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Rain scuppers hopes for champions Northants

Northants' title defence is over as rain washed out what had the makings of a challenging chase against bottom club Durham

Durham 208 for 3 (Clark 71, Richardson 47*, Lathan 37, Coughlin 36*) v Northants Match abandoned
Reigning Champions Northamptonshire were knocked out of the NatWest T20 Blast after their final North Group match against Durham was abandoned after heavy rain at Wantage Road.
Northants had to win the game to have any chance of reaching the top four but rain arrived at the end of the first innings and did not relent, ending any chance of Northants reaching the quarter-finals.
Had rain not arrived, Northants would have faced a very stiff chase after Durham made 208 for 3 - their fourth-highest T20 total and highest against Northamptonshire.
Graham Clark was the chief aggressor with 71 in just 37 balls. He struck four boundaries from the fifth over bowled by Richard Gleeson to provide some momentum in the Powerplay. A drive over mid-off and a flick over short fine-leg saw 58 runs come from the first six overs, for the run-out of Keaton Jennings for just 3.
Clark stepped away to slap Josh Cobb past extra-cover and slog-swept the left-arm spin of Graeme White into the gardens on the Wantage Road. His second six was sent over midwicket as he passed fifty in 26 balls as Northants again struggled with the ball. The rain prevented their batsmen from recovering the game.

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DERBS1485170.457
WARKS1485170.230
LEICS1485170.133
YORKS1465151.127
NHNTS146515-0.630
LANCS1456130.174
WORCS143107-0.713
DURH143103-1.206
South Group
TEAMMWLPTNRR
GLAM1473180.045
SURR147516-0.130
HANTS147615-0.021
SOM1466140.491
SUSS1455140.423
KENT146713-0.158
MIDDX1457120.221
ESSEX145712-0.204
GLOUC144612-0.648