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Gloucestershire claimed the primary T20 Blast title within the membership’s historical past with a shocking eight-wicket victory over holders Somerset within the closing at Edgbaston.
Jack Taylor’s group adopted their eight-wicket semi-final defeat of Sussex with one other fantastically skilled efficiency towards their west nation rivals, who have been robust favourites after beating Surrey within the different semi-final however have been soundly overwhelmed within the decider with 30 balls to spare.
Openers Miles Hammond (58 not out) and Cameron Bancroft (53) broke the again of the chase after placing on 112 for the primary wicket as Gloucestershire chased a modest goal of 125 on a sluggish pitch that had yielded runs at a miserly charge for many of the day.
Matt Taylor (three for 19) and David Payne (three for 27), who’ve shared 61 Blast wickets this season, have been once more Gloucestershire’s largest weapons with the ball as they confirmed themselves masters of the situations, the county lifting their first silverware for 9 years.
Taylor snared his three within the powerplay, Payne inflicting harm on the finish of the innings. Solely Somerset skipper Lewis Gregory’s53 off 37 balls stored Somerset within the sport as they have been bowled out for 124 in 19.4 overs.
Gloucestershire have been the outsiders on the day, having certified for the knock-out phases solely on web run-rate after profitable their final two South Group video games, earlier than upsetting Birmingham Bears on this floor within the quarter-finals.
Their final trophy success got here in 2015 within the One-Day Cup, which Somerset will hope to win in subsequent weekend’s towards Glamorgan after seeing their hopes of touchdown a treble come to an finish.
