http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 A – Tour Match – Match Update - Wickets tumble on day 1
Strong bowling performances from both sides witnessed the collapse of 16 wickets on the opening day of the tour match between Durham and Australia A, played at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, on August 1, 2012.
After opting to bat first, Durham’s innings offered no half-centurion as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jon-Holland-c1724 shared seven scalps to dismiss the hosts on a lowly 197. However, the visitors reply was hardly satisfactory, ending the day on 111 for 6, with Mark
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wood-c98110 claiming an impressive four-wicket haul.
Following a nail-biting draw against Derbyshire, the visitors seemed determined to get a win under their belt before the start of the unofficial series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808. However, it was the home side which started on a brighter note as skipper, Mark
Stoneman, and Ramanpreet Singh added 38 in 11.3 over, after which the latter fell to McDermott.
Son of the former Australian fast bowler, Craig, the 21-year-old then got his second scalp four overs later, dismissing the Durham captain, aided by a smart catch by George Bailey, before taking out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Stokes-c1142. The hosts then lost their fifth as Holland
got into the act, dismissing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Blackwell-c1569 for naught.
The sixth-wicket stand between top scorer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Richardson-c1964, yielded a much-needed 57, before both batters fell in successive overs to Holland and Nathan Coulter Nile - who had already bagged his first with the wicket of no.3 Gordon
Muchall, respectively.
Paul Coughlin added a quick unbeaten 29 as McDermott returned to bag his fourth, leaving http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ruel-Marlon-Ricardo-Brathwaite-c87096.
The Aussie innings began disappointingly after skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Liam-Davis-c1839 had restored momentum with a 48-run stand but late wickets then provided Durham the ascendency.
After Coughlin caught Klinger lbw, Wood ran through the middle order. He first got the better of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 – reducing the batting side to 94 for 6.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TD-Paine-c2652 and Coulter-Nile then added an unbeaten 17 to end the proceedings.
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