Riley Meredith Returns to Somerset for 2027 T20 Blast

Australia fast bowler Riley Meredith will return to Somerset for their T20 Blast campaign in 2027, according to BBC Sport.

The T20 Blast is England's domestic Twenty20 competition. Each side bats for 20 overs, which is 120 balls, and the matches are short, loud and often decided in the final few overs. Fast bowlers like Meredith, who bowl at speed and aim to take wickets early, are often central to how a team fares.

Meredith first joined Somerset in 2024. Since then he has taken 56 wickets in 34 T20 matches for the club. His bowling average is 17.94, which means he has conceded about 18 runs for each wicket he has taken. In cricket, a lower average is better.

He was also Somerset's leading wicket-taker when the club won the 2025 T20 Blast. That is the kind of contribution that tends to make a club want its player back.

Meredith's career has taken him around the world. He has played three 50-over one-day internationals and six T20 internationals for Australia. He was part of the Hobart Hurricanes side that won the 2024-25 Big Bash, Australia's domestic T20 league. He has also played for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, the eight-team competition in England that uses 100 balls per side, and in the Indian Premier League.

Andy Hurry is Somerset's director of cricket, and his club now has a known name for next season's T20 Blast. For Somerset fans, the return will be welcome news for a bowler with a strong record at the club. For neutral followers, it is a reminder of how far players now travel between leagues, moving from Australia to England to India and back again within a single career.

Details beyond the 2027 T20 Blast are not yet clear.