Somerset face Scotland when they start their quest to regain their Cheltenham and Gloucester crown in 2003.

Scotland have already beaten the Lancashire Cricket Board XI to reach this stage of the competition and the Cidermen will not relish the prospect of a trip north of the border on May 7th to face what could be a very difficult tie.

Over the last two years the C and G has been the only one day competition where the Cidermen have enjoyed success, but facing non first class opposition on their own territory can prove to be difficult as they found in 2001 when they looked to be in danger against Cambridgeshire until they were rescued by Mark Lathwell.

The two sides have met just once in this competition previously and on that occasion the Cidermen were victorious.

Assuming Somerset are successful against Scotland they will face the winners of the Staffordshire and Surrey tie at the County Ground in Taunton on May 28th 2003 another difficult tie.

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