Somerset have won! Abbott smashes flat to the leg side and Smeed takes his third catch in the deep! Surrey will wonder if they have thrown that away, particularly given the nature of some of their dismissals. But the form team of the Blast win out and will face Essex later today in their sixth T20 final appearance.
Somerset vs Surrey, 2nd Semi Final at Birmingham, Vitality Blast, Jul 15 2023 - Match Result
6:15pm: Thoroughly impressive from Somerset, who made up for their mistakes with the bat in the field. Craig Overton nailed his new ball spell, Matt Henry is just a quality operator and Ben Green just continue his absolute worldie of a competition. The Cidermen have lost four out of their last five finals. Time to improve that ratio?
Shot, Gus! Green is on the hip again, and the No.11 does what Steel did earlier and not try and hit the ball too hard and is rewarded with four to fine leg
Gus Atkinson in as the No.11, and surely his only job will be to get Abbott on strike
Gone! It needed a review, but Green has his third of the innings. Steel has a go at a wide delivery after Green corrects his line and snicks through to Banton
Tucked around the corner... Green veers onto the hip of Steel who diverts it down inside the fine leg fielder for a first boundary
Curran goes! Yet another dim shot. Curran is not the first person to try and fail to find that boundary away to the long side, particularly with the wind against you. Tom Abell skips in to take the catch
Cued! Abbott swings and toes one away beyond Banton - the second boundary in that manner down to third - but Surrey won't care how they look. They need more of these
Sean Abbott, a 34-ball hundred against Kent earlier this season, comes out at Surrey's last hope...
Craig gets his revenge! Jordan goes for a carbon-copy of that six to start the over. This time, he's not quite got his timing right. Smeed steadies himself at deep square leg and takes the catch
Edgbaston, Birmingham | |
Toss | Surrey, elected to field first |
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Season | 2023 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | Somerset advanced |
Match days | 15 July 2023 - day (20-over match) |
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