Result: Durham Jets (157/3; Collingwood 88*; 2 points) beat Yorkshire Vikings (156/7; Willey 40; McCarthy 3/33, Coughlin 3/34; 0 points) by one run
Paul Collingwood starred with the bat once again as Durham Jets beat Yorkshire Vikings by one run in a thriller at Emirates Riverside.
The 41-year-old added an unbeaten 88 to his maiden T20 century five days ago as the Jets managed 157/3 from their 20 overs, with Michael Richardson adding 32 in an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 86.
And Collingwood then provided the turning point in the field with a direct hit from deepish mid-off to run out Alex Lees for 29, ending a stand of 47 with David Willey.
When Willey lifted a catch to deep mid-wicket to depart for 40 it was left to Jack Leaning and Tim Bresnan to score 40 off the last four overs.
Then with 22 needed off two, Bresnan drove Paul Coughlin to long-on, but Leaning smashed the next two balls to mid-wicket for six and four before skying to extra cover.
With ten required, Usman Arshad began the last over with a wide, but Adil Rashid and Azeem Rafiq were unable to find the boundary and three were needed off the last ball.
Azeem swung and missed and they managed only a bye, giving Durham their second victory of the series by the solitary run.
But the match-winning innings came from Collingwood, with his seven fours and two sixes pushing the Jets up to a good score in front of over 6,500 inside Emirates Riverside.
Yorkshire looked well on course when Adam Lyth and Tom Kohler-Cadmore launched the reply with 35 off the first four overs.
The ex-Worcestershire man drove Barry McCarthy for a huge straight six, but the Irishman had both openers caught at third man off successive balls to give Durham hope.
Left-handers Lees and Willey accumulated steadily until Paul Coughlin brought himself on for the 12th over and Lees lifted his first ball over the stand at mid-wicket.
He was then run out and Sarfaraz Ahmed managed only six before miscuing to mid-wicket to give McCarthy a third wicket.
Collingwood kept it tight, conceding 26 in his four overs, and when Willey departed it left the rest with just too much to do.
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