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

  1. wicket

    WICKET Anderson (c Mills b Archer) 48published at 18 overs

    Somerset 153-6 - target 203

    A Corey Anderson single takes the total to 150, but he slices a full toss to short third man. Easy catch. Game almost done and dusted.

  2. Postpublished at 17.2 overs

    Somerset 147-5 - target 203

    More good fortune for Corey Anderson, who miscues to the fielder but is reprieved by a no-ball call for height, giving Somerset a free hit. The batsmen crossed and Lewis Gregory can only take one from it.

  3. 'It's Sussex's game to lose'published at 17:13 British Summer Time 15 September 2018

    Jack Shantry
    Ex-Worcestershire all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra

    I think it's Sussex's game to lose - it is interesting to see the approach that Jofra Archer has taken if you look at how Worcestershire defended their total earlier today they went into the pitch quite a lot, bowled cutters, took the pace off the ball and tried to use the pitch as much as they could.

    Archer is very fast who might be looking to go more into block hole yorkers and not give the batsman any width or any room to hit the ball.

  4. Postpublished at 17 overs

    Somerset 143-5 - target 203

    Chris Jordan is up the next as a section of the crowd amuse themselves with an inflatable banana.

    Full length just outside off stump is what he's looking for and Lewis Gregory can make nothing of the first four deliveries. Every dot ball is a hammer blow to Somerset's chances.

    Gregory finally escapes the strike with a leg bye, leaving Corey Anderson to deal with the final ball - but it has the same result. No runs from the bat in that one - surely Somerset have too much to do now.

  5. Postpublished at 16 overs

    Somerset 141-5 - target 203

    Jofra Archer has the ball. The required rate is almost 15.

    Just three singles until the final delivery which Corey Anderson slams down the ground where a diving Delray Rawlins can only shovel it into the rope. Four runs - 62 from 24 needed.

    No need to look so nervous Sharks fans...

    Sussex fanImage source, Getty Images
  6. Postpublished at 15 overs

    Somerset 134-5 - target 203

    Just three from the over, as well as Tom Abell's wicket. That's come at a very bad time for Somerset, who were just gathering some decent momentum - they need 69 from 30 balls.

    Corey Anderson and Lewis Gregory have hit 50 T20 sixes between them this season - the Cider Boys need a few from them now.

  7. wicket

    WICKET Abell (run out) 48published at 14.1 overs

    Somerset 131-5 - target 203

    So unlucky. Corey Anderson hammers the ball back towards bowler Danny Briggs, who gets the slightest of touches to it as it flies towards the stumps, with Tom Abell out of his ground. He's gone for 48 from 29 balls, and out comes Somerset skipper Lewis Gregory.

    Briggs run outImage source, Rex Features
  8. Postpublished at 14 overs

    Somerset 131-4 - target 203

    Tymal Mills is back for his third over - and you can only imagine what he must be thinking as Jofra Archer is too casual at backward point and concedes a needless boundary.

    Mills attempts a slower ball from the final delivery, but Anderson - who has changed his bat - lifts it over deep mid-wicket for his third six. Somerset need 72 from six overs - the partnership is worth 83.

  9. 6 runs

    Postpublished at 13 overs

    Somerset 112-4 - target 203

    David Wiese resumes and Corey Anderson cross-bats down the ground for two.

    Wiese helps the Somerset cause with a couple of wides, but Anderson has to scurry to make his ground from the next as Chris Jordan's throw comes in from the deep.

    Finally, Anderson gets hold of one and clears the rope at square leg for six before smashing the final delivery over long-on for another. Anderson has 27 and Tom Abell is on 46.

    Corey AndersonImage source, PA
  10. 'We're in for a treat if Anderson can get going'published at 16:50 British Summer Time 15 September 2018

    Steven Mullaney
    Nottinghamshire captain on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra

    If Corey Anderson can get going I think we are in for a really big treat in this second half of this innings.

  11. Postpublished at 12 overs

    Somerset 100-4 - target 203

    AbellImage source, PA

    A couple of Tom Abell boundaries boost the total as Somerset's 100 comes up with eight overs to go. The required rate is heading towards 13 an over.

  12. dropped catch

    Anderson rides his luckpublished at 11.2 overs

    Somerset 90-4 - target 203

    Corey AndersonImage source, PA

    Corey Anderson throws the kitchen sink at Will Beer's first ball, but makes no contact. It should be an easy stumping but Michael Burgess fails to gather cleanly.

    The next delivery comes off the top edge, but David Wiese cannot hold the catch as he dives forward in the deep. Two let-offs in two balls for Anderson.

  13. Postpublished at 11 overs

    Somerset 89-4 - target 203

    Chris Jordan back into the attack and Corey Anderson is certainly giving it some welly, but the boundary riders prevent him finding the rope.

    Tom Abell attempts a ramp shot but fails to make contact - and there is an appeal for a catch by the keeper from the final delivery, but the umpire says the bat struck the ground.

  14. 'You don't know when you touch the rope'published at 16:41 British Summer Time 15 September 2018

    Kate Cross
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    You don't actually know that you've touched the rope, you have an idea but don't know when you've let the ball go.

  15. Postpublished at 10 overs

    Somerset 85-4 - target 203

    Another good over by Will Beer as Somerset are unable to penetrate the in-field. Sussex were 91-3 at the half-way point of their innings, so not much difference in that sense.

    But do Somerset have someone to play a Luke Wright-style innings?

  16. 6 runs

    Postpublished at 9 overs

    Somerset 79-4 - target 203

    An anxious moment for Tom Abell as Laurie Evans takes a catch on the boundary edge and throws to Phil Salt before he steps back over the rope. The replay shows, however, that he trod on it as he took the catch, so it's six.

    Abell celebrates the end of a productive over with a square drive for four - 25 from it.

    AbellImage source, Rex Features
  17. 6 runs

    Postpublished at 8.4 overs

    Somerset 69-4 - target 203

    There's a slog sweep by Tom Abell and he times it well, depositing Danny Briggs into the crowd. A reverse paddle and a lofted cover drive follow and both find the boundary. This is more like it for Somerset.

  18. Postpublished at 8 overs

    Somerset 54-4 - target 203

    Corey Anderson is now at the crease and you feel he will have to 'go big' if Somerset are going to be competitive for the remainder of their innings.

    Will Beer is the new bowler and one to long-on by Anderson takes the total to 50. It's a good over, though, which yields six singles and nothing more.

  19. wicket

    WICKET Hildreth (c Wiese b Briggs) 15published at 7 overs

    Somerset 48-4 - target 203

    The second powerplay is called as Danny Briggs takes the ball for the first over of spin. Little attempt to flight it by the left-armer but it's a tight over and brings him a wicket as James Hildreth slices to point where David Wiese just about clings onto what should have been a simple catch. It would have been very embarrassing if he'd dropped it.

  20. Postpublished at 6 overs

    Somerset 45-3 - target 203

    WieseImage source, Rex Features

    David Wiese made 52 off 29 balls in Sussex's innings and now it's his turn with the ball.

    He lopes in, but James Hildreth lofts the ball over his head for four and also drills the final delivery past a diving mid-on fielder for another boundary as he goes past 400 T20 Blast runs for the summer.

    Better over for the Cider Boys.