Durham v Warwickshire - County Championship Division One - Day 1 - Live Score and Update
Durham 228/5 (83.0 ov) - Durham won the toss and elected to bat
On the first day of the four-day match between Durham and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862, Durham amassed 228 runs for the loss of five wickets before play ended due to rain at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.
Opting to bat first on a friendly surface, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 knew they had to bat well in order to post a daunting total on the board for their opponents to chase.
Warwickshire, who have been in impressive form this season, have the fire power in their batting line-up to chase down any total on a given day. Keeping this very fact in mind, it was imperative for Durham to bolster a stiff batting onslaught right from the word go.
They got off to an impressive start as openers MD Stoneman and WR Smith bolstered 22 runs together before departing as Stoneman was removed in the ninth over by KHD http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Barker-c47300 after scoring seven runs.
Conceding just one run, Warwickshire struck once more by nabbing the wicket of number-three batsman, GJ Muchall, who departed without scoring a run.
Fans then witnessed BA Stokes forge a resounding partnership with Smith as the experienced batsmen smashed belligerent shots all around the park, taking the sting out of the bowling attack that was running wild before this daunting collaboration.
After bolstering a remarkable tally of 132 runs, the partnership met its doom on the wicket of Stokes, who hit the showers after forging an innings of 66 runs before getting his stumps obliterated by CJC Wright.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 was then the next to fall as he left his side on 143 runs after scoring a handsome knock of 47 runs.
However, Durham were not done yet as DM Benkenstein and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PD-Collingwood-c2173 took it upon themselves to rattle the bowlers with some outstanding batting.
The duo took on the bowlers head-on as they played aggressively to bolster a mammoth total by the end of the day.
While Collingwood stayed unbeaten on 43, Benkenstein departed after smashing an innings of 40 runs, playing an important role in helping the side amass a decent score at stumps.
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