Riley Meredith agrees full-tournament Somerset return for 2027 T20 Blast

Somerset have secured Riley Meredith for the entire 2027 Vitality Blast, extending the Australian fast bowler's association with the county into another season. The club confirmed that the 30-year-old will be available throughout the tournament, retaining a player who led its wicket-taking during the successful 2025 campaign.

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According to Somerset's announcement, Meredith has collected 56 wickets in 34 T20 appearances for the club at an average of 17.94 since first playing for the county in 2024. His return keeps a familiar bowling option in place: the new agreement follows three seasons in which he has contributed to Somerset's T20 side, including its title-winning year.

Director of cricket Andy Hurry said Meredith's speed and ability to challenge batters were central to what he offered the attack. Hurry also highlighted the excitement his bowling generates among spectators and expressed confidence that he would contribute again in 2027. Meredith, meanwhile, described his time in Taunton positively, praised the dressing-room group and said he hoped Somerset could win the trophy again next summer.

The club's player biography traces his first Somerset season back to a deal signed in May 2024. He took 14 wickets across 12 Blast appearances that year, with a best return of four for 12. His contribution was not confined to T20 cricket: three appearances in the One Day Cup brought another six wickets, including figures of four for 27.

Meredith's career began in Australian domestic cricket, with a List A debut for Cricket Australia XI in 2017 followed by first-class cricket for Tasmania during the 2017-18 Sheffield Shield season. Somerset's biography records that he then made his T20 debut for Hobart Hurricanes in 2018. His first T20 international came against New Zealand in March 2021, followed by an ODI debut against West Indies that July.

BBC Sport reported that Meredith has played three one-day internationals and six T20 internationals for Australia. He was also part of Hobart Hurricanes' 2024-25 Big Bash-winning team and has played for Welsh Fire in The Hundred and in the Indian Premier League, adding experience across several short-format competitions to Somerset's returning attack.