Day four: Durham 531/7 dec beat Nottinghamshire 229AO & 285AO
A sensational seven-wicket haul from First Class debutant Daniel Hogg propelled Durham to a dominant Vitality County Championship win against Nottinghamshire.
Hogg, who already had three second innings wickets before today’s play, mopped up the Notts tail to wrap up the victory, with a winning margin of an innings and 17 runs.
The win coupled with a maximum set of bonus points means that Durham consolidate their position in mid-table, meanwhile Notts will be anxiously looking over their shoulder due to sides below them picking up points in their respective fixtures.
The County Championship fixtures come in thick and fast as both sides are in action again on Thursday, with Durham travelling to Taunton to take on Somerset, while Notts host runaway leaders Surrey.
Hogg, who was making his First Class debut in this game, stepped up his game in the second innings with Durham one seamer down and he sealed the win with a fantastic spell on day four, one which the young quick could have only dreamt of when he was handed his Durham cap on Thursday.
The performance of the 19-year-old, coupled with a maiden First Class century from Ben McKinney on day one, has given Durham fans a glimpse of the future with the pair the latest prospects from the Durham academy that has produced plenty of international talent. On the other hand Notts were second best throughout the match and they now find themselves in a relegation scrap heading into the last four games of the season.
Resuming on 212 for six and still 90 behind Durham, the objective for Notts was to see out the morning session with rain forecast in the afternoon.
The Notts plan of survival took a dent just 12 minutes into the day’s play as Hogg got his fourth of the innings when half-centurion Haynes edged to Scott Borthwick at first slip for 69.
Lyndon James, who made 56 in the first innings, hit Ben Raine for back-to-back fours as he looked to put the brakes on the home side’s victory charge.
Hogg picked up his fifth wicket as Calvin Harrison edged to third slip for one to leave the visitors eight down.
Olly Stone joined James at the crease and frustrated the hosts as they needed just two wickets for the win.
The pair continued to be solid and chipped away at the deficit, but Durham did have a chance when Ollie Robinson dropped James on 22 down the legside off the bowling of Bas de Leede.
The Notts resistance came to an end as Hogg picked up the wicket of Stone, getting him LBW for 29 and the 19-year-old wrapped up the victory when Brett Hutton was caught behind by Robinson.
Day three: Durham 531/7 dec vs Nottinghamshire 229AO & 212/6
Daniel Hogg took his first four wickets in First Class cricket as Durham edged towards victory in their Vitality County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire despite some gritty resistance from Matt Montgomery and Jack Haynes.
Durham picked up the last two Notts first innings wickets with minimum fuss and the visitors only added nine runs to their overnight total, which left them with a first innings deficit of 302.
The follow-on was then enforced by the hosts and the Notts opening pair of Ben Slater, who made his fourth fifty of the season, and Haseeb Hameed started well, but after Hameed was dismissed the floodgates opened and First Class debutant Hogg helped reduce Notts to 99 for four.
However, Montgomery and Haynes frustrated the hosts in the evening session, with the pair surviving 50.3 overs but Durham got two late wickets with the new ball to leave Notts 212 for six at stumps, still trailing by 90.
Hogg was excellent throughout the day and he picked up the baton left by Neil Wagner, who was missing today for the hosts due to a shoulder injury picked up in the field on day two, and skipper Scott Borthwick entrusted the teenager with new ball duties and the 19-year-old picked up four wickets across the day, including that of Hameed.
Resuming on 220 for eight, the visitors had a mountain to climb as they were still 311 behind Durham’s total.
Callum Parkinson created an early chance as Lyndon James was dropped by Ollie Robinson on 55, but James only added one more run to his tally as he attempted to pull a short ball from Ben Raine and edged it to Robinson.
Hogg then wrapped up the innings with his maiden First Class wicket, as Brett Hutton was caught behind.
With the visitors being bowled out for 229 and Durham having a first innings lead of 302, the follow-on was enforced by skipper Borthwick.
Hogg was causing Slater and Hameed plenty of problems upon resumption with Slater being dropped by Borthwick at first slip on five.
Hameed and Slater weathered the storm as they put on 52 for the first wicket partnership, however Hameed was caught behind down the legside off the bowling of Hogg for 34 just before lunch to give the hosts their first scalp of the second innings.
Ben Raine then removed Freddie McCann in the first over after lunch with the youngster caught behind for a five-ball duck.
Slater, who had passed a personal milestone of 8,000 career First Class runs earlier in the day, was living a charmed life but he made the most of his luck and played a lovely cover drive off the bowling of Parkinson.
While Slater was beginning to motor, wickets continued to fall at the other end as Joe Clarke became Hogg’s third victim of the day after the 19-year-old got him LBW for five.
Slater made his fifty from 111 balls after surviving another drop from Borthwick on 49, but the opener was then run out by substitute fielder Paul Coughlin on 53 after a mix up between the wickets with Haynes.
Montgomery and Haynes adopted a rearguard action as the visitors looked to take as much time out of the game as they could with the pair batting out seven consecutive maidens at one point.
The pair continued that approach after tea but there was a moment of controversy as Haynes hit a Parkinson delivery on to the shin of Graham Clark and it deflected back to the spinner who caught it, the Durham fielders were convinced that they had their man but umpires Paul Baldwin and Peter Hartley didn’t give the decision in the hosts’ favour.
Haynes reached his fifty off 143 balls just after Durham took the new ball, but Montgomery then fell at the hands of Hogg for a 164-ball 38, ending a 96 run partnership that lasted 50.3 overs.
Raine then got Luke Fletcher for a duck, with the hosts needing four wickets to wrap up victory on day four.
Day two: Durham 531/7 dec vs Nottinghamshire 220/8
A fantastic four-wicket return from the evergreen Neil Wagner and a century from Ashton Turner consolidated Durham’s dominant position in their Vitality County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire.
Wagner was in a league of his own on day two at the Seat Unique Riverside as the experienced left-armer picked up figures of four for 68 on a pitch that has offered little for the bowlers, while Turner finished unbeaten on 114 on his Durham First Class debut.
The Australian combined with Bas de Leede for a swashbuckling partnership of 134 from 120 balls in the morning session to take Durham to an imposing total of 531 for seven declared.
Wagner ran through the Notts top order, despite a maiden First Class fifty for Freddie McCann, with the visitors losing five wickets for 26 runs in the afternoon session.
The Kiwi was well backed up by Callum Parkinson but a defiant fifty from Lyndon James led Notts to 220 for eight at close, with Durham leading by 311 runs.
Durham resumed after an excellent first day on 393 for five, but nightwatchman Parkinson didn’t last long as England man Olly Stone got him LBW for four.
Turner was then joined by de Leede and the pair guided Durham past 450, picking up maximum batting bonus points for only the second time this season. The pair played some lovely shots with de Leede hitting a glorious straight drive for four and the Dutch international got his fifty from 51 balls, his third in Durham whites.
The elegant Turner then reached his century on his First Class debut for the hosts, with the Australian’s hundred coming from 141 balls.
The hosts then passed 500, with de Leede and Turner switching to white ball mode as the hosts began to set up a declaration, with the former the aggressor in the pursuit of quick runs.
The Dutch international was then dismissed for 79 off 68 balls after he smashed a Luke Fletcher delivery to long-off and the hosts declared on 531 for seven, with Turner unbeaten on 114.
Notts’ reply got off to the worst possible start as Ben Slater was bowled by a Neil Wagner beauty for two.
Skipper Haseeb Hameed and First Class debutant McCann saw the visitors through to lunch. The pair frustrated the hosts after the break as they remained solid in defence and looked to score when they could.
Hameed played a glorious cover drive in Daniel Hogg’s first over to continue his side’s progress and McCann looked the part on debut with the former England Under-19s man playing some lovely cover drives.
An 81-run second wicket partnership was broken by Wagner, who is also making his First Class bow for the county, as key man Hameed gloved one down the legside to Ollie Robinson.
McCann got his first County Championship fifty from 62 balls, but his innings ended just one ball later when the youngster was caught behind off the bowling of de Leede.
Wagner got his third as Clarke pulled a short ball straight to fine leg to leave his side with a mountain to climb.
Wagner continued his incredible spell as Matt Montgomery tried and failed to control a hook shot and it went straight to Alex Lees at leg gully.
Ben Raine got in on the act as Jack Haynes departed for nine as he chipped one straight to mid-wicket.
James and Calvin Harrison saw the visitors through to tea without further loss and the pair grinded their way through a difficult period after the break.
James made sure that he dispatched any loose bowling from the Durham attack and he slapped a Raine delivery to the cover boundary.
Parkinson then got Calvin Harrison LBW for 18 to halt the mini fightback from Notts and the spinner could have had another but Turner dropped James on 28. However he didn’t have to wait much longer for his second wicket as he bowled Stone for 18.
James got his fifty from 122 balls and remained unbeaten on 50 at close, but Durham will be the happier of the sides heading into day three.
Day one: Durham 393/5 vs Nottinghamshire
A magnificent maiden First-Class century from Ben McKinney and a dogged hundred from Alex Lees put Durham in a dominant position on day one of their Vitality County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire.
McKinney, who is playing in just his second County Championship match, smashed an experienced Notts bowling attack around the park at the Seat Unique Riverside after Haseeb Hameed put the hosts into bat at the toss, while Lees anchored the Durham innings to reach three figures for the third time this season in the County Championship.
McKinney was very much the aggressor in the early stages of the day as the pair put on 189 runs for the first wicket, which is the hosts’ highest opening stand of the season.
The visitors then made a mini fightback and picked up three wickets for 58 runs, but Lees combined with Ashton Turner for a partnership worth 122 to leave the hosts 393 for five at close.
McKinney, who was part of the England Lions side that beat Sri Lanka last week, was excellent throughout his innings and laid a fantastic foundation for Durham in this mid-table battle.
The 19-year-old dominated an experienced bowling attack with some great shots, particularly on the offside, while Lees offered few opportunities as he went through the gears on the way to a 15th First Class century for Durham.
Meanwhile Notts skipper Hameed will be scratching his head after his decision to bowl first allowed the hosts to post a big total and as a result his side have a mountain to climb.
On the opening morning at Chester-le-Street Durham managed to negotiate a tough period of opening bowling from Olly Stone, who was released from the England Test squad to play in this game, and Brett Hutton, but McKinney and Lees looked in good touch.
Once he made it through the opening exchanges, McKinney looked to attack whenever he could and he hit two glorious boundaries on the offside from a Stone over.
The tall left-hander passed fifty for the second time in his First Class career with a cover drive for four while Lees kept the scoreboard ticking at the other end to take the partnership past 100 just before lunch.
McKinney continued where he left off after lunch as he remained positive and he picked up several boundaries including a lovely pull shot off the bowling of Hutton.
Then came a flurry of milestones for the hosts with Lees reaching his fifty from 114 balls and former England Under-19s skipper McKinney brought up his maiden First Class hundred from 117 balls with a beautiful cover drive.
He then hit Freddie McCann for the first six of the match over the mid-off boundary, but his excellent knock didn’t last much longer as he chipped a McCann delivery straight to mid-wicket and he had to depart for 121.
Scott Borthwick looked in good touch but Lyndon James bowled him for 26 after he left one which clipped the top of off-stump and the Notts bowler struck again soon after, removing Ollie Robinson for 13, which gave the visitors some hope.
While wickets were falling at the other end, Lees remained firm and joined McKinney in getting a century after tea, albeit in a somewhat different style with the former England man’s milestone coming from 223 balls with just seven boundaries.
Turner, who is making his First Class bow for Durham, came to the crease and ran well between the wickets with Lees as they accumulated runs and passed 300.
Turner then played a delightful pull shot for four and Lees got in on the act as he dabbed a Stone ball to the third man boundary as the hosts piled on the runs.
The second new ball initially couldn’t help Notts in their pursuit of wickets as Turner reached his fifty from 70 balls. However, Hutton then bowled Lees for 145 to end a fine innings and give the visitors a sniff in the final stages of the day.
James picked up his third of the day as Graham Clark went for seven, but Turner remained unbeaten on 62 at stumps.