Cumbrian cricketer Graham Clark was involved in a dramatic finish in The Hundred at Southampton yesterday.
Clark, who started playing cricket with the Cleator club, won the game when he hit the last ball of the game for six.
It gave the Northern Superchargers the win over Southern Brave by three wickets.
From the final delivery the Superchargers needed five to win or four for a tie.
Clark, 32, who plays for Durham at county level, hoisted England international Tymal Mills over the boundary at mid-wicket for a superb winning hit.
In the build-up to that tense final delivery the Superchargers had needed only 11 from the last 10 with five wickets in hand.
But things changed when Jofra Archer struck twice and conceded only one run from his final five delivered.
On strike Clark responded by sweeping the second ball of the last set from Mills for four to leave five required from three.
Mills then produced two dot balls to make the hosts favourites to get the job done.
Mills went for another slower ball and dropped to the floor in despair as Clark swung it for the winning six.
He finished 38 not out from 24 balls and had left the penultimate delivery believing it to be a wide outside off stump.
“That felt euphoric,” he told Sky Sports. “I thought I messed it up when I left the ball before, but it’s a good feeling to get over the line.”
Clark is from a well-known sporting family with his dad Ian a prominent member of the village side for many years before retiring this summer.
Brother Jordan plays for Surrey, after starting his career with Lancashire while brother Darren has been a top batsman in the Cumbria League with Cleator for years.
