Kohler-Cadmore's stunning catch helps Somerset sink Essex and win T20 Blast
Cricket
Had the ball gone for four Essex’s requirement would have been simply 11 from 11
BRIMINGHAM (Web Desk) - Somerset ended an 18-year wait for a second T20 title as they put their Finals Day heartache behind them by defeating Essex in the final to lay claim on the trophy for the second time.
Somerset had won 14 games out of 16 going into the final against Essex but made no mistake with the pressure on beneath the spectre of seven previous failures in English T20's showpiece event, concluding a record-breaking season with another ruthless bowling performance under the Edgbaston lights.
That equation became more realistic when Daniel Sams hit and the ball looped behind square over a vacant slip region, Kohler-Cadmore ran round towards it from backward-point. But, he looked still to be too far away from the ball with it rapidly dropping towards the ground, to take the catch. On commentary, Simon Doull said that the ball was ‘over’ just as Kohler-Cadmore threw out his left hand.
Leaping through the air with his hand outstretched, Kohler-Cadmore managed to grab the ball and hang onto it as he tumbled to the ground. Rolling over and over, he quickly got to his feet and threw the ball away as his teammates erupted in celebration.
Had the ball gone for four as it had looked likely to, Essex’s requirement would have been simply 11 from 11. Instead, Somerset won their second T20 Blast title, their first since 2005, by 14 runs.
The final of cricket's longest day - which had survived an appalling forecast for the loss of just a handful of overs across two semi-finals - pitted Somerset's winning machine against the South Group rabble-rousers, who only scraped through to the knockouts with a six from the final ball of their campaign. Essex were also bidding for a second title but fell short despite the efforts of Sams, whose belligerent hitting kept the result in the balance even as the ninth wicket fell with 29 still needed.
Sean Dickson, initially not guaranteed a starting spot, who led their day’s run-scoring. By the time Adam Rossington acrobatically took the catch that dismissed him in the final, Dickson had made a precious 53 from 35 balls.
