The smoke from the pyros is still floating around the outfield as play begins.

No problems with Zak Crawley's eyesight as he whips Craig Overton's second delivery away for four, which is followed by a single.

Overton's first ball to Daniel Bell-Drummond bounces more than he expects and raps him on the fingers. Ouch!

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Notts Outlaws all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

The atmosphere is amazing. Not just the cricket on the pitch but the whole day. You can see why tickets sell out in a heartbeat.

The rooftop pyros go off - here come the players.

The tall figure of Zak Crawley walks out alongside Daniel Bell-Drummond, who made 82 off 51 balls for Kent in their semi-final.

Craig Overton has the ball in hand.

It's time for action.

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Chris Woakes
Birmingham Bears and England all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Both these sides have won the final before but quite a long time ago - there will be big pressure on both of them to get over the line.

We all want to play in finals and whoever handles the occasion and plays better in these conditions will come out on top this evening.

You just hope that the final produces a good game of cricket and that it's a close one.

I said I thought Somerset would win earlier but having seen Kent go about their business there and having lost to them in the quarter-finals, I feel like they've got a well-balanced team.

They've got a blueprint in this format and they've stuck to it.

Maybe with Darren Stevens, it's meant to be.

Jack Rule: "Exactly the final I predicted from the Quarter Finals. Now time for Kent to go out there and win it & Stevens to lift the trophy."

Phil Smith: "I want to see Darren Stevens' birth certificate. I'm not having this."

Andrew Stone: "Bell-Drummond is one of those batters who often looks awkward - like a junior who's taken out an oversized bat - but is nonetheless wonderfully effective."

Somerset and Kent have played each other 18 times in T20 games - with the Spitfires ahead by 12 wins to six.

Recent form, though, has favoured Somerset, who won both group games between the two sides in this summer's competition.

They made 204-7 at Taunton on 15 June and then bowled Kent out for 157 to win by 50 runs, with Marchant de Lange claiming 3-18.

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In the return match at Canterbury 13 days later, Liam Gregory took 4-24 as the Spitfires totalled 168-8, but the run-chase lasted just 15.4 overs as Tom Banton (107*) and Devon Conway (51*) saw Somerset to a 10-wicket win.

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He may have only scored six in Somerset's win over Hampshire Hawks, but Tom Banton has the international T20 pedigree to make him a major threat to Kent in the final.

He has 243 runs in nine games this season - and the Spitfires won't have forgotten his unbeaten 107 off 51 balls against them at Canterbury in June.

He struck seven sixes in a vivid demonstration of his capabilities and Banton has also played T20 cricket in India, Australia, Pakistan and Dubai, as well as making nine appearances for England in the format.

Like Hampshire earlier in the day, Kent will want to see the back of him before he can settle.

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When pace bowler Matt Milnes moved south from Nottinghamshire to join Kent for the 2019 season, it came as a surprise to some cricket watchers.

But he only played one T20 Blast game in that first summer with the Spitfires and managed just seven wickets in 10 games in 2020.

This season, though, he has proved himself a key member of the Kent attack and his 21 wickets at a cost of just 15.3 runs each is a total exceeded only by Leicestershire's Naveen-ul-Haq (26).

He took 5-22 against Glamorgan in Cardiff back in June and showed again in the semi-final against Sussex why he has come to be relied on in the crucial death overs.

Somerset have won the toss and put Kent in.

Kent skipper Sam Billings says he would probably have chosen to bowl first but is "not fussed" about having to bat.

Both sides are unchanged from their semi-finals.

Somerset: Banton, Smeed, Lammonby, van der Merwe, Gregory (c), Abell, Goldsworthy, Overton, Green, Davey, de Lange.

Kent: Bell-Drummond, Crawley, Denly, Billings (c), Leaning, Cox, Stevens, Stewart, Ahmad, Milnes, Klaassen.

Thanks to Alex Winter and Michael Beardmore for their sterling work covering the two earlier games

So, it's almost time for the T20 Blast final.

We're going to be watching the 2005 winners (Somerset) against the 2007 winners (Kent) of what was then called the Twenty20 Cup.

Both have known triumph and heartbreak on Finals Day, with Somerset losing in the final on three occasions and Kent once.

Which team will be hoisting the silverware later this evening? Stay with us to find out.

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Right, we will be taking a short break before returning with live text coverage of the final between Kent and Somerset at 18:30 BST.

Before we do, check out Ged Scott's report of the second semi-final at Edgbaston as Kent beat Sussex by 21 runs to book their place in the final.

There were some examples of brilliant batting, bewitching bowling and fantastic fielding in that second T20 Blast semi-final.

Check these out.

A fine victory for Kent and they'll take plenty of confidence from this into the final against Somerset.

It's coming up at 6.45pm and we'll begin our build up shortly.

Man of the Match Daniel Bell-Drummond speaking to Sky Sports:

"It's great to play here on Finals Day and nice to get some runs, I really enjoyed it.

"Kent haven't been back here for a while so hopefully we can go one stage further now.

"The bowlers were excellent, we have so much variety and have quite a bit covered.

"I'll chill out now and plan for Somerset's bowlers."

Kent captain Sam Billings speaking to Sky Sports:

"The guys played really well to get up to a good total and we closed it out really well.

"Darren Stevens is phenomenal, he said 'get me to Finals Day and I'll do it for you'.

"That was high class from Daniel Bell-Drummond to go on and push past fifty."

Sussex captain Luke Wright speaking to Sky Sports:

"Credit to Kent they obviously played very well, especially Daniel Bell-Drummond and got them to a decent total.

"We still felt if we could get a platform we could chase it down but we lost early wickets.

"I thought we dragged it back well with the ball but it wasn't enough."

Chris Woakes
Birmingham Bears and England all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

It feels like Kent bossed this game from start to finish, to a certain extent - 21 runs in a T20 game is actually quite a significant margin and quite a big win.

I think they played a great game - did enough with the bat, got up to a good score and bowled well collectively and defended it very, very well.

That, Hampshire, was how to do it.

Sussex never went anywhere in that chase, losing too many regular wickets.

Fred Klaassen finished with 4-17, absolutely outstanding stuff.

A very efficient job from Kent with no drama at all in that chase.

One ball is all it takes as Archie Lenham pulls a short ball down to long leg.

And Kent have closed it out very well indeed and go through to play Somerset in the final.

Excellent over from Matt Milnes who finishes with 3-22.

A mighty 22 to find from the final set bowled by Fred Klaassen.