Miraculous catch and made the team champion, Somerset’s 18-year wait is over

Birmingham: England’s T20 Blast came to an exciting end. Somerset won the title match by 14 runs at Birmingham’s Edgbaston ground. In the league, both the semi-finals and final matches are played on the same day. In the first semi-final, Essex beat Hampshire by 5 wickets. The other semi-final saw Somerset win by 24 runs against Surrey. The final as well as the second semi-final was low scoring.

The result of the final overturned by the catch

Essex needed 21 runs off 12 balls to win the match. Daniel Symes hit the first ball of the 19th over for a six against Matt Henry. Sams had scored 39 and could have snatched the match from Somerset. Sams tried to fly the third ball of the over over the covers. But she hit the top edge of the bat and went towards third man. Tom Kohler-Cadmore, fielding at short third, leapt to the left and caught the ball with one hand.

Somerset title after 18 years

This T20 league was started in England in 2003. Somerset last won the title in 2005. After that, from 2009 to 2011, the team reached the final three times in a row, but had to face defeat every time. In 2021 too, Somerset lost against Kent in the title match. But after waiting for 18 years, under the captaincy of Lewis Gregory, Somerset has won the T20 Blast title.

The condition of the match was like this

Batting first, Somerset scored 145 runs in 20 overs. Sean Dixon contributed the highest 53 runs from 35 balls. 7 batsmen of the team could not even reach the score of ten. Paul Walter and Shane Snatter took 3-3 wickets for Essex. In response, Essex’s innings was reduced to 131 runs. Kiwi fast bowler Matt Henry dismissed 4 while leg-spinner Ish Sodhi dismissed 3 batsmen.

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