NORTHANTS won the T20 Blast for the second time as brilliant batting by Josh Cobb steered them to a four-wicket victory yesterday over Durham at Edgbaston.After Ben Stokes went early for 18, Keaton Jennings hit 88 off 58 balls before Cobb pulled off a stunning catch to remove him as Durham made 153-8.
Northants were 9-3 in reply, but Cobb hit three sixes in a 26-ball fifty.
He put on 120 with Alex Wakely (43) and departed for 80 just before Northants reached 155-6 with five balls to spare.
It was an audacious exhibition by Cobb, who turned 26 three days ago, and had earlier taken a stunning one-handed catch at cover to dismiss Jennings, whose score was the highest in Finals Day history – and his first half-century in a T20 game.
A member of Leicestershire’s winning team in 2011, Cobb top-edged Chris Rushworth to the keeper as he tried to win the match with a six.
Needing three off the final over, however, Northants needed only one delivery as Rob Keogh struck Usman Arshad to spark scenes of celebration as they repeated their 2013 Finals Day triumph.
It was a major disappointment for Durham, whose chief executive had to reassure the players that the club was not going bust earlier this month, after overcoming Yorkshire by seven runs earlier in the day.

(Scores: Durham 153-8 (20 overs): Jennings 88; Sanderson 3-31, Kleinveldt 2-40
Northamptonshire 155-6 (19.1 overs): Cobb 80, Wakely 43).(BBC Sport)