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8 overs: Hampshire 78-2 (Adams 31, McKenzie 13)
Somerset have real problems here. Trego goes for 11 with the batsmen barely breaking sweat. The ball is horribly wet and hard to control, and fielding mistakes are creeping in. Hamphire now need around eight an over; they are currently going at more than nine.
7 overs: Hampshire 67-2 (Adams 30, McKenzie 1)
A crucial passage in the game begins, as spin is introduced in the form of Murali Kartik's left-armers. He gets sharp turn on the tacky pitch. Just five come from the over, a comeback Somerset must keep up.
WICKET! Vince run out 0
Kartik's second ball is well cut by Vince, who thinks it is past Hildreth at point and sets off. He is badly wrong. Hildreth throws from a kneeling position. Trying to scramble back Vince is so far out the umpire does not even call for the TV replay.
6 overs: Hampshire 62-1 (Adams 28, Vince 0)
Somerset badly needed that wicket. Well done Kieswetter! What started as a couple of bad overs was turning into a fairly serioius wobble from the favourites. At the end of the Powerplay Hampshire are 15 ahead of where Somerset were. Hampshire's second-best Powerplay this year, the Sky chaps tell me.
WICKET! Razzaq c Kieswetter b Trego 33
After 33 in 19 balls, Razzaq hits one almost straight up in the air and Kieswetter - running towards point - takes a good towering catch given the slippiness of the ball.
5 overs: Hampshire 52-0 (Adams 26, Abdul Razzaq 25)
Another grim over from Phillips, not helped by what looks like a very greasy ball on a cold evening. Seventeen from it, and 33 from the last two. After five overs in their innings, Somerset were 42 for one.
4 overs: Hampshire 35-0 (Adams 24, Abdul Razzaq 10)
Zander de Bruyn's medium-pace dobbers are forced into action as a reult of Pollard's injury. De Bruyn didn't bowl in the semi-final and it becomes clear why as his first over goes for 16. It does seem strange to bowl a part-timer when the firlding restrictions are still in place
His second ball is very short and is slapped over point by Razzaq. But he gets his off cutter going and beats Adams. But then he puts the part-timer back in his place, with six and four from the last two balls.
3 overs: Hampshire 19-0 (Adams 13, Abdul Razzaq 5)
Razzaq - one of the great one-day hitters - is struggling here. Certainly, the conditions are a long way from Pakistan - fleeces, anoraks, even a few woolly hats in the crowd. Ah, the joys of an English summer. he doess, however, manage to thread the last ball through the off side for four.
2 overs: Hampshire 12-0 (Adams 11, Abdul Razzaq 1)
Ben Phillips at 70-something mph is not fast enough to bowl short, as Adams meatily demonstrates, pulling his first ball and cutting his fourth, both for four.
Gary Naylor: "I obviously hope Pollard is OK, but what a joy to read of the bouncer sorting out the slogger. More please." I have to say Adams has been just as agricultural as Pollard so far.
1 over: Hampshire 3-0 (Adams 2, Abdul Razzaq 1)
Jimmy Adams - the batsman with most t20 runs this year - faces Alfonso Thomas, the bowler with most wickets. Big inswinger first ball... but it's inside edge before pad and a scrambled single. Thomas is finding swing here. An excellent over brings just three runs. Pollard has gone to hospital and is unavailable to bowl his overs, leaving Trego and Suppiah to fiddle a few between them.
Hampshire innings, chasing 174 to win ...
20 overs: Somerset 173-6 (de Bruyn 0, Phillips 0)
Just three runs from Cork's last over, plus two wickets and one man retired hurt. There's life in the old dog etc. That's 173, nine fewer than they managed in the semi-final but 13 more than this season's par first-innings score here.
Last over ...
Pollard dropped! First ball of the over. Cork's low full toss skewed off the leading edge towards third man. McKenzie - running back from gully - spills a tough chance. Second ball: Buttler misses a reverse sweep when a nudge would have brought Pollard back on strike. Third ball and ...
WICKET! Buttler c Vince b Cork 5
Top edge, steepling catch, well taken as the white ball plunges through the night sky.
Fourth ball: Cork surprises Pollard with a rapid bouncer. Hits him - and that's nasty. Pollard collapses. Cork is straight up to his help fallen adversary. Pollard has now been down for several minutes. Pollard walks off with a plug of tissue in his bleeding mouth and a right eye closed up like a boxer. He looks unlikely to field.
Fifth ball: Arul Suppiah comes out to replace Pollard and ...
WICKET! Suppiah c Bates b Cork 0
Suppiah nicks his first balkl behind to the keeper.
Last ball: Swing and a miss last ball brings just three runs and two wickets from Cork. What a good over. But Cork wanders off head down, obviously affected by Pollard's injury.
19 overs: Somerset 170-4 (Buttler 5, Pollard 19)
Wood replaces Razzaq for what must be the biggest over of his young life. And it's one he will want to forget, going for 20 at the hands of the muscular Pollard. Having put his third ball on a length, when Pollard slices him over third man for four, Wood overcompensates and a low full toss is launched over midwicket for six. His next effort is not quite full enough - six more for Pollard, who now has 11 in four balls. This year the average t20 score here is 160 for teams batting first. Somerset are well past that already.
18 overs: Somerset 150-4 (Buttler 4, Pollard 0)
Kieron Pollard strides out with just over two overs left. As mentioned before, he almost cleared the Lord's pavilion earlier this year. Watch out!
WICKET! Kieswetter c Carberry b Christian 71
Looking again to his favoured area over cover, Kieswetter cloths it slightly and is well caught by Michael Carberry above his head. Kieswetter's runs came in 59 balls.
17 overs: Somerset 145-3 (Kieswetter 70)
Razzaq is back and Kieswetter slaps his first ball - a low full toss - over extra for six. That's just where he loves it. But then ...
WICKET! Hildreth c Christian b Razzaq 12
Hildreth gone for 12 from 14 runs, a drive through point well caught diving at full length. Ten an over from now brings Somerset 175, the second-highest score in a Twenty20 final and one that has never lost.
16 overs: Somerset 124-2 (Kieswetter 61, Hildreth 11)
Successive fours from Wood's fourth and fifth balls from Kieswetter, who now seems to be getting going. Apparently penalty runs only come in if the cap was "willfully" discarded. So the umpires were spot on in the last over.
15 overs: Somerset 124-2 (Kieswetter 52, Hildreth 9)
Four for Kieswetter - sliced through cover - brings up his fifty, now scoring at better than a run a ball. His toe-ended wallop last ball plugs just short of long-off, the ball rolling over the fielder's cap as he scrambles for it. The umpire doesn't give five penalty runs, saying it wasn't deliberate. I didn't think that mattered. Could be a talking point if Hampshire end up winning off the last ball.
14 overs: Somerset 113-2 (Kieswetter 45, Hildreth 5)
As if on cue ... Kieswetter shimies down the picth to Briggs's first ball and hoists him high, high over long-off for six, his first really clean hit today. Briggs finishes. In 19 matches this year no one has taken him for more than 32 runs. Well bowled.
13 overs: Somerset 104-2 (Kieswetter 38, Hildreth 3)
Cork returns. 100 up in the 13th over. Somerset will look to try and get close to 180 from here. But the big question is Kieswetter, who is close to being more himndrance than help just now. He still has 'just' 38 from 44 balls and is reaching the 'hit out or get out' stage. Gary Naylor suggests that Hampshire would do well to deliberately drop him should he offer a chance.
12 overs: Somerset 98-2 (Kieswetter 35, Hildreth0)
WICKET! Trego c Ervince b Briggs 33
What a catch! Trego tries to smash over extra cover, Ervine comes in much too far from long off, realises he is too close in and leaps to take one-handed above his head. Very good catch in the evening gloom. Trego gone for 33 in 24 balls, just as he was starting to get his eye in.
11 overs: Somerset 91-1 (Kieswetter 33, Trego 28)
Somerset had to start scoring agains, and they manage it, with 15 from the over, albeit in scratchy fashion. Trego's mad axeman impression continues, hoiking Razzaq's third ball for six over midwicket. And the last ball is Chinese cut past leg stump for four by Kieswetter.
Ian Copestake likes out stormcould picture: "The stormcloud photo is both impressive and symbolic on the day the monolithic footie season glowers into view. Glad to see the finals have not been scared off."
Gary Naylor has a different interpretation. "Can't I trust even The Guardian these days? Your picture is obviously a photoshop of the Rose Bowl with the stuff that comes out of Dominic Cork's ears when hit for four superimposed above."
10 overs: Somerset 76-1 (Kieswetter 28, Trego 19)
More heaves, hoiks and swishes against the accurate spin of Briggs, but just five singles from the over. Kieswetter has faced 35 balls for his runs so far, and must feel some pressure with huge hitters still waiting to come in behind him.
9 overs: Somerset 71-1 (Kieswetter 25, Trego 17)
Christian - who has swapped ends - is struggling with the ball, which ball is sopping wet and the beer towels are out in force. Despite this he keeps it straight until his last ball - so wide the umpire actually calls wide prematurely - is guided to the boundary via a toe-ended aweep. Just 14 runs from Christian's first two overs - anything around a run a ball is excellent in Twenty20. Anyone else out there following this?
8 overs: Somerset 62-1 (Kieswetter 22, Trego 11)
Ten from the over. Danny Briggs - left-arm spinner and man of the match in the semi - replaces Christian. Both Kieswetter and Trego are shifting a lot of air, until the last ball which Trego finally connects with, slogging over midwicket for a one-bounce four.
7 overs: Somerset 52-1 (Kieswetter 19, Trego 5)
Somerset are struggling to get full reward for some big shots off Razzaq, which keep finding the bottom of the bat, the splice or the edge. Just five from 10 balls from Trego, who is taking the kitchen-sink approach. Apologies for the over numbers getting in a slight muddle - now sorted.
6 overs: Somerset 48-1 (Kieswetter 16, Trego 1)
Dan Christian replaces Wood (2-0-19-0). A slip by his partner on the greasy surface almost leads to the end of Kieswetter. But the throw from deep midwicket is awry, and the batsman scrambles back to the keeper's end. Trego almsot puts his shoulder out with a slog at the end of the PowerPlay but just six from the over.
5 overs: Somerset 42-1 (Kieswetter 15, Trego 1)
WICKET! Trescothick c Christian b Razzaq 19
Abdul Razzaq replaces Cork (2-0-15-0). Trescothick welcomes him with a meaty slog over long-on, which finally lands about 10 yards over the boundary. But trying a repeat next ball he gets it off the splice and dollies it to midwicket for a comfortable catch. The man with one of the best strike-rates in this year's tournament has gone.
4 overs: Somerset 34-0 (Trescothick 13, Kieswetter 14)
Much straighter from Wood. Just four dabbed singles from the first five balls. But then an extraordinary whack from Trescothick, cut for six over cover.
3 overs: Somerset 24-0 (Trescothick 5, Kieswetter 12)
Kieswetter - struggling badly for form - gets a chance to get going thanks to Cork's waywardness. Cork oversteps first ball. Kieswetter backs away for the free hit and slices it over cover for four. Cork's third ball is wayward, not helped by the greasy ball, and is punched through the leg side for four by Kieswetter.
"I think Notts can feel hard done by," writes Tony. "Surely at this stage of a competition they should have let Notts finish their innings. DL should only be actioned if no more play is possible for the day - and clearly if the final takes place tonight that would not be the case.
The usual problem - I suspect the cricketing authorities are the same as the FA - in Sky TV's pocket." You might say that Tony, I couldn't possibly comment.
2 overs: Somerset 13-0 (Trescothick 4, Kieswetter 4)
The lights are on, the pitch is dampish and Chris Wood - 20 years old and Hampshire born and bred - is on, left-arm over the wicket. His third ball disappears for five wides, miles down the leg side.
1 over: Somerset 4-0 (Trescothick 3, Kieswetter 1)
Dominic Cork is fired up here. Always a man for the big occasion, his pace is up around 85mph, pretty brisk for a 39-year-old.
Cork's first ball - an inswinger is pushed away through square leg for three by Trescothick. His second is an inch from the edge of Kieswetter's outstretched bat, and he proceeds to beat the edge once again from the fifth.
7.22pm: In the stands there are lots of drenched Robin Hoods, Mexican sombreros and fancy-dress farmers. But a shivering Nasser Hussain thinks the rain has gone. He, like all of Sky's commentators, thinks Somerset will win it.
We are very close to a slightly delayed start, with Marcus Trescothick and Craig Kieswetter padded up and striding out for Somerset.
Look out down the order for Kieron Pollard, a man who hit his opening ball in first-class games for six and who earlier this year nearly became only the second man to hit a ball over the Lord's pavilion.
7.11pm: Unsurprisingly the pitch is a little damp. It may zip around with the new ball; the ball also turned sharply for Somerset's Murali Kartik in the semi, but he is now telling Sky that with a wet outfield he might well struggle to grip it properly.
7.05pm: In the psat seven finals days, the team who have played in the second semi-final - in this case Somerset - have generally gone on to carry that momentum into the final and win it.
Somerset have won the toss and Marcus Trescothick has chosen to bat, having also won their semi batting first. He is aiming, in the manner of almost every captain in his position, to "build a big total and put them under pressure". Hampshire's Dominic Cork tells Trescothick he would have bowled first anyway - so there. Cork also claims his side have been having a few pints after winning their semi early this afternoon. I think he is joking.
The bookies think they know who's going to win this one. Ladbrokes have Hampshire at 5-4 and Somerset as 4-7 favourites. And I think I agree with them.
6.53pm: In true understated Twenty20 style the match ball for the final has just arrived - via Royal Navy parachute. The skies look much bluer, the pitch itself is now uncovered and a 7.15 start could yet be on the cards.
Preamble Good evening all. Paul Coupar here, welcoming you to our coverage of the climax of this year's t20, where we hope the angry clouds and heavy rain move away from the Rose Bowl long enough for us to see the final, where the home side Hampshire should meet the favourites Somerset. Somerset have won both their t20 meetings with Hampshire so far this season - and fairly comfortably so.
Currently the groundstaff are in the middle in blue sou'westers, glistening with rain. The covers are just coming off, but a start at the scheduled 7.15pm seems unlikely.
Somerset look outstanding. In this afternoon's rain-reduced semi-final they beat Nottinghamshire, a side featuring five players who appeared in May's England-Australia World T20 final. The semi was swung by what must be the catch of the season - a do-or-die leap at long-on by West Indies' Kieron Pollard just before the rain butted in. Without the catch preventing a six it would have been Nottinghamshire - not Somerset - who went through on the Duckworth/Lewis method.
Hampshire squeaked past Essex earlier today, reaching their target of 158 with six wickets and four balls left. No Kevin Pietersen of course for them, after they spurned a player who wants to leave at the end of the season, despite him being released by England and the county being hit by injuries. All of which suggests Mr Pietersen is not the most popular man at the Rose Bowl right now.
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