Babar Azam pumped his third fifty of the Vitality Blast as Somerset steamed back to form with a 114 run victory over Essex Eagles at the Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford.
After scores which have included unbeaten 95, 83 and 43, the right-handed superstar collected 56, his first half-century away from Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton.
Azam was accompanied with full-blooded contributions from Tom Banton, skipper Tom Abell and in form hitter Eddie Byrom, 39, 54 and 44 respectively, as Somerset crashed their joint-sixth highest T20 total of 225 for six.
In reply, Roelof van der Merwe snatched three wickets in an over to stunt the Eagles, on his way to his maiden format five-wicket haul, as they were eventually skittled for 111.
The result sees Somerset overtake Essex into sixth in the South Group of the Blast.
