T20 Blast Final, Edgbaston
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 169 (19.5 overs): Vasconcelos 88; Baker 5-21
Hampshire Hawks 155 (19.2 overs): Weatherley 75; Sales 3-25
Northants won by 14 runs
Northamptonshire Steelbacks claimed their 3rd T20 Blast rubric aft a titanic tussle with Hampshire Hawks successful an enthralling Edgbaston final.
After being asked to bat archetypal the Steelbacks survived a monumental collapse, losing their last 8 wickets for 31 to station 169, opener Ricardo Vasconcelos providing the backbone with 88.
But they mounted a good comeback of their ain with the shot to forestall Hampshire becoming the archetypal squad to triumph 4 T20 Blast titles successful a nerve-shredding climax which went to the last over.
The Hawks needed 31 to triumph from the last 20 balls with 5 wickets successful manus but that became 15 to triumph from the last six balls with conscionable 2 wickets remaining.
Joe Weatherley was connected onslaught connected 75 - having deed an unbeaten 88 successful their semi-final earlier successful the time - nevertheless helium skied Ben Sanderson to Northants skipper David Willey wrong the enactment astatine long-on and past Sanderson bowled Sonny Baker from the adjacent shot to unafraid triumph by 14 runs.
The England paceman had earlier go the archetypal bowler to assertion 5 wickets connected Finals Day successful Hampshire's semi-final triumph implicit Notts Outlaws.
After producing a good show with some bat and shot to see-off Notts, James Vince opted to vessel archetypal aft winning the flip for the final, contempt knowing the Steelbacks had beaten Somerset batting first successful the opening semi-final.
Despite claiming the aboriginal scalp of dangerman and erstwhile Hawk Chris Lynn, the Australian seasoned clipping a abbreviated Baker transportation to Chris Wood astatine abbreviated good leg, the Steelbacks rallied with Vasconcelos and Nathan McSweeney (30) adding a swashbuckling 60 successful six overs.
Another 69 followed betwixt Vasconcelos and Lewis McManus from the adjacent 7.2 overs with Northants 138-2 with 4.5 overs remaining earlier McManus holed-out disconnected Scott Currie for 22.
It sparked an almighty illness arsenic left-handed opener Vasconcelos departed for a career-best 88 from 59 balls, featuring 11 fours and 2 sixes, falling to a slower-ball from Baker, the archetypal of six wickets to autumn successful 12 deliveries.
Three of them came successful Baker's last over, leaving him with career-best figures of 5-21 - conscionable 3 days aft his 5-24 successful the quarter-final - to go the archetypal subordinate to registry a Finals Day five-fer.
James Fuller ended with figures of 7-62 crossed 8 overs connected the time arsenic the Steelbacks were dismissed successful the last over.
The Steelbacks made the cleanable commencement to the reply arsenic Toby Albert edged the archetypal shot from Willey to the keeper but Vince and Weatherley - who had combined for a basal of 126 successful the semi-final - steadied the vessel with 40 earlier Vince skied 1 disconnected James Sales to Vasconcelos to depart for 17.
Weatherley remained to surpass Luke Wright's 2018 grounds of 125 for the astir runs connected a azygous Finals Day but mislaid Ben Mayes (9) earlier dangerman Tristan Stubbs (2) was bowled by a peach from leg-spinner Calvin Harrison 5 balls aboriginal and, contempt Hilton Cartwright hitting 11 from 4 balls, helium was yorked by Sales to permission the Hawks up against it with 8 overs remaining.
Sales registered figures of 3-25 to marque it 4-41 crossed 8 overs connected the time and 25 wickets successful the competition.
Weatherley posted his 2nd half-century of the time and had Liam Dawson successful enactment but 74 were required from the last 7 overs and 58 from the last five.
On the crushed wherever helium scored a career-best 68 for England against India connected Tuesday, Dawson helped himself to 17 disconnected Willey's last implicit to determination to 26 and permission the Hawks needing 41 from the last 24 balls.
Dawson spun to paddle a six implicit good limb disconnected Luke Procter to scope 35 from 18 balls but was calamitously tally retired astatine the non striker's extremity 2 balls aboriginal aft mounting disconnected for a leg-bye azygous which Weatherley turned down.
Fuller came successful with 32 needed from 20 balls but Weatherley took complaint to go the tournament's starring run-scorer and permission his broadside needing 22 from the last 2 overs.
It was down to 17 2 balls aboriginal earlier Procter cleaned up Fuller's off-stump arsenic helium tried to cart the shot implicit mid-wicket and Currie followed 2 balls aboriginal arsenic helium botched an attempted ramp.
Weatherley past holed-out aft a 53-ball enactment which yielded 9 fours and 2 sixes and Baker followed him consecutive aft to commencement the Steelbacks celebrations.
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