Nathan Sowter, Graham Clark come again to hang-out Northamptonshire
Durham 162 for six (Clark 55, Heldreich 3-36) beat Northamptonshire 161 for 7 (Gay 53, Sowter 4-14) by 4 wickets
Nathan Sowter and Graham Clark haunted Northamptonshire Steelbacks for the second time within the Vitality Blast this season after guiding Durham to a four-wicket win at Seat Unique Riverside.
Sowter adopted his figures of 5 for 15 towards the Steelbacks within the reverse fixture with one other sensible spell of 4 for 14 to restrict the guests to 161 for 7 from their 20 overs. Emilio Gay top-scored with a career-best 53, however he lacked help from the remainder of the line-up to supply a frightening complete for the hosts to chase.
Clark delivered an emphatic efficiency on the high of the innings towards the Steelbacks following his century from the opener. His knock of 55 offered the muse for the chase that was threatened by three wickets from Freddie Heldreich. But, Durham held their composure to strengthen their credentials for a quarter-final place with their fourth win of the season.
The guests solidly began within the powerplay with out dominating the Durham assault. Gay was the early pacesetter, impressing together with his putting down the bottom, together with back-to-back boundaries towards Luke Robinson. Chris Lynn made a gradual begin to his knock however introduced up the fifty stand with a nice reduce behind level to the fence.
After clearing the rope for the primary time, the Australian was beginning to discover his vary, solely to fall for twenty-four to an excellent diving catch from Liam Trevaskis at long-off handy Sowter the breakthrough. Sowter was then accountable for the second wicket as Josh Cobb obtained himself in a mighty tangle after surviving an lbw shout and was run out by Ashton Turner.
Gay continued to play the anchor function and introduced up his maiden T20 fifty from 38 balls to place his facet for a late surge over the 150-run mark. But Sowter continued to torment the Steelbacks line-up after taking 5 wickets within the reverse fixture.
He prised out David Willey and bowled Saif Zaib to place the clamps on the guests. The leg-spinner ended his spell together with his fourth scalp as Gay was caught on the boundary for 53, taking his ninth wicket in two video games towards Northants for the price of simply 29 runs.
The Steelbacks scrambled to a aggressive complete of 161 for 7 courtesy of helpful late cameos from AJ Tye and Tom Taylor.
Northants missed a golden alternative to set the Durham chase again within the second over when Taylor put down a easy likelihood at quick midwicket to dismiss Alex Lees. The Durham skipper and Clark surged previous their fifty partnership on the finish of the powerplay, transferring forward of the required fee courtesy of an enormous six by the latter.
Heldreich earned transient respite for the guests by breaking the stand together with his first ball, pinning Lees lbw for 30.
Clark adopted within the footsteps of his team-mate Sowter by defying the Steelbacks once more. After scoring his maiden T20 century at Wantage Road within the first match of the competitors, he proved equally damaging on residence soil, powering his method to fifty from 25 balls.
Heldreich stored the guests in with a shout of hauling again the hosts working in tandem with a miserly spell from Saif Zaib, eradicating Michael Jones and the important thing wicket of Clark for 55. Zaib then cranked up the strain when Ollie Robinson was caught on the fence, ending his four-over spell for one for 17.
Turner eased the strain for the hosts and all however carried them over the road with an important knock of 31 from 18. Liam Trevaskis wrapped up proceedings by smashing Tye over the rope earlier than the competition was ended by a large.