Durham establish lead against Middlesex at Chester-le-Street – Cricket news
In the County Championship Division One four day match between Durham and Middlesex, the latter trail by 248 runs with eight wickets remaining in the first innings at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.
Durham were invited to bat first after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Stoneman-c1910 was the first wicket of the day as he was removed by Corey Collymore
after scoring five runs off 14 deliveries.
With their opener back in the pavilion, the batting side needed to regroup to prevent the opposition from inflicting further damage.
The second-wicket partnership between Keaton Jennings and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scott-Borthwick-c2466 was impressive as the two batsmen hammered the bowlers all around the park and kept the fielders on the toes. The fielding side looked helpless against this pair as the batsmen led
their side towards 108 runs. This partnership put http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 in the lead, creating tremendous pressure on Middlesex.
Finally, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Berg-c1457 broke this intimidating partnership by nabbing the wicket of Borthwick, who was caught behind after jabbing a knock of 52 runs.
The next batsman fell with 114 on the scoreboard, as Jennings was trapped in front of the stumps by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Corey-Collymore-c1283 with 38 runs to his name.
With the two established batsmen decommissioned, the fielding side needed to continue exerting pressure while the new batsmen were required to rebuild another important partnership.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Stokes-c1142 countered the bowlers for a while as they led the side towards 145, before the departure of Stokes, who perished after belting a knock of 19 runs.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Burnell-Harris-c65517.
Later with 204 runs on the board, Smith became the next batsman to walk back. He was dismissed by Berg after scoring 37 runs.
The remaining middle and lower-order was unimpressive as most batsmen failed to score in double figures except for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phil-Mustard-c2183, who jabbed an astounding knock of 62 to help his side end the innings on a decent score of 259.
From Middlesex, Collymore was the best bowler in the innings with four wickets to his name.
They then had a shocking start to their batting, losing two wickets with only three runs on the board. With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Smith-c2704 on two, Middlesex ended the day with 11 runs on the board.
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