
David Payne and Matt Taylor claimed four wickets apiece as Gloucestershire opened their Vitality Blast account with an impressive five-wicket victory over Essex.
Payne took three wickets with the new ball and then removed Daniel Sams to finish with four for 24, while Taylor cleaned up the tail to return career-best T20 figures of four for 22 from four overs and restrict last season’s beaten finalists to 141 for nine.