T20 Blast final: Kent 167-7; Somerset 142-9Cox smashes 58 off 28 balls before boundary controversyThe smoke from the pre-game pyrotechnics clung to the Edgbaston turf. The low hanging mist clearing slowly, resembling dry ice at the start of a prog rock concert, to reveal a darkly clad, stooped figure … Daniel Bell-Drummond nonchalantly leaning on his bat beside a floodlit, butterscotch wicket. A few toots of a trumpet sound over the PA. Wheeeey!
Men (it is, let’s face it, largely men) decked out in lederhosen, as lobsters, lifeguards or simply in camera gaze grabbing luminous T-shirts cheer viscerally as another burst of
fire is belched out of the Vitality Blast flamethrower. Wheeeey! Meanwhile Bell-Drummond slaps a wide delivery from Roelof van der Merwe through the off-side for four. A polite smattering of applause. Welcome to Birmingham and T20 Finals Day. They do things differently here.