Monday

A 78-run stand for the fifth wicket between Sam Northeast (63*) and Billy Root, plus a late cameo with the bat by Timm van der Gugten and some excellent bowling and fielding during the closing overs saw Glamorgan beat Somerset - and the weather - in their rain-affected final in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup at Trent Bridge. (writes Andrew Hignell)

Glamorgan made one change to their team which trounced Warwickshire in the semi-final at Sophia Gardens a month ago with Tom Bevan replacing Asa Tribe, with the Welsh county batting first after being put in to bat by Somerset under the leaden skies and with the Nottingham floodlights beaming down.

Kiran Carlson and Will Smale opened the batting as Josh Davey and Alfie Ogborne shared the new ball. Smale struck the first boundary as he lofted Davey over mid-wicket for four but in the second over Ogborne bowled the Glamorgan captain before next ball removing Bevan as he miscued a pull into the hands of Jack Leach at short fine-leg.

Smale responded with a trio of fours, albeit with some good fortune, with the first off the outside edge through backward point, the second just over the head of short third man and the third over the head of the slip cordon. He continued his assault next over as he drilled Ogborne over the head of mid-on for four before pulling him for six over deep backward square-leg. Sam Northeast then flat-batted Kasey Aldridge for four through extra-cover but the bowler ended Smale’s cameo as Sean Dickson completed an acrobatic catch running back at mid-off.

47-3 saw the arrival of Colin Ingram in the sixth over and he began by working the ball around for singles with Northeast who also punched Aldridge for three through the covers. Ingram then pulled the seamer for four but, with the total on 65, he drove George Thomas to the fielder at long-on. Billy Root joined Northeast and outside edged Davey to third man for four as Glamorgan reached 71-4 at the halfway stage.

Root then struck successive fours as he clipped Thomas to the ropes at mid-wicket and extra-cover before Northeast delicately square-cut Ogborne for four. Root also pulled Aldridge for a pair of sixes, the first of which brought up the 100 after 13 overs. Northeast brought-up their fifty stand from 36 balls by flat-batting Aldridge over extra-cover for four before nonchalantly plonking the next ball for six in the same direction. Later in the over he struck an attempted slower ball for four to mid-wicket which was called a no-ball on height before drilling the no-ball back over the bowler’s head for six as 29 runs came in the over.

Northeast duly completed his fifty from 39 balls with single to mid-wicket but the fifth wicket stand came to an end next over as Root edged a cutter from Thomas into the wicket-keeper’s gloves. With twenty balls remaining Dan Douthwaite joined Northeast but he was then run-out off a no ball on height after being stranded in mid-pitch backing up. Northeast kept the scoreboard ticking over in the closing overs by outside-edging Ogborne for four before Ben Kellaway was caught at short third man.

In penultimate over, Timm van der Gugten struck Green for successive fours through point and mid-wicket for four before outside-edging Davey for four to third man in final over followed by straight-driven four and six as Glamorgan ended on 186-7 with Northeast unbeaten on 63. The Dutch international was swiftly back into action as he shared the new ball with Jamie McIlroy and nearly removed Thomas l.b.w. in his second over with the review showing the ball was just going over the top of middle stump.

The batter celebrated by lofting van der Gugten to long-off for four but next ball he was run-out by Northeast after a mix-up in calling with Andy Umeed who, next over, drove McIlroy on the up over mid-off. Lewis Goldsworthy, after playing and missing against Douthwaite edged him to third man before Umeed pulled Kellaway to the ropes at square-leg for a pair of fours before pulling a full toss from Andy Gorvin for four. Goldsworthy also off-drove Gorvin to the ropes as Somerset reached the 50-mark in the eighth over.

Umeed then pulled Kellaway for six and four but the spinner claimed the second wicket as Goldsworthy holed out at long-on where, at the second attempt, McIlroy gleefully held onto the ball. 63-2 saw the arrival of Rew after nine overs and he began by reverse-sweeping Kellaway for six with the bowler responding by switching to left-arm for the next deliveries. Rew then drove Gorvin inside-out through mid-off but with the total on 85 Smale pulled off a superb catch standing up to the stumps to snaffle an under-edge to end Umeed’s tenure of the crease. Having been joined by Archie Vaughan, Rew cover-drove Kellaway but two balls later he miscued a slog-sweep and skied the ball with Smale completing the catch.

89-4 saw the arrival of Dickson with Vaughan also lofting Gorvin for a pair of sixes to square-leg and long-off as task became 84 from 36 balls. Dickson responded by clubbing van der Gugten for six over mid-wicket and then for four through point, plus a six over long-on for six to reduce the task to 67 off 30 balls. He then hoisted McIlroy over mid-wicket for six before ramping him to fine-leg. An inside-edge to third man then followed before Vaughan skewed Douthwaite through point for four before Dickson repeated the stroke much to the bowler’s angst.

38 were needed from 18 balls but Dickson speared Gorvin over point for four but he then reverse-flicked the next ball to Ingram at short third-man as the task became 32 from 14 balls. Vaughan then survived a run out chance after another mix-up in calling. McIlroy then bowled a frugal over, not conceding a boundary as he used some subtle slower balls as Somerset entered the final over still needing 23 to win.

Douthwaite held his nerve as he removed Green with the second ball of the final over as the batter skied to square-leg where van der Gugten completed the catch. A single and a two then followed before a dot ball and a four as Glamorgan won by 15 runs shortly before steady rain started to fall over Trent Bridge.

Sunday

Rain has prevented any play today (Sunday) in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup Final at Trent Bridge between Glamorgan and Somerset at Trent Bridge with the teams re-convening on the reserve day tomorrow (Monday) hoping that conditions will be better. (writes Andrew Hignell)

Having T20 Finals Day and the One-Day Cup final on consecutive weekends at the end of the domestic calendar has been part of the ECB’s plan to round off the season with a “Super September." In previous years, as was the case with Glamorgan’s most last Cup final visit to Trent Bridge in 2021, there had only been a handful of days between the semi finals and final of the One-Day Cup. But, this year, the longer gap between the knockout qualifiers and final in both of the white ball competitions has given all of the counties concerned much more time to sell tickets for both Edgbaston and Trent Bridge, besides giving supporters plenty of time to plan visits to Birmingham and Nottingham

For Somerset, the past ten days following their titanic victory over Surrey in the County Championship at Taunton, has seen the West Country side travel to T20 Finals Day with the prospect of a treble – something that Warwickshire achieved back in 1995. But defeat by Gloucestershire in the Vitality Blast final last Saturday at Edgbaston reduced that to a double and, after heading to Manchester this week and losing to Lancashire in their penultimate four-day game of the summer, Somerset's hopes of silverware remain in just the Metro Bank One-Day Cup.

However, steady rain overnight and throughout Sunday morning delayed the start of play at Trent Bridge with the cut-off time for a mopping-up operation and a potential 20-overs a side game on Sunday being 14.33pm. However, the precipitation was still falling at this time with the umpires abandoning play for Sunday and hoping that conditions will allow play on the reserve day on Monday.