Summary

  • Sean Dickson hits 71 off only 26 balls as Somerset beat Bears by four wickets with one ball to spare

  • Captain Alex Davies hits rapid 71 in visitors' innings of 190-6

  • Somerset reach Finals Day for fifth season in succession

  • Liam Livingstone hits unbeaten 85 off 45 balls to guide Lancashire to three-wicket win over Kent in earlier quarter-final

  • Lancashire to play Somerset in first semi-final before Northamptonshire Steelbacks face Hampshire Hawks

  • Finals Day takes place at Edgbaston next Saturday, 13 September

Live Reporting

Adam Lanigan, Ben Kosky, Deepak Mahay and Glenn Speller

  1. 'No game plan from Somerset'

    Somerset v Bears 106-2

    Mark Davis
    Former Somerset seamer on BBC Radio Somerset

    Alex Davies is going along beautifully, he's played quite brilliantly.

    Somerset will be bitterly dissapointed. Bears have come hard at them and I haven't seen a game plan.

  2. 'Controlled hitting from Davies'

    Somerset v Bears 106-2

    Mike Taylor
    BBC WM commentator

    On occasions I thought that Alex Davies' innings have been a little bit frantic almost from the start.

    But although they are scoring at a rioters' rate, it's been controlled hitting on the whole.

  3. Somerset v Bears 106-2

    Ben Green is taking all the pace off the ball and a couple of times it's fazed the batsmen who have looped it into the air but the field is now set back so there is no chance of a catch.

    Eight runs from that ninth over.

  4. 100 runs

    100 up for Bears

    Somerset v Bears 102-2

    Ben Green is into the Somerset attack.

    Alex Davies ramps his second ball for four runs and up come the three figures.

  5. Somerset v Bears 98-2

    A quieter over from a Somerset perspective with the spin of Lewis Goldsworthy.

    He concedes just the six runs.

    The Bears cannot afford to take their foot off the pedal.

  6. 'Somerset have got to stay positive'

    Somerset v Bears 92-2

    Mark Davis
    Former Somerset seamer on BBC Radio Somerset

    We needed two or three more of those to try and change the complexity of this game because Somerset have not been in this contest at all.

    The Bears have taken the game to them and Somerset have not had an answer.

    Somerset have got to stay positive.

  7. Somerset v Bears 92-2

    Sam Hain tickles a single off the final ball of that Lewis Gregory over which brought the wicket of Dan Mousley.

    The Bears also ran a couple of well-judged twos in that over so it's not just about the boundaries.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Mousley b Gregory 12 (Somerset v Bears 91-2)

    They needed that!

    Home captain Lewis Gregory gets through Dan Mousley's defences via an inside edge for a much-needed wicket.

    Sam Hain, the Bears top run scorer in this year's Blast is now in.

  9. 50 runs

    50 for Alex Davies

    Somerset v Bears 88-1

    Stunning stuff from Bears' skipper Alex Davies.

    That's 53 not out from 24 balls with 11 fours - that's what you call leading from the front.

  10. T20 Blast record

    Somerset v Bears 82-1

    History tells us you need at least 200 at Taunton and the Bears are heeding that warning.

    Alex Davies crashes one down the ground for four before skying the ball out to the deep but Will Smeed puts down a tough chance.

    Dan Mousley reverses a Jake Ball delivery down to the rope and he hits the next one for four as well.

    We've had 18 fours in the powerplay and that's a T20 Blast record.

  11. Somerset v Bears 66-1

    Alex Davies carries on with the four-fest as he sends a length delivery from Craig Overton to the long-on fence.

    Crack - that's a lovely sound Davies' bat is making as this one rockets away to the cover boundary.

    Aaaaannnnd four more as the Bears skipper helps this one up and over the wicketkeeper.

    Another ball, another four and four more to finish that over - five successive fours.

    This is special stuff we are seeing from the visitors.

  12. Somerset v Bears 46-1

    Alex Davies pulls Jake Ball to the boundary with a mishit but he'll take it.

    Seven runs from the fourth over.

  13. 'Entertaining cameo from Yates'

    Somerset v Bears 39-1

    Mark Davis
    Former Somerset seamer on BBC Radio Somerset

    It was an entertaining cameo from Rob Yates while it lasted.

    Will the Bears continue in this aggressive vain they started with?

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Yates c Smeed b Overton 25 (Somerset v Bears 39-1)

    Somerset bowler Craig Overton with his arms aloft after taking the wicket of Rob YatesGetty Images

    The fun is over for Rob Yates.

    He tries to wallop Craig Overton for a six but doesn't get enough on it and Will Smeed takes a good catch with the sun shining right in his eyes.

    Yates made 25 from 10 balls - he must need a rest after that...

    Dan Mousley is in.

  15. 'A strange over'

    Somerset v Bears 39-0

    Mike Taylor
    BBC WM commentator

    I'm sure that's not unique but I'm sure I've never seen it before. Six fours in the over.

    It's extraordinary and off the outstanding bowler in the competition all the more.

    It was a strange over because he bowled the same ball five times.

  16. Somerset v Bears 39-0

    No respite for Somerset as Craig Overton gets the same treatment - his first two balls go for four.

    That's nine successive boundaries now!

    A single stops the sequence.

    It's quiet around Taunton.

  17. 'Incredible from Yates'

    Somerset v Bears 30-0

    Clive Eakin
    BBC CWR Sport

    Rob Yates enjoyed that over.

    That was incredible stuff from him.

  18. Six fours in six balls for Yates

    Somerset v Bears 30-0

    The tournament's top wicker taker, Riley Meredith, gets the second over and he won't want to see it again.

    His first ball is helped down to the long-leg fence by Rob Yates who promptly pulls the next one over the mid-wicket rope.

    Yates isn't about to settle for that and when Meredith drops short he's pulled for four more - three successive boundaries.

    Erm...make that four successive fours.

    That's a fifth - two similar shots to the mid-wicket boundary - poor from Riley Meredith, brilliant from Rob Yates.

    And a sixth four to finish the over as this one is cut behind point.

    WOW!

  19. 'Aggressive intent from Bears openers'

    Somerset v Bears 6-0

    Anthony Gibson
    BBC Radio Somerset

    These two Bears openers are already showing very aggressive intent.

  20. Somerset v Bears 6-0

    Alex Davies hits the final ball of the over for the first boundary of the game.

    He steps well outside leg-stump to lever it over backward point.

    Steady stuff from the visitors.