Captain Mitchell Hearn was the hero for Uni, the all-rounder delivering at the death to secure the win.

With the Butchers requiring 10 off the last over, Hearn conceded just two runs and claimed a wicket to restrict Northern Districts to 9-120.

With the Twenty20 trophy now wrapped up, Hearn said his side will now turn their attention to claiming the two-day premiership next month.

"It's an amazing feeling," Hearn said. "We set ourselves for two premierships this year, to get this first goal is massive.

"We've lost three finals as this core group of players, so to actually come up trumps is really satisfying and a bit of a monkey off our backs.

"The two-day premiership is our big goal, it has been since the start of the season.

"NDs are still the side to beat, they had a bit of an off day today, but in the two-day stuff, they're undefeated and far and away the side to beat."

Rhys Voysey was also superb for University, the quick setting the tone early as his side defended a modest total.

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Uni had a wicket in the first over of the innings, Mitch Calder producing a piece of brilliance in the field to run out Lucas Coleman.

Despite the early wicket, Northern Districts continued to chip away at their target, though they remained behind the required run rate for much of the innings.

That set up a thrilling finish, with a 14-run 19th over leaving the Butchers requiring 10 runs from the last to pull off an unlikely victory.

Hearn held his nerve, however, to ensure there would be no Northern Districts comeback win.

"I dream of those moments, I've lived that over and over in the last few weeks. I was fine."

Northern Districts captain Elliot Hooper lamented his team's inability to rotate the strike, the Butchers getting bogged down at times throughout the innings.

While disappointed with the loss, Hooper said his side will be back in chase of the two-day title.

"It's disappointing, big time," Hooper said. "That's the game of cricket at the end of the day, you win some, you lose some, they were the better team today.

"We'll go again, we're undefeated in the main comp, hopefully we can get the win in that."

The unsuccessful run chase came after University claimed the early advantage, Hearn's side jumping out to a fast start with the bat.

Ryan Smyth did the damage, the top-order batsman belting a rapid-fire 27 off just 14 balls before he was dismissed by Joshua Bond.

Smyth's innings put Uni on track for a sizeable total, the side 2-58 at the conclusion of the powerplay.

Hearn and Calder then moved Uni to 3-100 in the 14^th over before Calder's wicket triggered a batting collapse.

University lost 6-20 before ultimately limping to 9-127 off their 20 overs, a total big enough to secure the trophy.

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