I still believe that Somerset have a team full of match winners that no other county can truly compete against, writes Merv Colenutt.

Their emphatic all-round performance against a fairly ordinary Glamorgan side at the weekend was again highlighted in the fact that every Somerset player has that natural ability to be a match winner. Gerry Wilson’s comments last week about Riley Meredith and his ability to put pressure on sides at the death has certainly come to fruition.

Despite all the plusses taken from the two weekend victories with both bat and ball, Somerset’s consistency and brilliance in the field has been a major factor in their success and just for once on Sunday, Ben Green for instance was not amongst the wickets, but his brilliance in getting rid of Chris Cooke with a wonderful catch in the outfield, once again allowed Green to secure a major contribution in the game.

The overall consistency of Somerset’s fielding is surely a safeguard to success and in Tom Abell and Craig Overton in particular, their ground fielding and catching is nothing short of world class.

My one main concern however, will always remain in the fact that you might have the best side by some distance, but in the white ball game, one poor performance can prove costly and both Gilbert Wall and Chris Tinnion both believe any stumble and either Surrey or Sussex will prove to be the dangers.

Gilbert Wall and Former Bristol Rovers striker Paul Randall are not impressed by the ramp shot so often used in the white ball game nowadays; in fact, they both know how much I have rated Glamorgan captain Sam Northeast over the years, who should have been a regular for his country, but they were both critical of the Glamorgan batsman having scored a classy 24 and then gets out to a soft dismissal.

Unfortunately it shows how much the game has changed in the last decade and another interesting point made by Gilbert Wall is that Somerset always struggle against Gloucestershire at Bristol. So on Friday evening, this could be an interesting encounter against their local rivals.

Sunday in this complicated run of red and white ball cricket sees Somerset travel to Trent Bridge to play Nottinghamshire in the county championship, and we will be travelling the 186 miles to see how Somerset again adapt to the red ball game.