Kent vs Somerset, Final at Birmingham, T20 Blast, Sep 18 2021 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

Final (N), Birmingham, September 18, 2021, Vitality Blast

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Kent

167/7

Somerset

(20 ov, T:168) 142/9

Kent won by 25 runs

Player Of The Match

Jordan Cox

, KENT

58* (28)

Jordan Cox leaps to intercept the ball over the boundary and relay it back to Matt Milnes•Sep 18, 2021•Mike Egerton/PA Photos/Getty Images

Kent captain Sam Billings (right) Darren Stevens (second from right) watch coach Max Walker hold the trophy, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Kent captain Sam Billings (right) Darren Stevens (second from right) watch coach Max Walker hold the trophy•Sep 18, 2021•Alex Davidson/ECB/Getty Images

Fred Klaassen celebrates a wicket, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Fred Klaassen celebrates a wicket•Sep 18, 2021•Ashley Allen/Getty Images

Darren Stevens was front and centre of Kent's celebrations, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Darren Stevens was front and centre of Kent's celebrations•Sep 18, 2021•Getty Images

Edgbaston's crowd gets into the swing of Finals Day, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Edgbaston's crowd gets into the swing of Finals Day•Sep 18, 2021•PA Images via Getty Images

Qais Ahmad celebrates after taking a key wicket for Kent, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Qais Ahmad celebrates after taking a key wicket for Kent•Sep 18, 2021•PA Images via Getty Images

Fred Klaassen claimed an early wicket for Kent, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Fred Klaassen claimed an early wicket for Kent•Sep 18, 2021•PA Images/Getty

Roelof van der Merwe claimed two in two balls to lift Somerset, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Roelof van der Merwe claimed two in two balls to lift Somerset•Sep 18, 2021•PA Images/Getty

Darren Stevens smiles, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Darren Stevens smiles•Sep 18, 2021•Harry Trump/Getty Images

Darren Stevens is misty-eyed after Kent's trophy win, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Darren Stevens is misty-eyed after Kent's trophy win•Sep 18, 2021•Getty Images

Darren Stevens points up to his late father Bob as Kent seal their Blast title, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Darren Stevens points up to his late father Bob as Kent seal their Blast title•Sep 18, 2021•Getty Images

Jordan Cox leaps to intercept the ball over the boundary and relay it back to Matt Milnes•Sep 18, 2021•PA Images/Getty

Sam Billings lifts the Vitality Blast trophy to launch Kent's celebrations, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Sam Billings lifts the Vitality Blast trophy to launch Kent's celebrations•Sep 18, 2021•PA Images via Getty Images

Tom Abell fell for 26 after rebuilding for Somerset, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Tom Abell fell for 26 after rebuilding for Somerset•Sep 18, 2021•PA Images/Getty

Jordan Cox pulls through the leg side during his half-century, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Jordan Cox pulls through the leg side during his half-century•Sep 18, 2021•PA Images/Getty

Zak Crawley carried Kent's innings in the opening overs, Somerset vs Kent, Final, Vitality T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston, September 18, 2021

Zak Crawley carried Kent's innings in the opening overs•Sep 18, 2021•PA Images/Getty

Match Coverage

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Darren Stevens' promise to Kent: 'Get us to Finals Day and I'll win you the comp'

Veteran allrounder plays crucial role in Finals Day triumph, 17 years after his first T20 title

Air Jordan finds the hang-time as Cox serves up a night to remember

The future is bright for 20-year-old matchwinner after starring with bat and in the field

The right sort of vulgarity shows why Edgbaston is the perfect Finals Day venue

The washed-out, locked-out misery of 2020 is forgotten as Birmingham shows how to party

Jordan Cox seizes the night as Kent end their long wait for T20 glory

Vital half-century is followed by a tour de force in the field as Somerset are outmuscled

Kent live in Darren Stevens' world as veteran lines up final glory

45-year-old stars with bat and ball after missing quarter-final, to make point to team-mates

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Somerset Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
T Banton	stumped	0	2
WCF Smeed	caught	43	32
LP Goldsworthy	caught	3	7
TB Abell	caught	26	20
TA Lammonby	lbw	9	11
L Gregory	caught	6	8
RE van der Merwe	caught	4	5
BGF Green	caught	9	12
C Overton	caught	13	8
JH Davey	not out	16	9
M de Lange	not out	8	6
Extras	(w 5)
Total	142(9 wkts; 20 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
JL Denly	4	31	3	7.75
FJ Klaassen	2	17	1	8.5
G Stewart	3	28	1	9.33
ME Milnes	3	17	1	5.66
Qais Ahmad	4	19	2	4.75
DI Stevens	4	30	1	7.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	0	Tom Banton	Will Smeed
2nd	3	Lewis Goldsworthy	Will Smeed
3rd	58	Tom Abell	Will Smeed
4th	18	Tom Lammonby	Will Smeed
5th	10	Lewis Gregory	Tom Lammonby
6th	5	Roelof van der Merwe	Lewis Gregory
7th	1	Roelof van der Merwe	Ben Green
8th	18	Craig Overton	Ben Green
9th	6	Josh Davey	Ben Green
10th	23	Marchant de Lange	Josh Davey

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Vitality Blast

North Group

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NOTTS	14	9	2	21	1.503
YORKS	13	7	5	15	0.305
LANCS	14	7	5	16	0.205
BEARS	14	7	6	15	0.006
WORCS	14	6	6	14	-0.629
LEICS	14	6	8	12	-0.019
DURH	14	5	8	11	-0.228
DERBS	12	4	7	9	-0.326
NHNTS	13	4	8	9	-0.871

South Group

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
KENT	14	9	4	19	0.657
SOM	14	8	4	18	0.371
SUSS	14	6	3	17	0.479
HANTS	14	6	5	15	0.388
SUR	14	6	5	15	0.332
GLOUC	14	6	6	14	0.201
ESSEX	14	5	8	11	-0.468
MIDDX	14	4	9	9	-0.389
GLAM	14	3	9	8	-1.371

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