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

Live Reporting

Adam Williams and Paul Grunill

  1. Somerset 34-3 - target 203

    Tom Abell is away with a single, but James Hildreth can make nothing of Chris Jordan's final delivery. Sussex in a very strong position here.

  2. wicket

    WICKET Trego (c Wiese b Jordan) 5

    Somerset 33-3 - target 203

    First bowling change from Sussex as Chris Jordan replaces Jofra Archer, who has 2-15 from his first two overs.

    He tries a slower ball, but James Hildreth spots it and finds the gap at mid-wicket for four.

    A single takes him off strike and Peter Trego hits a full toss straight to mid-on from the next ball. That's a waste of a wicket for Somerset.

  3. 'Myburgh didn't time that at all'

    James Anderson
    Lancashire and England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra

    Johann Myburgh has not timed that at all and he's hit it straight at Delray Rawlins at cover point.

    You can see what he was trying to do but it was well bowled by Archer.

  4. Somerset 27-2 - target 203

    Somerset need a substantial partnership to stabilise their run-chase. Peter Trego and James Hildreth, two Taunton veterans, are the men with that task. Just three from that Tymal Mills over.

  5. 'To have that talent is really exciting'

    James Anderson
    Lancashire and England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra

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    I remember watching Jofra Archer in Championship cricket and just seeing how he moved the red ball - I was impressed.

    I've seen him bowl balls well over 90 mph in this tournament - to have that talent is really exciting to see.

  6. wicket

    WICKET Myburgh (c Rawlins b Archer) 22

    Somerset 24-2 - target 203

    Actually, it's cue Queen's Another One Bites The Dust.

    Johann Myburgh tries to give himself room to swat the ball over the off-side ring, but doesn't get hold of it and Delray Rawlins accepts a straightforward chance.

  7. 6 runs

    Somerset 22-1 - target 203

    Jofra Archer again and Johann Myburgh pounds the first ball back past the startled bowler and down the ground for four. The next one is 90mph and he times it to perfection over the square leg rope for the first six of the Somerset innings.

    As we told you earlier, Myburgh retires following Finals Day and it looks like he's determined to go down in a blaze of glory. Cue Bon Jovi.

  8. 'Somerset need to start well'

    Kate Cross
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    There is only one way Somerset can play this innings, it's going to be a tough ask - they need to start well, win that power play and keep wickets in the shed.

  9. Somerset 12-1 - target 203

    T20 specialist Tymal Mills offers left-arm variety from the other end, but the angle suits Johann Myburgh, who collects a boundary from his opening delivery and then flays the ball over cover for another later in the over.

  10. wicket

    WICKET Davies (c Briggs b Archer) 1

    Somerset 3-1 - target 203

    Jofra Archer, the most talked about young fast bowler in county cricket, has the ball in hand.

    He permits only singles before surprising Steven Davies with some extra bounce and the ball flies off the shoulder to point where Danny Briggs takes a leaping catch.

  11. Thanks to Adam Williams for describing the Sussex innings.

    Right then, Steven Davies and Johann Myburgh are out there to face Sussex's strong bowling attack. Can Somerset chase this target down?

  12. Sussex make 202-8

    Sussex Sharks 202-8 (20 overs) v Somerset

    And it wasn't just Luke Wright who had fun out there.

    David Wiese plundered 52 off 29 balls. Here's one of his two sixes in that knock....

    Here comes Somerset's run chase, Paul Grunill will take you through it....

  13. Tough task for Somerset

    Sussex 202-8 (20 overs) v Somerset

    Just to give you an idea of the scale of the task facing Somerset when it is their turn to bat, their highest score in a T20 match against Sussex is 177-4 at Taunton in 2011, and their best total at Edgbaston is 192-7 against Warwickshire in 2009.

    They did, however, exceed 200 four times on the way to Finals Day, but only once when batting second, when they made 226-5 in a five-run defeat by Kent Spitfires.

  14. 'It was good fun out there'

    Sussex's Luke Wright on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra:

    It was good fun, obviously we know we needed a good score against a very good batting line-up.

    I feel my role is when the young lads are playing well I just thought i'd try and play around them and then we got that big over against Jamie Overton and carried on from there.

    I had no idea that it was a record score on a T20 finals day, I would have liked to have got 100 but we have got a good score but we have to bowl well.

    We've given ourselves a good chance.

  15. Sussex make 202-8

    Sussex Sharks 202-8 (20 overs) v Somerset

    Luke Wright looked on course to become the first player to score a century on T20 Finals Day, but here's how he eventually fell eight runs shy of that landmark...

  16. Sussex make 202-8

    Sussex Sharks 202-8 (20 overs) v Somerset

    Luke Wright the star of the show so far without doubt.

    Here's one of the seven sixes he smashed in his 53-ball 92....

  17. 'Fantastic innings'

    Sussex 202-8 (20 overs) v Somerset

    Sussex club captain Ben Brown on BBC Sussex:

    "Absolutely gutting for Luke not to get his 100, but that was a fantastic innings from Wrighty and it could not have gone any better for him and the side."

  18. Sussex make 202-8

    Sussex Sharks 202-8 (20 overs) v Somerset

    My word! What a 20 overs that was to try and keep up with.

    Let's try and put it all into some sort of context for you...

  19. wicket

    WICKET Archer (run out) 3

    Sussex Sharks 202-8 v Somerset

    Last ball of the innings and another wicket falls for Sussex.

    Jofra Archer is run out trying to come back for a second run but Sussex have amassed 202-8 at the end of their innings.

    Huge total, but it could've been even more at one stage. Can Somerset take some of that late momentum into their run chase?

  20. wicket

    WICKET Jordan (c C Overton b Gregory) 0

    Sussex Sharks 199-7 v Somerset

    Sussex's innings whimpering to a conclusion a bit here.

    Chris Jordan tries to pull Lewis Gregory for six but Craig Overton comes around on the square leg boundary to snaffle it two-handed.