Durham v Surrey - County Championship Division One - Day 1 - Live Score and Update
Surrey 129 v Durham 119/4 (45.0 ov) - Durham trail by 10 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Fans at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, witnessed a stupendous first day of play in the four-day match between Surrey and Durham, with bowlers ruling the day from both teams, giving batsmen a terrible run on Tuesday, August 07.
Surrey chose to bat first on winning the toss, as they wanted to amass maximum runs in their first innings.
However, their rivals, gained an upper hand by grabbing their first wicket with only six runs on the board.
With opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ZS-Ansari-c98641, perishing for one, it was time for A Harinath to come in the middle to avoid a batting collapse.
The partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-Hartman-Joseph-c85857 Burns and Harinath steered the side to a total of 41 runs as the two batsmen took the sting out of the bowling attack.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Burns-c48842, who departed after scoring 14 runs.
In his next over, Stokes struck again by sending Z de Bruyn back home without scoring a run. At this point in time, the batting side had piled a total of 45 runs.
With 67 on the board, Surrey lost their fourth wicket on the demise of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611, who was run out on a score of 15.
By this time, the bowlers had gained superiority and were wreaking havoc on their opponents by denying an easy flow of runs.
Stokes stood tall among the bowlers as he completed a four-wicket haul, while C Rushworth stayed second best with three wickets to his name.
With A Harinath (28) as the highest scoring batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 crumbled on a first innings tally of 129.
Durham had an unimpressive start to their innings, as they lost their first wicket with only ten runs on the board.
WR Smith and KK Jennings then tried to build a partnership by taking the score to 37, before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 found his way off the field after smacking a knock of 15.
The side finished the day on a tally of 119 for the loss four wickets, with DM Benkenstein unbeaten on 40 and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PD-Collingwood-c2173 on 17.
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