http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 take a five-wicket victory over Lancashire: County Championship Division One - Fourth Innings Recap
Durham were given a challenging target of 181 runs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The visitors had two complete days of play left in the four-day game. However, Durham reached the
target before the end of the third day’s play on Wednesday, June 29, 2011.
South Africa’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-Benkenstein-c1302, was once again impressive in the match scoring his second consecutive half-century. He was the only batsman in the Durham innings to take his score past fifty and remained not-out on both occasions. He scored 83 in his first
outing and ran out of partners from the other end and collected 60 in the second outing, guiding his side to a victory.
The good news for the visitors was that the playing conditions had eased out a lot compared to what they were on the first and second day’s play. However, there was still something for the bowlers in the pitch, which gave some hop to the Lancashire bowlers.
Durham had to bat a few overs before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Di-Venuto-c1954. Both players looked to survive the remaining overs in the day whereas the opposition’s bowlers attacked
in order to take wickets.
Lancashire did breakthrough early, as they removed Di Venuto. He failed in the first innings and didn’t manage to make an impression in his second outing as well, getting out for seven runs.
This brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 in the middle, who looked positive. He struck two boundaries and didn’t seem to have too many problems, but was unable to survive longer. The seasoned campaigner failed to cope with an in-swinging delivery and was caught plumb
in front of the stumps. He had to take the long walk back to the pavilion after adding eight runs to the total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Onions-c1449, who earlier did a very good job with the ball for his team, was sent in as the night watchman. The ploy didn’t work out well for the visitors, as Onions was dismissed after adding just one run to the total.
Durham had lost three wickets for 24 runs on the board until close of the second day’s play and looked in deep trouble. However, the team fought back on the next day, courtesy a solid partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-David-Collingwood-c81044.
The pair collected 58 runs for the fourth wicket partnership, guiding their team into a very good position. They got out after scoring 30 and 45 in their respective outings, leaving the team at 101/5.
However, Benkenstein and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Blackwell-c1569 guided their team to victory, scoring unbeaten 60 and 26 respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kyle-Hogg-c1824 tried his best to win the match for the hosts, but his effort went in vain. He picked up two wickets in the final innings.
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