Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka riro a Alfonso Thomas hei rangatira mo te kapa o Somerset i tēnei raumati. Na reira, ka tohaina e te kaiwhaiwhai 38-tau te pakeke o Awherika ki te Tonga nga mahi rangatira me te kaitakaro o mua o Ingarangi a Marcus Trescothick, ka noho ki te rangatira o te LV County Championship me te rangatira o te karapu. Ko te kaiako o Somerset a Matthew Maynard i kii: 'Kua takaro a Alfonso i te nui o te kirikiti T20 i roto i nga tau kua hipa, i konei me tawahi. Kua kite ia i te angitu i te IPL, te BPL me te Big Bash. Ko ana wheako o nga uaua o te kēmu T20 i te taumata teitei ka waiho ia hei rangatira tino pai mo te ahua poto o te keemu. Ko Alfonso Thomas (matau) he wheako hei rangatira tino pai, e ai ki te kaiako a Matthew Maynard. Ko te kaitakaro whutupaoro o Ingarangi o mua a Marcus Trecothick (matau) ka noho tonu hei rangatira karapu i te LV County Championship. I tēnei wā, kua hainatia e Somerset a Sohail Tanvir mō te whakataetae T20 NatWest o te tau e whai ake nei. He taonga nui nga kaihoahoa ringa maui i roto i te whakatakotoranga poto rawa atu, ana ko Tanvir 30-tau-tawhito he nui te wheako, me te 170 o nga whenua me te 42 o nga whakaaturanga Twenty20 o te ao. Ko tana hokinga ki te ono mo te 14 mo Rajasthan Royals i te 2008 Indian Premier League ko te mahinga poipoi rekoata i te kirikiti T20 tae noa ki te Arul Suppiah o Somerset i pai ake me te ono mo te rima e toru tau i muri mai. Kua hainatia e Somerset a Sohail Tanvir o te ao o Pakistan mo te NatWest T20 Blast o te tau e whai ake nei.
Ka whakahaerehia e Alfonso Thomas a Somerset mō ngā tukinga whāiti. Ko te kaitakaro whutupaoro o Ingarangi o mua a Marcus Trecothick ka noho hei rangatira i te LV County Championship. Kua hainatia e Somerset te kaitakaro poihau o Pakistan a Sohail Tanvir mō Natwest T20 Blast.