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
Somerset v Surrey 69-3
First ball! Massive wicket!
The dangerous Jamie Smith comes to the wicket and has his off-stump flattened by a beauty from Lewis Gregory as he tries to whip him to leg.
Fantastic stuff from the Somerset skipper.
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Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator
Dancing down the pitch, looking to whip it through the legside, looking to hit it into the Hollies stand.
Dan Lawrence did his job earlier attacking Craig Overton, but Lewis Gregory has done his job well there getting the key wicket of Ollie Pope.
Somerset v Surrey 69-2
Time for the captain! Lewis Gregory brings himself on to bowl.
And it's the right call!
With this third ball, he gets one through Ollie Pope's defences and onto the stumps - looks like he enjoyed that one, Gregory.
Somerset v Surrey 67-1
Spin straight away after the powerplay with Roelof van der Merwe introduced.
This Netherlands-South Africa left-armer has played so many T20 games around the world.
He almost has Dom Sibley run out at the non-striker from an Ollie Pope straight drive, but the umpire rules that van der Merwe did not touch it on the way to the stumps.
A degree of calm introduced though, with seven runs from the over.
Somerset v Surrey 62-1
Image source, Getty ImagesA first change in the Somerset bowling as Josh Ball comes on and Dom Sibley greets him with a ramp down to fine leg for four!
Audacious stuff from Sibley!
Ollie Pope is then beaten off the last couple of balls with Ball taking a bit of pace off his deliveries.
Who will be happier with those powerplay overs?
Somerset v Surrey 55-1
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
What a first five overs it has been. Ollie Pope looks completely at home out there in the middle with a couple of glorious shots.
One pulled into the leg-side and one through the covers.
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Another double-digit over as Craig Overton concedes 11 from his third set of six.
Somerset v Surrey 53-1
Mark Davis
Former Somerset seamer on BBC Radio Somerset
Ollie Pope is a short guy and smaller guys tend to be very good at pulling and cutting.
He will know that Craig Overton. Somerset need another wicket in the powerplay.
Somerset v Surrey 53-1
Craig Overton is into his third over.
He rolls a slower ball just past Ollie Pope's bat, but the number three is very quick to pull the next ball to the boundary.
And then he strokes one through the covers for another four to bring up the 50.
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That six from Dom Sibley really added some gloss to that Josh Davey over.
14 from it.
Somerset v Surrey 41-1
Don't bowl there to Ollie Pope!
Josh Davey spears it onto the pads and Pope wristily sends it for four down to deep backward square.
And how about this!
Dom Sibley dances down the track and absolutely smashes Davey over long-on for the first six of Finals Day!
Somerset v Surrey 30-1
Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset
Ollie Pope playing in his 61st professional T20 match today.
With an average of 29 and just four 50s, a best of 99*.
I think those figures understate the threat that he provides.
Pope's average (34 v 36) and strike-rate (133 v 144) in the Blast this year is also lower than his opponent Tom Abell's going into this game, but Somerset won't underestimate him.
Somerset v Surrey 30-1
England's stand-in Test captain Ollie Pope has arrived at the crease.
There is a different feel to this over from Craig Overton bowling at Pope and Dom Sibley.
Only four off it.
Somerset v Surrey 26-1
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds
He turns and rolls in right-arm over the wicket, into Lawrence who hacks at this high into the air.
Fielder underneath this, should take the catch. The first wicket to fall, with Tom Abell at cover.
Lawrence had been looking to whack everything.
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Dan Lawrence got lucky earlier in the over, but not this time.
The ugly hoick is on display again and Tom Abell gets underneath it to take the catch and give Josh Davey a wicket in his first over.
Lawrence chanced his arm from the off and his luck has run out.
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Dan Lawrence gets a lucky four down to third man - that was an ugly hoick.
That is much better, a beautiful off-drive that deserves four runs. Give me that any day!
Josh Davey then nips one past him with a cracker.
Somerset v Surrey 18-0
Scotland bowler Josh Davey to open at the other end.
Dom Sibley scored 56 off 183 balls on Thursday - he'll need to go a bit faster today!
He gets a single off his first ball.
Somerset v Surrey 16-0
Dan Lawrence almost gets a boundary towards cover but it holds up before the rope.
No problems with this one as he sends one through midwicket for the first boundary.
And Craig Overton sends down a wide which wicketkeeper James Rew can't stop - five wides!
A productive first over for Surrey.
Somerset v Surrey 2-0
Dan Lawrence, discarded by England for the Test tour of Pakistan, is set to face the first ball, bowled by Craig Overton.
It's tucked to short fine leg. No run and not the fireworks we want!
And Lawrence gets a leading edge to the second ball that loops just over a short cover and they get away for two runs.
Somerset v Surrey (11:00 BST)
Image source, Rex FeaturesComing out of the second semi-final has proved an advantage in recent years with Somerset last year following Hampshire, Kent, Nottinghamshire, and Essex to become the fifth (second match winner) on the trot to lift the trophy on Finals Day.
Don't suppose Somerset or Surrey will put too much store in that trend, and it is difficult to see why there should be any advantage to be gained or lost from your starting slot.
But for the record, Worcestershire Rapids, back in 2018, were the last to win the first semi, sit back for a few hours to watch a match, then go on to glory.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kohler-Cadmore,caught TJ Price, bowled MD Taylor Kohler-Cadmore, caught TJ Price, bowled MD Taylor | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 140.00 |
Smeed,caught Smith, bowled MD Taylor Smeed, caught Smith, bowled MD Taylor | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 114.29 |
Abell,caught Bancroft, bowled TJ Price Abell, caught Bancroft, bowled TJ Price | 19 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 79.17 |
Rew,caught Bancroft, bowled MD Taylor Rew, caught Bancroft, bowled MD Taylor | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 75.00 |
Dickson,bowled OJ Price Dickson, bowled OJ Price | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Gregory,caught OJ Price, bowled Payne Gregory, caught OJ Price, bowled Payne | 53 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 143.24 |
Green,caught Smith, bowled Payne Green, caught Smith, bowled Payne | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 66.67 |
Overton,caught JMR Taylor, bowled Payne Overton, caught JMR Taylor, bowled Payne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
van der Merwe,caught Bracey, bowled Shaw van der Merwe, caught Bracey, bowled Shaw | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 83.33 |
Davey,not out Davey, not out | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 50.00 |
Ball,caught OJ Price, bowled Shaw Ball, caught OJ Price, bowled Shaw | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 2 Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 2 | ||||||
Total,124 all out 19.4 overs Total,124 all out 19.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Payne | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 6.75 |
Shaw | 3.4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.45 |
MD Taylor | 4.0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4.50 |
OJ Price | 1.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7.00 |
TJ Price | 4.0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 |
Smith | 3.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.66 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
28 for 1 (3.1 overs) | Smeed |
33 for 2 (3.6 overs) | Kohler-Cadmore |
41 for 3 (5.6 overs) | Rew |
42 for 4 (6.2 overs) | Dickson |
86 for 5 (12.4 overs) | Abell |
105 for 6 (15.1 overs) | Green |
105 for 7 (15.2 overs) | Overton |
114 for 8 (16.6 overs) | van der Merwe |
123 for 9 (18.5 overs) | Gregory |
124 for 10 (19.4 overs) | Ball |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hammond,not out Hammond, not out | 58 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 141.46 |
Bancroft,caught Smeed, bowled Davey Bancroft, caught Smeed, bowled Davey | 53 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 126.19 |
Bracey,caught substitute, bowled Ball Bracey, caught substitute, bowled Ball | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66.67 |
OJ Price,not out OJ Price, not out | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 175.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 5, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 9 Extras, no balls 0, wides 5, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 9 | ||||||
Total,129 for 2 15.0 overs Total,129 for 2 15.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overton | 4.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 |
Davey | 3.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6.00 |
Gregory | 1.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 |
van der Merwe | 3.0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 9.33 |
Ball | 2.0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 9.50 |
Green | 2.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
112 for 1 (13.1 overs) | Bancroft |
119 for 2 (14.1 overs) | Bracey |
