Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Somerset: How to watch, TV channel, start time, head-to-head stats and team news

Northamptonshire Steelbacks will hope to utilise their home advantage to full effect when they encounter defending champions Somerset in Thursday's quarter-final.

How to watch Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Somerset and TV channel

The T20 Blast quarter-final between Northants and Somerset will be broadcast on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event.

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Somerset start time, date and venue

Northants' encounter with Somerset starts at 18:30 on Thursday 5th September and will take place at the County Ground in Northampton.

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Somerset stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

This will be the first T20 meeting between the two counties since September 2020 when Somerset prevailed by seven wickets in Taunton.

Northants won eight of their 14 North Group matches to finish second, two points adrift of table-topping Birmingham Bears, while Somerset qualified for the quarter-finals as the third-placed team of the South Group.

It's just the second time since their triumph in 2016 that Northants have reached the knockout stage.

Victors of the competition in 2023, Somerset have a fine pedigree in the Blast having reached Finals Day in three successive seasons.

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Somerset head-to-head record (H2H)

Northamptonshire Steelbacks wins	7
Ties/no results	3
Somerset wins	10

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Somerset team news

Northamptonshire Steelbacks team news

The Steelbacks will be without their top runscorer Matt Breetzke as he represents South Africa A in their ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Opener Ricardo Vasconcelos is a doubt ahead of Thursday's crunch quarter-final, while Ravi Bopara will miss out through injury.

Sikandar Raza is also unavailable, though head coach John Sadler expects to have Australian all-rounder Ashton Agar at his disposal.

Somerset team news

Spinner Jack Leach was in excellent form in the County Championship and is expected to form a bowling attack that consists of the dangerous Ben Green, who's taken 21 wickets in the Blast this year.