SOMERSET’S young guns were very much to the fore on Thursday at Hove when fielding a team consisting entirely of players who have graduated through the Academy , the Cidermen beat Sussex by 90 runs in the Metro Bank One Day Cup.

In a team in which the oldest player was 25 and the youngest 17, after being put into bat first Somerset looked to be in trouble when they lost Archie Vaughan to the first ball of the game. Tom Lammonby went with the total on six and when Lewis Goldsworthy followed in the sixth over the scoreboard read 21 for three.

The Rew brothers, team captain James, who is 21, was joined by younger brother Thomas who at 17 was the baby of the squad during the next eight overs the pair took the total onto 59 when James was dismissed for 29.

Thomas followed for 30 with the total on 82 which brought 19 year old Fin Hill in to join Josh Thomas who is one year his senior. The two stayed together for 10 overs and their partnership of 59 was pivotal in the outcome of the game and ended with Thomas was out for 50 off 58 balls with seven 4s and a 6.

Hill was joined by Kian Roberts, another 18 year old, who is still on the Academy, and the teenage duo saw up the 200 together before Roberts was out for 29 which he scored off 32 balls with three 4s and a 6.

Hill went to his half century but with the total on 218 he was dismissed for 55 which came from 68 deliveries and included three 4s and one 6.

Alfie Ogborne (12) and Kasey Aldridge (17) added a flurry at the end as the visitors were all out for 243 in 47.3 overs.

When Sussex responded 19 year old left arm opening bowler JT Langridge, playing against the team that his forbears had represented made an early breakthrough with his first delivery.

The second wicket partnership took the total onto 60 before Tom Lammonby, at 25 the senior member of the team, struck three times with the first, second and fifth ball of the 11th over.

Next over Aldridge removed Tom Clark with no addition to the score for 34 and when the 24 year old accounted for Danny Lamb four overs later Sussex had slipped to 70 for six in the 16th over.

Jack Carson and Oli Carter provided some resistance and took Sussex onto 114 when Langridge saw the end of Carson for 35, and when Roberts claimed his maiden List A wicket to see off Carter for 19, at 128 for eight, the game was all but over.

Lammonby came back into the attack and claimed the final two wickets as Sussex were all out for 153 in the 36th over to end with the impressive bowling figures for five for 20 from his seven overs, three of which were maidens.

This was an impressive victory from Somerset’s young players and they now move on to Canterbury where they face Kent on Sunday before returning home to host Northants on Tuesday which is the last in the group stages.

If Somerset finish top of their group they will go straight through to the semi final; however the second and third teams will be involved in quarter final matches.