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Sussex Sharks 42-1 v Worcestershire Rapids
Another great platform this by Sussex in the Powerplay despite losing Phil Salt early.
Can Worcestershire keep them in sight?
Summary
Worcestershire Rapids beat Sussex by five wickets to win first T20 title
Moeen Ali made 41, Ben Cox 46 not out as Worcestershire chased 158
Sussex Sharks made 157-6 from their 20 overs against Worcestershire
Rapids captain Moeen took 3-30 from his four overs
Laurie Evans made 52 off 44 balls for Sussex, passes 600 T20 runs in 2018
Sussex beat Somerset by 35 runs in second semi-final
Earlier Worcestershire beat Lancashire by 20 runs to reach first T20 Blast final
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A whole new meaning to the phrase 'getting high'.
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Six again for Sussexpublished at 4.4 overs
Sussex Sharks 40-1 v Worcestershire Rapids
Luke Wright's turn now to go big and he looks hungry to replay his massive innings from the semi-final.
Wayne Parnell taking a bit of a battering early on here and Sussex motoring!
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End of twitter postEvans clears the ropespublished at 4.2 overs
Sussex Sharks 33-1 v Worcestershire Rapids
Stand and deliver from Laurie Evans!
A huge six from the right-hander off Wayne Parnell goes all the way.
Nice shot!
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 15 September 2018
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From Ged Ashton: "#bbccricket Sussex to win the final by 9 runs"
From Robert Stow: "As a neutral you won’t get a more perfect final than Worcs and Sussex, genuinely don’t mind who wins and best of luck to both of them #bbccricket, external#Blast, external#finalsday, external"
From Andrew Hamilton: "After struggling between overs 7 to 15 against Lancs spin, hoping Pears will actually enjoy a bit more pace on the ball from sharks. #bbccricket, external"
From Steven Underwood: "Can someone please explain T20 finals day to me as I've got no idea what's going on? Can't wait for "The 100" to start so I can finally understand cricket properly #t20finalsday, external#bbccricket, external#ECB, external"
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Sussex Sharks 27-1 v Worcestershire Rapids
Luke Wood into his second over and his team-mates nearly steal a second run out as Luke Wright is forced to dive back into his ground at the non-striker's end.
Another tidy over from Wood as Human League - Don't You Want Me Baby is the first of what I imagine is going to be a lot of karaoke favourites spun by the stadium DJ in this final.
Six, six and out!published at 19:00 British Summer Time 15 September 2018
Well, before he was inexplicably run out, Phil Salt smashed two sixes in two balls off Wayne Parnell.
Here's his first in case you missed it.....
'That is criminal'published at 18:57 British Summer Time 15 September 2018
James Anderson
Lancashire and England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 live Sports ExtraThat's criminal, absolutely awful cricket from Phil Salt, it's just so lazy.
He's two feet past the crease line and his foot and bat is in the air.
It's what you get taught, level one coaching when you're batting.
Salt will be fuming.
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Sussex Sharks 24-1 v Worcestershire Rapids
Phil Salt has his head in his hands and his helmet still on in the Sussex dugout to hide his embarrassment.
A shake of the head too from his coach Jason Gillespie, who is sat on the opposite end. Awkward.
Meanwhwile, semi-final hero Patrick Brown bowls his first over for Worcestershire - Laurie Evans opens his account with a pull for four.
Five off the over.
WICKET Salt (run out) 17published at 2 overs
Sussex Sharks 19-1 v Worcestershire Rapids
Oh dear Phil Salt, what have you done here?
It's a hammer blow early on in this final and it's come from some really sloppy cricket by Salt.
He saunters a single off the last ball of Parnell's over, doesn't run his bat in and Brett D'Oliveira's direct hit sees him feet in the air, dawdling and he has to go for 17.
Huge breakthrough for Worcestershire.
Six more from Saltpublished at 1.4 overs
Sussex Sharks 19-0 v Worcestershire Rapids
Next ball from Wayne Parnell - six more from Phil Salt down the ground once again!
Great start from the right-hander.
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Sussex Sharks 13-0 v Worcestershire Rapids
First maximum of the final comes off Wayne Parnell's third ball.
Phil Salt gives himself a bit of room to leg and dispatches Parnell over the rope over long-off.
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Sussex Sharks 6-0 v Worcestershire Rapids
Tidy start from Luke Wood with his left-arm seamers until Phil Salt tucks into a drive and finds the boundary off the last delivery through the covers.
First over of this final under the belt.
Dressing for the occasionpublished at 18:48 British Summer Time 15 September 2018
Ged Scott
BBC Sport at EdgbastonThe wind's getting up, it's got a lot cooler, the sky's darkening and on a mid-September evening like this one, it's generally the sort of time you'd be leaving the cricket field, looking forward to retiring to the bar to talk about what's happened - not about what's still to come.
On T20 Finals Day you get a bit of both.
A trip round the ground and you see centurions, monks, Smurfs, Batman, Robin Hood, one or two of his Merry Men, half of Abba, Noah and the contents of his Ark, who have long since split up from their respective partners, escaped convicts, American policemen and whatever the collective noun is for nurses.
They're all talking cricket and supping their ale.
And I now know where Wally is. Several of him, in fact!
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Image source, BBC SportLet's play!published at 18:45 British Summer Time 15 September 2018
Worcestershire Rapids v Sussex Sharks (18:45 BST)
Image source, Rex FeaturesRight then - enough talking and predictions. Let's let the players take the stage.
Phil Salt and Luke Wright open up again for Sussex and Luke Wood bowls the first ball of this final.
Game on!
'Worcestershire have a real togetherness'published at 18:43 British Summer Time 15 September 2018
Jack Shantry
Ex-Worcestershire all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 live Sports ExtraWhen Surrey won the County Championship earlier this week, I said that is the start of something for Surrey.
If Worcestershire won this, then it could be the start of something for them in one-day cricket - they have a fantastic young team, not many household names but they've got determination, they swarm around you in the field and they've got a real togetherness.
Pat Brown could be the key man.
Listen livepublished at 18:42 British Summer Time 15 September 2018
We have ball-by-ball coverage of the T20 Blast final, courtesy of our BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and BBC local radio commentary teams.
Just click the link of your choice at the top of the page to tune in.
Image source, BBC SportAny advantage in playing first?published at 18:41 British Summer Time 15 September 2018
Worcestershire Rapids v Sussex Sharks (18:45 BST)
Ged Scott
BBC Sport at EdgbastonIn five of the first six T20 Finals Days, the winners of the second semi-final ended up winning the final.
It was Sussex who stopped that trend when they beat Northants first up on the way to defeating Somerset in the final in 2009.
That began a run of six Finals Days, in which the winners of the first semi-final went on to lift the trophy.
It would stand even at 8-8 if Worcestershire win tonight.
So one of those occasions when the stats tell us nothing.
It's simply the best team on the night that counts for most.
Barnard: Players "put their hands up"published at 18:40 British Summer Time 15 September 2018
Worcestershire beat Lancashire by 20 runs
Image source, Rex FeaturesWorcestershire all rounder Ed Barnard admits that the number of match-winners in their young side was key to their semi-final win over Lancashire.
"Someone always seems to put their hands up," the 22-year-old England Lions man told BBC Sport.
"Halfway through our innings we looked to be staring down the barrel. But then Ben Cox had that one brilliant over, which turned it.
"I really enjoy batting with Coxy, as we complement each other. We had to just stay together to start with before we could start playing a few shots.
"Every time we've had Moeen this season, he's done it for us, with bat and ball. He got that big wicket of Jos Buttler and stopped the flow of runs.
"And I'm so pleased for Pat Brown too. He works so hard for it. For Browny to have the nice things Jimmy Anderson said about him after the week he's just had will mean a lot to to him. He only needs two wickets to break the competition record now, so hopefully he'll go on and do that in the final."