Somerset beat Hampshire by 6 wkts (6b rem) – Hampshire vs Somerset, Vitality Blast Men 2025, Final Match Summary, Report
10:24pm Right, that’s all from us here. Relive a thrilling final with Alan Gardner’s report from Edgbaston. Once you’ve done that, go have a lie down. It has been a remarkable season of the Blast, despite the issues around a quite nonsensical schedule, typified by the huge gap between the group stages and the knockouts. And yet, it has somehow delivered. Thanks for your company, and to the players, as ever. And lastly, congratulations to Somerset. Let’s do it all again next year x
10:19pm “Somerset are always here,” says losing Hampshire skipper James Vince. “It’s always a tough game in the group stages. They’ve been awesome throughout the competition and deserve to be winners today.”
And here’s Lewis Gregory, finisher extraordinaire with 18 not out off five at the end, ahead of the trophy lift: “We like doing it the hard way, don’t we? To drag it back to only chasing 190-odd, the boys did an amazing job there.
“Big occasions like this, it’s about guys stepping up at the right time. We saw it tonight (with Smeed), we saw it in the quarter-final with Dicko.”
10:12pm Will Smeed, player of the final with his stunning 94 off 58 in the chase. ” We set out at the start of the year to win the comp, and we’re glad we’ve done that
“We’ve got match winners 1 to 11. There’s a lot of role clarity. The only focus was on winning the game. I was pretty nervous watching at the end, but Lewy smashed it!”
9:54pm That’s now three EnglishT20 titles for Somerset, joint with Leicestershire and Hampshire, who miss the chance of going out in front as the most successful county in the competition. Hard not to feel for the losing finalists given the quick turnaround between the semi-final and the final. Still, Somerset’s pedigree – this was their fifth Finals Day appearance in a row – shone through against an equally vaunted outfit.
Currie to Gregory, SIX, Gregory finishes it with a six! The captain takes Somerset to Blast glory with a lofted flick over square leg! He stands in the middle, arms aloft, embraced by Dickson, then his teammates! Somerset are 2025 Blast champions with the largest successful chase in a final, hauling in 195 with six wickets and six balls to spare!