| Event | 2005 Twenty20 Cup | ||||||
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| Somerset won by 7 wickets | |||||||
| Date | 30 July 2005 | ||||||
| Venue | The Oval, London | ||||||
| Man of the match | Graeme Smith | ||||||
| Umpires | Ian Gould and Peter Willey | ||||||
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The 2005 Twenty20 Cup Final was a cricket match between Somerset County Cricket Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club played on 30 July 2005 at The Oval in London. It was the third final of the Twenty20 Cup, which was the first domestic Twenty20 competition between first-class sides. It was the first occasion on which either side had reached the final;[1] Lancashire had reached the semi-finals in 2004, but for Somerset it was the first time they had progressed further than the group stage of the competition.
After winning the toss, Lancashire captain Mark Chilton opted to bat first. Before the start of play, the game had been reduced to 16 overs-a-side. Lancashire scored 114 runs in their batting overs, but lost regular wickets. Their innings was held together by Australian batsman Stuart Law, who top-scored for the county, accruing 59 runs. In their response, Somerset only lost three wickets, and during an innings dominated by the batting of Graeme Smith, reached their winning target with 11 balls remaining.