Durham v Sussex: County Championship Division One – Match Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Saturday, September 3, 2011.
The hosts needed 521 runs for victory, but were bowled out for 312 runs in their second innings on the final day’s play.
Earlier, Durham had elected to bat first after winning the toss. The team managed 372 runs in their first innings, courtesy a brilliant century from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Stoneman-c1910. The stylish first-drop ended up with 128 runs.
The visitors got off to a decent start, despite losing opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Will-Smith-c2794 and Stoneman steadied the innings with a 57-run partnership for the second wicket before the former got dismissed after collecting 24 runs.
Veteran English batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PD-Collingwood-c2173 played a decent innings, but was unable to make a significant impression. He got out after adding 38 runs to the total.
However, the innings was carried forward by Stoneman and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-Benkenstein-c1302, as the pair put together 99 runs for the fourth wicket partnership. The latter was unfortunate to be run-out after an impressive knock of 64 runs.
There were no significant performances from the lower-order players, but Stoneman continued to bat well. He ended up with 128 runs with the help of 19 fours and one massive six.
Sussex’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WD-Parnell-c2787 picked up 3 wickets in the innings, restricting the opposition to less than 400 in their first outing.
However, the hosts failed to make a solid impression in their first innings. They were all out for 218 with only skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MH-Yardy-c1946 scoring a half-century. He top scored the innings with 66 runs.
Five batsmen in the Sussex innings got out in the twenties, which summed up the team’s performance in the first innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Onions-c1449 picked up 5 and 4 wickets respectively, helping the visitors gain a first innings lead of 154 runs.
Durham capitalised on their lead and scored 366 runs in their second innings, stretching their overall lead to 520. The innings was declared at 366 for the loss of 7 wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Nash-c1247 picked up 4 wickets for Sussex, but the team had conceded too many runs in the match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984 played exceptionally well, collecting 77 runs off 88 balls with the help of 15 boundaries.
This innings was not enough for the team to win the match though, as Sussex was all out for 312.
Durham’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Blackwell-c1569 was the pick of the bowlers for his side, dismissing 5 batsmen in the innings.
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