Going into the final round of matches in Group A, Somerset held a three-point lead over both Glamorgan and Worcestershire.
Worcestershire were due to play Somerset at New Road while Glamorgan had an easy fixture against Minor Counties South at Watford.
In the match at Worcester, Somerset's captain Brian Rose won the toss and elected to bat.
By a vote of 17–1 at a meeting on 1 June, the TCCB ejected Somerset from the Benson & Hedges Cup, their place in the quarter-finals being taken by Glamorgan.
1 Somerset were ejected from the competition for bringing the game into disrepute after they declared at 1/0 after one over in their match against Worcestershire in order to ensure that they could not be overtaken on strike-rate.