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After a season of group matches, the Twenty20 Cup has finally produced eight quarter finalists, the most formidable of whom seem to be Lancashire who topped their group by six points, having lost just one game.

This evening they take on Somerset who scraped into the quarter finals after coming third in the Midlands group. However, the Lancashire bowlers are going to have to be wary this evening. The Somerset batting line up is very dangerous, Trescothick and Langer form an impressive opening pair whilst there are a number of big hitters further down the order.

The boundaries at Taunton are very short and therefore Somerset are used to clearing the ropes, they will have confidence in the depth of their batting line up and should attack the boundaries. Therefore 6/5 with coral on the Sabres hitting the most sixes in the game seems to be a value bet.

Unsurprisingly, Lancashire are ¾ favourites to win the tie and although Somerset may cause them problems, they are just 6/5 to beat the Lancastrians and betting on the sixes seems a far safer bet at the same price.