Somerset County Cricket Club have played first-class cricket continuously since 1891, and limited overs cricket since its introduction in 1963. English domestic cricket only ever staged finals in limited overs competitions prior to the abridged 2020 season: the first being the 1963 Gillette Cup Final. Somerset reached their first final in 1967, losing to Kent in the same competition. In total, Somerset have appeared in eighteen finals, of which they won seven and lost ten. Their first victory came in the 1979 Gillette Cup Final, which was followed by three more victories in the following four years. After winning the , Somerset did not appear in another final until 1999, when they lost to Yorkshire in the same competition.
