Paul Collingwood’s unbeaten 44 and an excellent display by the Durham Jets’ seam bowling unit secured an emphatic 67-run victory over the Nottinghamshire Outlaws.
Collingwood, employed at number eight, launched two sixes in a 22-ball knock that dragged the Jets up to 178.
He helped to add 65 from the final five overs to give Mark Stoneman’s side the momentum heading into the break.
And it proved a decisive factor as the Outlaws, aside from Riki Wessels, never got going in their reply.
A number of batsman were caught on the boundary as each of the five bowlers finished with at least one wicket to their name.
It ends a run of three straight defeats at Emirates Riverside against the Outlaws and is their second consecutive win after Friday’s win at Lancashire Lightning.
After losing the toss under already gloomy skies with the lights already in action, Mark Stoneman’s side were put into bat by Dan Christian.
The Jets made a good start, reaching 46 in the powerplay overs, though paid the price of two wickets.
In-form batsman Phil Mustard, off the back of two hundreds in five days, struck a beautiful straight drive for four off Luke Fletcher but feathered Jake Ball’s lifting first ball behind the wicket.
Captain Stoneman also fell, popping up an easy catch to Patel at point, but the score ticked along nicely as opposed to a thundering start.
Graham Clark became Patel’s first victim, trapped lbw to one that drifted into him, as the ex-England spinner bowled with guile to pick up two more wickets in his allotted four overs.
A short burst from Ryan Pringle was ended with a catch at cover while Michael Richardson suffered a similar fate, crashing three consecutive boundaries off Dan Christian before Patel uprooted his off stump.
Keaton Jennings’ off stump went the same way, this time off Luke Fletcher, and at 111/6 the innings required some impetus inside the final five overs.
Up stepped Collingwood, turning Harry Gurney’s extra deliveries into boundaries as he and Coughlin added 37 inside four overs.
Coughlin managed one four in his knock of 18 but provided the requisite support Collingwood and the 40-year-old stepped up another gear once the young all-rounder was undone by Gurney’s yorker.
From the same 19th over, Collingwood launched a pair of sixes over the leg side and the final partnership remained unbroken on 30 from just 11 balls.
The Outlaws’ reply contained one boundary inside the opening three overs before Barry McCarthy benefited from Michael Lumb guiding his first ball straight to Borthwick at slip.
Sam Wood manoeuvred the field for back-to-back fours down to fine leg but the Jets’ sharpness restricted the Outlaws in running between the wickets.
And the pressure from a tight bowling unit in the middle overs perhaps began to tell as regular wickets disrupted their reply.
Sam Wood, Dan Christian and Wessels were all caught on the boundary rope, the latter revenge for McCarthy after being struck for six earlier in the over.
Medium pacers Collingwood and Jennings were particularly effective with the slower balls and cutters as the ball gripped beneath the Emirates Riverside lights.
And by the time Arshad returned to bowl Brendan Taylor with a slower ball, the required rate had shot up above 16 with less than six overs remaining.
The final five wickets fell for 30 runs as Coughlin returned to wrap up three of those alongside Arshad’s second and McCarthy’s third, capping off an excellent all round performance.