Durham v Nottinghamshire - County Championship Division One – Day 2 – Live Cricket Score and Update
Nottinghamshire 161 & 231/4 (72.0 ov) v Durham 129 - Nottinghamshire lead by 263 runs with 6 wickets remaining
On Friday, April 13, 2012, Nottinghamshire achieved a lead by 263 runs against Durham at stumps in the four-day match
After ending the first day of play by posting 55 runs for the loss of three wickets, Durham resumed their first innings against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 in the County Championship Division One, at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.
For http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782, BA Stokes and DM Benkenstein, who had scored 18 and six runs on Thursday, came out to bat their side to dominance.
The two started the day impressively as they aimed to stay on the wicket for as long as possible.
However, the partnership failed to prosper as with 64 runs on the board, Benkenstein, faltered after posting 10 runs on the board.
Then 10 runs later, the side lost the services of Stokes, who walked off the field after scoring 33 runs.
The side then suffered a batting collapse in the middle as they lost a few more wickets without much on the board.
It was then the unbeaten knock of 30 runs at the end by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Callum-Thorp-c1211 that helped the side amass 129 runs, failing to overcome the first innings tally of 161 runs by Nottinghamshire.
After wrapping up Durham, Notts now foresaw an opportunity to clobber a massive lead over their rivals with two days of play still remaining.
With 72 overs of play remaining, Nottinghamshire launched a resounding batting onslaught as they hammered the bowlers after losing their first wicket with only 16 runs on the board as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Edwards-c2092 perished after playing an innings of five runs.
From here on, it was complete domination from Nottinghamshire as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 launched a barrage of remorseless shots all around the park.
Finally with 101 runs on the board, Durham saw the back of Hales, who found his way back to the pavilion after raising an innings of 57 runs.
Durham then grabbed two quick wickets to put some pressure on the batting side, but Lumb steadfast and refused to bow down with 104 runs to his name at stumps as the side hammered 231 runs for the loss of four wickets.
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