Summary

  • T20 Blast final: Gloucestershire beat Somerset by eight wickets

  • Somerset all out for 124 after being put in at Edgbaston

  • Lewis Gregory top scores with 53, while David Payne takes 3-23 to finish with 33 wickets in the 2024 Blast

  • Cameron Bancroft and Miles Hammond hit half-centuries as Gloucestershire reach 129-2 in 15 overs

  • Gloucestershire beat Sussex by eight wickets in second semi to reach their first final since 2007

  • 2005 and 2023 winners Somerset beat Surrey by six wickets in first-semi final

Live Reporting

Ben Kosky, Alex Winter & Harry Everett

  1. 'Probably a bit under-par'

    Surrey 153-9 v Somerset

    Ged Scott
    BBC Sport at Edgbaston

    Surrey's total might not seem that massive at first glance - but it's more than the 142-7 Somerset got batting first when the two teams met in last year's second semi-final.

    And it's a lot more than the 118 all out that Surrey then replied with as they lost to the eventual winners.

    It's probably a bit under-par - but you never rule out anything in T20 - especially not on Finals Day.

    And who had Dom Sibley down for Surrey top scorer?

    The ground is now really starting to fill up a bit.

  2. End of Surrey innings

    Somerset v Surrey 153-9

    Somerset celebrate wicketRex Features

    Last man Dan Worrall is not known for his batting.

    He is beaten by Jake Ball off his first ball, before clubbing a single down the ground off his second.

    Two balls left for Cam Steel.

    And he slices the first down to deep point for four to bring up the 150.

    He concludes the innings by knocking one up into the legside and sprinting for two as the ball lands safely.

    The final score is 153 - is that a winning one?

  3. wicket

    WICKET Clark c Abell b Ball 2

    Somerset v Surrey 146-9

    Jordan Clark muscles two off the first ball of the final over.

    But he is undone by a slower one from Jake Ball and the ball goes very high and into the hands of Tom Abell, coming in from long-off.

  4. Somerset v Surrey 144-8

    Cam Steel scampers two off the final ball of Josh Davey's over to get off the mark.

    Only one over to go.

  5. Can Somerset keep Surrey under 150?

    Somerset v Surrey 142-8

    Mark Church
    BBC Radio London commentator

    This is an important over as if Somerset can keep Surrey below 150 they would be pretty happy with that.

  6. wicket

    WICKET Evans c van der Merwe b Davey 22

    Somerset v Surrey 142-8

    Lewis Gregory and Roelof van der Merwe celebrateRex Features

    Never mind stalling, the innings is breaking down.

    Laurie Evans tries to go big, square on the offside, but he holes out in the deep and Josh Davey has a second wicket in the over.

  7. 'Overton not going to drop that'

    Somerset v Surrey 139-7

    Mark Davis
    Former Somerset seamer on BBC Radio Somerset

    Craig Overton wavingRex Features

    He has the highest ratio of catches per matches in the domestic T20 game, closely followed by Tom Abell, he is not going to drop that.

    Him and his brother Jamie have such great hands he simply will not drop that, I cannot remember the last time I saw him drop one.

  8. wicket

    WICKET Jordan c C Overton b Davey 7

    Somerset v Surrey 139-7

    Another Surrey batter back in the hutch!

    Chris Jordan tries to hit Josh Davey downtown, but he only finds the bucket hands of Craig Overton at long-on.

    This innings is threatening to stall badly.

    Chris Jordan walks offRex Features

  9. Somerset v Surrey 139-6

    Oh no! A horror moment for Sean Dickson in front of the Hollies!

    Laurie Evans pulls one down towards deep midwicket, but the ball has wicked spin on it, which Dickson misjudges.

    The end result is four very valuable runs for Surrey and an embarrassment for Dickson.

  10. 'Crucial boundary'

    Somerset v Surrey 130-6

    Melissa Story
    BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This is swatted away for a flat six into the stand.

    A crucial boundary for Surrey.

  11. 6 runs

    Somerset v Surrey 130-6

    Just the second maximum of the innings!!

    Laurie Evans is very quick onto the length from Jake Ball and he pulls it for six into the Hollies Stand.

  12. Gregory bowls out

    Somerset v Surrey 124-6

    The final over from Lewis Gregory.

    The Surrey hitters are really struggling to get hold of him and struggling to pick his variations.

    Fantastic way to finish, three singles.

    Gregory's figures are 3-15 from his four overs. Chapeau, sir!

  13. Can Evans get going?

    Somerset v Surrey 121-6

    Anthony Gibson
    BBC Radio Somerset

    In T20 cricket you are only one boundary away from being back in form, as we saw from Tom Kohler-Cadmore at Northampton last week.

    Laurie Evans battingGetty Images

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    Neil Boughton: Lewis Gregory showing yet again why it's baffling he hasn't had more white ball caps for England

    Three ODIs and nine T20s for England, but nowt since 2021.

  15. 'He leapt like the proverbial salmon'

    Somerset v Surrey 121-6

    Anthony Gibson
    BBC Radio Somerset

    He leapt like the proverbial salmon but could not quite get there.

    Chris Jordan with a life for Surrey.

  16. Coffee stars

    Somerset v Surrey 121-6

    England duo Sam Curran and Will Jacks are sat in the Surrey dressing room. You bet they would love to have them available for Finals Day rather than sitting nursing a coffee.

    They watch as Chris Jordan is almost caught off a leading edge by man-of-the-moment Lewis Gregory.

    He gets one hand to it at full stretch with both feet off the ground, but he can't hang on.

    Half-a-dozen from Josh Davey's over.

  17. Somerset v Surrey 115-6

    Surrey captain Chris Jordan gets a single off his first ball, but it's another super set of six for Somerset.

    Jake Ball gives up only four singles and claims the wicket of Tom Curran.

    Five to go.

  18. 'Looking to force it'

    Somerset v Surrey 114-6

    Mark Davis
    Former Somerset seamer on BBC Radio Somerset

    No pace in the delivery, he is looking to force it.

    In looking to force it the bat face closes and the edge chops it onto the stumps.

    He can stand their looking distraught for a minute, but Mr Curran has to go.

  19. wicket

    WICKET T Curran b Ball 1

    Somerset v Surrey 114-6

    And when you build pressure, something has to give.

    Tom Curran tries to drive one through the offside, but Jake Ball has taken some of the pace off and Curran drags it on to his stumps.

    Somerset must be in the driving seat now.

    Tom Curran bowledRex Features

  20. Somerset v Surrey 113-5

    Jake Ball returns to bowl his second over.

    Two singles off his first three balls, Somerset are really putting the brakes on this Surrey batting.

    The pitch is looking trickier to score on as the innings goes on.