the t20 blast final is undrerway between essex and somerset at edgebaston. essex won the toss and chose to bowl first. somerset are 69 4. from 11 overs. earlier in the semi finals, there may be some tension in the 0verton household after surrey s jamie was caught out by his twin brother craig 0verton of somerset, whose side won by 24 runs. before that, essex booked their place in the final, beating holders hampshire by five wickets in a rain affected first semi. daniel sams top scored with 29 for essex. that s all from us here at the bbc sport centre so let s head back to wimbledon and chetan. with a special guest! neal skupski is here gate crashing our programme but we are very happy to have you
to the semifinals. baku where wells -la s to the semifinals. baku where wells plays switzerland. to the semifinals. baku where wells plays switzerland. thank to the semifinals. baku where wells plays switzerland. thank you - to the semifinals. baku where wells plays switzerland. thank you very i plays switzerland. thank you very much for now. well through the first week of the tournament we ll be picking out some of the teams and the stories to watch out england made a good start to the second test against new zealand batting first they got to 72 without loss, but then the wickets starting tumbling after lunch. joe wilson reports from edgebaston. this is truths, that is what they see the cricketers are doing. these t shirts for inclusion while an investigation into historical tweets continues. towards normality, 18,000 supporters allowed for this test match and test event. police spectators, their motivation and really the whole purpose of this
0liver dowden said that the ecb had gone over the top and prime minister borisjohnson is said to have been supportive of his comments. however, england head coach chris silverwood said it was impossible to dismiss the tweets, and former england batsman michael carberry said robinson shouldn t play test cricket again. let s take a look at how this story unfolded. the posts were made in 2012 and 2013 when robinson was aged 18 and i9. they were revealed last week when he was making his england debut during the first test against new zealand at lord s. robinson apologised, saying he was embarassed and ashamed. the ecb suspended him, pending the outcome of a disciplinary investigation, but robinson will take no part in the second test at edgebaston. speaking after the ecb s decision england head coach said education was key to helping eradicate racism from sport.