In a stunning moment during the Vitality T20 blast 2025, the Australian fast bowler relay Meeridith produced a sensational distribution, dividing a stump into half. Meredith, playing for the Samarset, bowling the Essex opener Michael paper with a fierce ball in Tuntan, and the video went viral on social media platforms.
Relay Meedith performed to win a match for the Summerset. He took 2 wickets for just 22 in his 95 -run win, which took him a place in the quarter -finals of Vitality T20 Blast 2025. Tasmanian Speedster is going to take a leading wicket for his name with 24 wickets in the tournament.
Watch: Riley Meredith split stumps in two with Siring delivery in T20 Blast 2025
The incident occurred during the third over of Essex’s innings. Meredith bowled a low full toss, which collapsed into Michael Pepper’s leg stump, divided into half. One was recorded in half the ground, while the other flew behind the wicket.
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The dismissal left was stunned at the pepper crease. Meredith sprinkled the broken stump and picked it up like a trophy before handing over the pieces to the umpire. This moment quickly received traction on social media, fans and commentators placed it as a dream delivery for any fast bowler.
Surprised on TV broadcasting, the commentator said, “He completely breaks stumps, they are doing.”
“What is the vision for a fast bowler, that is, get a picture.”
Watch the video of the same posted by Sumaraset (East known as Twitter):
Relay dropped the stump in the middle
Have you ever seen this before?#Somvess#Wearesomerset pic.twitter.com/vq244pq8rr
– Summerset Cricket (@SomersetccC) July 8, 2025
Tom Kohaler-Cadmore acted with bat in Summerset’s major win
Somerset gave an impressive performance with the bat after Essex’s skipper Simon Hammer, which was chosen to bowl first on the batting surface in Tuntan. The top order of the Summerset removed an aggressive attack from the beginning.
Tom Kohaler-Cadmore was the best batsman for the Somerset, scored 90 off 39 balls with eight borders and seven sixes. WOW Smad added a quick 32 in 20 delivery, and Sean Dixon remained unbeaten at 28 out of 17 balls.
Essex bowlers fought to include the flow of runs. Luke Benacenstein, Paul Walter, and Charlie Bennett all won in over 12 runs per over. Summerset posted a total of 225/6 in its 20 overs.
Essex takes out for just 130 in 14.1 overs
Samarset crushed Essex to secure the 95 -run win and book the Vitality T20 Blast 2025 quarter -finals. Chasing a large scale of 226, Essex fought against the bowlers of the Summerset and was excluded for just 130 in 14.1 overs.
The bowlers with Matt Henry 4/21 were picklers, while Craig Overton (2/32) and Relay Meedith (2/22) provided concrete support. Young Noah Thanh, who scored 38 runs off just 17 balls, delayed only unavoidable.
The Samarset moved to the top of the South Group with 36 points, winning nine of his 11 matches. In contrast, Essex lives at the bottom of the table with just one win in 11 matches.
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