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. 6 runs

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 85-7

    Jack CarsonGetty Images

    Jack Carson starts this over in the right way from a Sussex point of view as he plants Tom Smith down the ground for six.

    Great shot from the Northern Irishman!

  2. Glosters throwback

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 79-7

    Gloucestershire head coach Mark Alleyne must be pleased with what he is seeing in the field.

    This is like the side he captained so successfully in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the likes of Ian Harvey and Jack Russell to the fore.

    David Payne is in for his third over and he is giving the batters little respite.

    Ollie Robinson tries to disrupt the length, but Payne cuts his speed and the batter misses it.

    Payne gives up just three runs from the over.

  3. Gloucestershire v Sussex 76-7

    A second over for Tom Smith.

    This is a dream time to be bowling for a spinner in a T20 game as the batters can't afford to take too many risks.

    Only three off it as Ollie Robinson and Jack Carson battle to keep the innings going.

  4. Gloucestershire v Sussex 73-7

    Ollie Robinson is a highly skilled bowler, as we know. He has to show what he can do with the bat right now.

    Ollie Price races through his third over and it is marred by Robinson punching one out through the legside for four from the final delivery.

    Eight off the over.

  5. Halfway point

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 65-7

    Sussex are halfway through their innings. They will do well to finish it, never mind set a competitive target.

  6. wicket

    WICKET Simpson lbw b Smith 12

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 64-7

    Tom SmithGetty Images

    And the umpire was right to raise the finger!

    John Simpson has nowhere to go, hit in front of the stumps and the umpire's call is enough to send him on his way.

    The last Sussex recognised batter has gone.

  7. 'Gloucester look the favourites to get to the final'

    Ravi Bopara
    Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    At this rate Gloucester do look the favourites to get to the final.

    It will be an interesting matchup against Somerset.

  8. Umpire review

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 64-6

    The left-arm spin of Tom Smith is introduced.

    But Sussex can't really go on the attack at this point, they have to consolidate.

    But has John Simpson perished? He has been given out LBW on the field, but asks for a review.

  9. 'We saw in the quarter-final here, you can defend 130.'

    Chris Nash
    Former Sussex bat on BBC Radio Sussex

    A run a ball is 126.

    We saw in the quarter-final here, you can defend 130.

    They have to just get up to some kind of score here to give themselves half a chance.

    Sussex do have a world class bowling attack, they just need to give themselves something to bowl at.

  10. wicket

    WICKET Hudson-Prentice c Hammond b O Price 13

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 60-6

    Ollie PriceGetty Images

    A slightly heart in mouth moment for Fynn Hudson-Prentice as he just clears the man at midwicket and gets six runs.

    But the next ball will not make him happy at all...

    It's a bit of a half-tracker from Ollie Price, but all Hudson-Prentice does is pick out that same fielder, Miles Hammond.

    The Sussex knock is in danger of falling apart - if it hasn't already.

  11. Ed Seabourne
    BBC Radio Bristol

    It did look as though he got so far across, he got so far outside the line it is not out and Gloucestershire waste their review.

  12. Not out

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 52-5

    Outside the line of off-stump - not out.

    Good on-field call from umpire Ben Debenham.

  13. Umpire review

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 52-5

    Ollie Price turns one into the pads of Fynn Hudson-Prentice.

    The umpire says not out, but Gloucestershire want a second opinion.

  14. Gloucestershire v Sussex 52-5

    Eight runs from Tom Price's first over.

    These two Sussex batters have to do what Sean Dickson and James Rew did for Somerset and get themselves in, calm things down before then looking to accelerate.

    Easier said than done, though.

  15. 50 runs

    50 up for Sussex

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 50-5

    It's Prices from both ends as Tom Price gets his first bowl.

    Fynn Hudson-Prentice gets off the mark as he comes down the pitch and hits through offside for four.

    Then a single brings up the 50.

  16. Gloucestershire v Sussex 44-5

    Somerset had to rebuild from 7-3 against Surrey in the first semi-final.

    Somehow, Sussex feel in an even bigger pickle right now.

  17. 'They already had nine runs off effectively just one ball in this over.'

    Ed Seabourne
    BBC Radio Bristol

    I really do not why he has tried to play that shot.

    They already had nine runs off effectively just one ball in this over.

    Then he goes for a filthy across the line sweep and he has been completely castled having got nowhere even close to it!

  18. wicket

    WICKET Clark b O Price 1

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 44-5

    Ollie Price bowls Tom ClarkGetty Images

    Another one down!

    Tom Clark has looked a bit at sea and had survived an LBW appeal the ball before, but his attempted sweep is misjudged and the bails are dislodged.

    Ollie Price strikes in his first over.

  19. Gloucestershire v Sussex 35-4

    John Simpson cracks two boundaries out towards point to bring a touch of relief to the Sussex score.

    But Gloucestershire are well on top here.

  20. Hat-trick ball

    Gloucestershire v Sussex 27-4

    John Simpson to face. It's a full-toss and he defends it away.