Northamptonshire claimed their first Vitality Blast title in a decade and third total with an exhilarating 14-run win over Hampshire in Saturday’s see-saw Edgbaston remaining.
Steelbacks seamer Luke Procter (2-25) took two wickets within the penultimate over earlier than fellow veteran Ben Sanderson (2-26) struck from successive balls within the final, together with having Hampshire top-scorer Joe Weatherley (75 off 53) caught within the deep by captain David Willey, because the Hawks had been dismissed for 155 chasing 170 in Birmingham.
Northants had crumbled from 138-2 within the sixteenth over to 169 all out in 19.5 after a outstanding collapse of 8-31, throughout which they misplaced 5 wickets in eight balls and Hampshire’s livewire England seamer Sonny Baker (5-21), who bagged three scalps in an over, turned the primary man to take a five-for on Finals Day.
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Ben Sanderson took two wickets in two balls as Northamptonshire beat Hampshire to win the Vitality Blast at Edgbaston
Nevertheless, Willey’s aspect, for whom Ricardo Vasconcelos smoked 88 off 59 deliveries, roared again with the ball as James Gross sales – the son of Northants legend David Gross sales – snared 3-25, together with the important thing scalp of Hawks skipper James Vince (17) on the finish of the powerplay.
Leg-spinner Calvin Harrison additionally bowled Tristan Stubbs (2) with a magnificence that pitched round leg stump earlier than turning again to clip off as Hampshire fell brief, regardless of the most effective efforts of Weatherley, who had amassed an unbeaten 88 from 58 balls within the semi-final win over Notts Outlaws earlier within the day.
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Calvin Harrison’s ‘dream’ supply cleaned up Tristan Stubbs within the Vitality Blast remaining at Edgbaston
Baker was the final out, bowled by Sanderson to spark wild Steelbacks celebrations and condemn Hampshire to a second straight runners-up up end, following defeat to Somerset in final yr’s showpiece.
This triumph for Northants, which denied Hampshire a file fourth title, follows successes in 2013 and 2016, with Northants now having the joint-most trophies throughout the T20 competitors’s 24-year historical past, alongside Somerset, Leicestershire and Hampshire.
Northants rebound from batting meltdown at Edgbaston
Finally, Northants – who had beautifully defended 143 all out versus defending champions Somerset in Saturday’s first semi-final as Willey bagged 3-17 and performed his half in a staggering relay catch – weren’t left to rue their astonishing collapse.
With Vasconcelos dazzling and Lewis McManus (22 off 17) going properly, the Steelbacks probably had ideas of a complete of 190 or 200, just for McManus hauling Scott Currie (2-38) to deep sq. leg to set off an outstanding Hampshire comeback.
Baker, who earlier bounced out the harmful Chris Lynn (4), cleaned up Vasconcelos on the finish of the seventeenth over as he uncovered his stumps earlier than bowling Gross sales (0) and Louis Kimber (0) within the nineteenth round pinning Harrison (1) lbw.
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Opener Ricardo Vasconcelos smashed 88 off simply 59 balls as for Northants towards Hampshire
Hampshire’s catching was electrical, with Vince claiming back-pedalling efforts at cowl and mid-off and Weatherley taking a positive low likelihood at deep backward sq..
The Hawks’ run chase acquired off to the worst doable begin when Toby Albert (0) was nicked off by Willey first ball, whereas they had been 90-5 within the twelfth over as soon as Gross sales castled Hilton Cartwright (11) with a yorker.
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Liam Dawson was run out simply as Hampshire seemed to be in ascendancy at Edgbaston
A 48-run stand between Weatherley and England all-rounder Liam Dawson (35 off 18) revived Hampshire, just for the latter’s run by Procter out within the seventeenth over with 32 runs wanted to revive Northants’ perception.
Procter proceeded to bowl James Fuller (3) and Currie within the house of three balls within the nineteenth over, earlier than Sanderson had the ultimate say, banishing Weatherley – who recorded probably the most runs by a batter throughout a single Finals Day – after which vaporising Baker.
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