SOMERSET earned their first Vitality Blast win of the season at the third attempt, with a 47-run success against Kent Spitfires at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, on Tuesday night.

Having been 53-3, the hosts did well to post 204-7 - Tom Abell once again leading the way with 68 off 33 balls, and Lewis Goldsworthy making a career-best 48 after coming into the Somerset side alongside Craig Overton, who returned from England duty.

Despite an impressive 48 off 23 deliveries from Zak Crawley, Kent never looked likely to reach their target and were bowled out for 157 in the 18th over, Marchant de Lange finishing with 3-18.

Tom Banton’s disappointing start to the Blast continued after Somerset had been invited to bat, the opener caught at deep square off Grant Stewart (3-33) for nine, with the score on 33 in the fourth over.

Will Smeed followed in the next over and when James Hildreth (27) was caught at long-off to give Joe Denly a wicket, Somerset looked to be heading for their third below-par total in three T20 matches this season.

Abell had other ideas, reverse sweeping Qais Ahmad for successive fours in the ninth over, before unleashing sixes off Ahmad and Darren Stevens as the scoring rate accelerated.

With Goldsworthy lending excellent support, Abell moved to his second Blast 50 of the season off 26 balls, with five fours and two sixes.

He claimed another maximum off Stewart before falling in the same over, having added 90 with Goldsworthy, off 45 balls.

Goldsworthy hit Fredrick Klasson for a straight six before Stewart had him caught at deep cover, the 20-year-old having faced 29 balls and hit 6 fours.

Kent’s reply got off to a bad start when the fourth ball saw Daniel Bell-Drummond caught at backward point off Overton.

Joe Denly fell to Josh Davey with the score on 14, but Zak Crawley collected two sixes off Overton in the fifth over, and the powerplay finished with the Spitfires 56-2.

Goldsworthy’s left-arm spin was greeted with a four and a six by Crawley as he and Sam Billings brought up a 50 stand in 27 balls - but the latter fell to a catch at wide long-on in the same over.

Leg-spinner Max Waller bowled Crawley in his first over and followed up by having Jack Leaning stumped, as Kent reached halfway at 89-5.

With Goldsworthy showing great maturity to recover from conceding 10 off his first two balls, Somerset controlled the middle of the innings.

The youngster had figures of 1-30 at the end of his four-over stint.

Darren Stevens, Stewart and Ahmad all fell cheaply, and Jordan Cox’s battling 33 was nowhere near sufficient to prevent a convincing Somerset win.

Somerset's next Blast fixture sees them travel to face Sussex Sharks on Friday (6.30pm).

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Lewis Goldsworthy said: "Tom Abell was at a different level in our partnership.

"I just tried to get up the other end as often as possible and admire his shots before attempting to push on when he was out.

"It was a bit worrying to go for 10 off my first two balls, but I managed to pull things around.

"I got a wicket with a not very good delivery and was pleased with my figures in the end."