Summary

  • Birmingham Bears chase 205 to take last Finals Day spot

  • Bears skipper Grant Elliott scores unbeaten 59 off 37 balls

  • Jason Roy had top-scored with 74 off 38 balls as Surrey posted 204-5

  • Semi-final draw: Glamorgan v Birmingham, Notts Outlaws v Hampshire

  1. Sun-kissed Oval ready for actionpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Surrey v Birmingham Bears (19:00 BST)

    Kalika Mehta
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    Friday nights in London, in glorious sunshine, are made for T20 cricket.

    Young kids, with parents and grandparents in tow, have been excitedly walking down Harleyford Road to The Oval for the past hour.

    Inside the ground, Aaron Finch has been netting like a man ready to throw up a few crowd catches. The spectators have been warned!

  2. Toss and team newspublished at 18:50 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Surrey v Birmingham Bears (19:00 BST)

    Surrey-Bears tossImage source, Getty Images

    News from the middle where visitors Birmingham Bears have won the toss and elected to bowl first.

    Team news-wise there's still no Ian Bell for the Bears, so Grant Elliott captains the side and Adam Hose continues in the top order.

    Surrey remain without the injured Kevin Pietersen, but still possess plenty of firepower in their batting line-up, with Aaron Finch and Jason Roy opening up.

    Surrey: Finch, Roy, Henriques, Foakes (wk), Pope, S Curran, Clarke, Borthwick, Meaker, Batty (c), Dernbach.

    Birmingham Bears: Pollock, Sibley, Hose, Hain, Elliott (c), De Grandhomme, Thomason, Ambrose (wk), Patel, Stone, Hannon-Dalby.

  3. Postpublished at 18:48 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Surrey v Birmingham Bears (19:00 BST)

    So Hampshire, Glamorgan and Notts Outlaws are already there.

    Which one of these two previous winners fancies joining them at Finals Day?

    Stick with us to find out and more immediately, to see who will bat first and line up on both sides.

  4. Last knockings (out)....published at 18:45 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Friday night and time for the last T20 Blast quarter-final of the week....

    Trent Bridge crowdImage source, Getty Images

    We've had plenty of BOOM! BOOM!

    Shahid AfridiImage source, Getty Images

    Some devastating swing and pace....

    Graham WaggImage source, Getty Images

    ....and some nerve-holding in a tense run-chase this week.

    Steven MullaneyImage source, Getty Images

    Now, it's down to the final pairing in this year's last eight as The Oval hosts Surrey v Birmingham Bears.

    Who'll grab the last place at Edgbaston for the Finals Day extravaganza on Saturday, 2 September?