Fielding a aspect with no abroad participant, and with Olly Hannon-Dalby enjoying his first recreation within the Blast since 2023, Bears arrived within the south west very a lot as underdogs however they made full use of the nice early batting circumstances.

When Davies struck the ultimate ball of Craig Overton’s opening over for 4 it began a sequence of 9 successive boundaries, with Rob Yates (25) hammering 24 from Australian paceman Meredith’s first set of six.

The 18 fours hit by the guests within the powerplay created a brand new event document, as they raced to 82-1 from the opening six overs.

Davies made 71 from solely 39 balls, with 13 fours, however when he grew to become one in all Ben Inexperienced’s (2-30) two victims the Bears misplaced momentum, with solely 63 runs coming from the ultimate 8.3 overs – and for the primary time in Blast historical past a aspect did not hit a six in a accomplished T20 innings at Taunton

Somerset discovered the early levels of their innings harder going than their opponents, with the house crowd unusually subdued as their staff misplaced wickets at common intervals.

When Dickson joined Abell on the wicket the house aspect nonetheless required an extra 111 runs from beneath 10 overs, and when the latter fell for 51 with 57 nonetheless wanted, their hopes of a 3rd title gave the impression to be slipping away.

Hannon-Dalby (3-24) bowled beautifully regardless of a scarcity of match time within the format, however the South African was holding Somerset within the recreation whereas wickets fell on the different finish.

He doggedly obtained them to the ultimate over nonetheless in with an opportunity and, when Barnard opened with a large and Craig Overton then scrambled a single, Dickson produced his late fireworks to ship Somerset to a fifth straight Finals Day.