cup final cup final cricket match played september lord london seventeenth final cup english domestic knock competition class sides won competition somerset playing second consecutive final having lost sussex winning toss captain opted bowl somerset scored runs allocation overs west indian batsman scored county totalling runs response lost early wickets partnership kept game wickets helped somerset bowl opponents overs remaining earning county trophy year history background previous appearance come summers earlier beat lancashire wickets win cup club class county somerset appeared previous finals losing kent sussex addition losing cup final somerset narrowly missed according deep determination acute season route final entered competition second round drawn won match wickets aided century earned man match award quarter finals beat wickets particularly economical bowling helping limit opponents total reached overs spare batted semi final sussex match won runs shared partnership fourth wicket economical bowling instrumental restricting sussex named man match like opponents final somerset joined tournament second round facing bowling somerset limited opponents economical bowler reply somerset captain opening batsman remained reached winning target overs remaining having lost wickets kent travelled quarter final somerset chose bat winning toss reached half century somerset bowling attack included test players kent reply garner claimed wickets somerset bowled opponents runs middlesex semi final somerset led garner picked wickets london based club dismissed somerset won overs remaining loss wickets remained unbeaten match summary sun shining morning final somerset captain glad won toss conditions favoured batting somerset won toss likely chosen bat second given success chasing season captain opted field giving somerset benefit batting somerset opening batsmen began quickly taking score caught wicket keeper bowling wicket seventh brought going bat richards mind fact wasn day daring day maturity rose played patient innings runs bowled leaving somerset end richards playing described controlled gem remained wicket final scoring runs innings boundaries scored predominantly straight drives leg hits struck played aggressively came number scoring runs deliveries played similarly batted end innings adding runs total somerset batted allocation overs finishing economical conceding runs overs conceded allowing runs scored wickets shared lamb took claimed apiece end innings broke bone right hand catching throw outfield prevented participating match reply difficult garner trapped leg wicket induced hit wicket opening bowling spell opening batsman joined pair fought adding runs overs cook run history somerset cricket describes run vital credit stating ran marks identified point lamb point victory assured added runs respectively captain unable bat injury somerset west indian fast bowler garner good form bowled garner added wickets taken spell finish career best figures wickets runs garner bowled economically restricting opponents runs bowling somerset won match runs winning cup trophy won year history aftermath somerset awarded winning competition collected day success cup final somerset travelled nottingham beat clinch somerset captain somerset players named cricketer year primarily somerset season players said somerset double success admits arguments potent continuing ability swing matches eliminated round cup won defeating essex final
1979 Gillette Cup Final