CLYDESDALE BANK 40 GROUP A, Taunton:
Somerset 245-4 (40 ovs) beat Lancashire 130 (29.4 ovs) by 115 runs
Match scorecard

Buttler his two sixes and seven fours in his 37-ball 64

Somerset got over their Twenty20 final disappointment with a crushing 115-run CB 40 win over Lancashire at Taunton.

It looked like Somerset were suffering a hangover from Saturday's defeat by Hampshire as they slumped to 68-3.

But Nick Compton (59) steadied the ship before James Hildreth (72 not out) and Jos Buttler (64 not out) blasted them to 245-4 in a stand of 98 in 64 balls.

Ben Phillips then struck twice early on before Murali Kartik spun his way to 4-30 as Lancashire mustered only 130.

Somerset's eighth successive victory in the competition tightened their grip at the top of Group A, opening a four-point lead over second-placed Sussex, who have played a game more.

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