Result: Durham (480/9d & 39/1; Latham 23*; 24 points) beat Derbyshire (164 & 354; Reece 106, Slater 57; 2 points) by nine wickets
Watch Paul Collingwood’s post-match reaction
Durham completed their third Specsavers County Championship in the last five games 15 minutes before lunch as they beat Derbyshire by nine wickets at Emirates Riverside.
The visitors were all out for 354, leaving Keaton Jennings and Tom Latham to score 39 for the maximum points win which took Durham above Derbyshire.
Jennings got off the mark by coming down hard enough on a yorker to squeeze it through mid-off for three.
In the ninth over he cut Viljoen for two fours, but with eight needed he went to pull another short one and lobbed it to square leg to depart for 16.
Latham stroked two off-side fours off Harry Podmore in the next over to finish on 23 & extend his side’s unbeaten run to six in the four-day format
Durham needed just under an hour to wrap up the Derbyshire innings when they resumed on 305/6 in pleasant sunshine.
Graham Onions struck with the day’s fourth ball. After seeing Harvey Hosein pick up an edged four and a single, reducing the deficit to six, he had Tony Palladino caught behind.
Podmore collected the runs which put Derbyshire ahead then edged Chris Rushworth between slips and gully for four to reach ten.
But without addition a similar edge in Rushworth’s next over flew at head height for Ryan Pringle to hold the catch at third slip.
Two balls later Onions swung one in to have Hosein lbw before Imran Tahir nonchalantly slapped him square for four then sliced another boundary wide of gully.
He saw little of the strike in the next few overs as Hardus Viljoen showed some pedigree, hooking Rushworth for four before Durham turned to the leg-spin of Cameron Steel.
In his second over Tahir tried to turn him to leg and looked shocked to be adjudged lbw, ending a stand of 29 with Viljoen on 19.
The win lifts Durham above their opponents & the next match comes against promotion-chasing Kent at Emirates Riverside next week (10:30am start).
Close, Day Three: Durham (480/9d; Collingwood 177, Steel 71, Coughlin 68, Potts 53*; Viljoen 5/130) lead Derbyshire (164 & 305/6; Reece 106, Slater 57) by 11 runs
Durham’s push for victory was held up by Luis Reece’s second Specsavers County Championship century of the season to keep Derbyshire afloat on the third day at Emirates Riverside.
After being asked to follow on, the visitors made it to 305/6 but Durham remain in pole position with the deficit still standing at 11 runs.
Former Lancashire left-hander Reece batted until the 73rd over to make 106 before becoming Keaton Jennings’ first & only wicket on a day when all six bowlers used took one apiece.
Derbyshire found conditions more favourable under clearer skies than when they were dismissed for 164 in two sessions in the first innings, and they were also able to take advantage of the absence of Paul Coughlin, who missed the day through a side injury.
Two of the six wickets fell to the second new ball, a period in which the three main seam bowlers piled on the pressure in the final 16 overs of the day.
Matthew Potts took his first wicket of the match six overs from the close when he swung one in to have Alex Hughes lbw for 39, while Graham Onions dismissed Matt Critchley in similar fashion.
There was a period in early afternoon when Reece began to play with almost casual elegance, often stroking the ball straight to fielders, but any hint of lack of application proved misleading as he accumulated patiently to reach his century off 215 balls.
He got there by pulling Potts behind square for his 12th four, having been struck on the helmet when trying the same shot on 69.
Durham might have been encouraged when two balls from Graham Onions shot along the deck in early afternoon, but Reece & Wayne Madsen batted sensibly throughout the session.
Reece finally pulled Jennings straight to mid-wicket and there was a wicket for Cameron Steel’s leg-spin when he accounted for Madsen with his second ball.
Madsen contributed 48 to a third-wicket stand of 106 before being caught behind by Michael Richardson when attempting to sweep.
Good running was a feature of an opening stand of 99, in which Ben Slater made an attractive 57, his first half-century of the season.
He was yorked by a ball from off-spinner Ryan Pringle, which drifted in to hit the off stump.
Then for the second successive day Derbyshire lost a wicket two balls before lunch as Billy Godleman shuffled across and inside edged Chris Rushworth via his box on to the leg stump.
Only one wicket fell in the second session, followed by three in the evening to tip the balance back towards Durham’s favour somewhat.
Reece’s exit left Hughes and Matt Critchley to face 16 overs of the new ball, but in the sixth Critchley played back to a ball from Onions which moved in sharply to have him lbw.
Hughes was beaten several times and lost his early fluency before Potts snared him to expose the lower order, which Durham will look to finish off in a flurry on Day Four.
Close, Day Two: Durham (480/9d; Collingwood 177, Steel 72, Coughlin 68, Potts 53*; Viljoen 5/130) lead Derbyshire (164; Hughes 47; Onions 4/44) by 316 runs
Graham Onions took advantage of bowler-friendly conditions to grab the four scalps which took him to 600 first-class wickets on the second day of the Specsavers County Championship match against Derbyshire at Emirates Riverside.
The visitors were all out for 164 in reply to Durham’s 480/9 declared, and with two overs still to be bowled the umpires ruled the light was too poor to resume.
Durham’s total featured 177 from Paul Collingwood and 53 not out from Matthew Potts, who showed his all-round potential in making a maiden first-class fifty.
After resuming on 127, Collingwood soldiered on relentlessly to his third highest championship score, the two higher ones both coming in 2005 – 190 at Derby and 181 at Taunton. His best score remains his 206 for England at Adelaide in 2006.
He pulled Hardus Viljoen for his only six before hooking the next ball straight to long leg.
It ended his 228-ball innings and left Viljoen with 5/130, but once the shine had worn off the second new ball Derbyshire lacked the firepower to extract any life from the surface.
And 19-year-old Potts took full advantage, resisting the temptation of the short ball to play beautifully straight down the ground. He brought up his half century with a cover drive to the fence, bringing it up off 105 balls.
Nor did Onions and Rushworth have much joy initially. Despite regularly beating left-handed openers Ben Slater and Luis Reece, it was the 12th over before the latter edged Onions to Michael Richardson.
Billy Godleman made two before groping forward to a ball from Rushworth which took out his off stump and Derbyshire were 41/3 when Paul Coughlin splattered Madsen’s timber.
Onions then returned to remove Slater for 29 and Palladino with the help of sharp catches by Tom Latham at second slip. He also had Viljoen caught behind.
Rushworth nipped one back to pin Matt Critchley lbw for 12 and there were also two wickets for Keaton Jennings. He struck with his ninth ball when he had Alex Hughes lbw for 47.
Harvey Hosein made 12 before being strangled down the leg side to give Jennings two for 13 from nine overs before Onions had Viljoen caught behind for his 600th first-class wicket.
Imran Tahir’s last stand including some streaky boundaries before Chris Rushworth snared Harry Podmore to close the visitors’ innings with 5.3 overs remaining in the day.
However, the umpires decided the light was too poor to continue.
Close, Day One: Durham (376/7; Collingwood 127*, Steel 72, Coughlin 68; Viljoen 4/100) vs Derbyshire
Paul Collingwood’s third Specsavers County Championship century of the season handed Durham the upper hand on Day One against Derbyshire at Emirates Riverside.
The skipper’s red ball form has been exceptional this season & he underlined it with an unbeaten 127, proving to be the backbone behind Durham’s batting display.
There were four wickets for Hardus Viljoen, but after dispensing with the toss it turned into a day of toil for the visitors, especially when Paul Coughlin showed his power in contributing 68 to a stand of 130.
He fell lbw to Viljoen just before the close, when Durham were 376/7 with Collingwood not out alongside Matty Potts.
The floodlights were on at the start and end of the day, otherwise there was little encouragement for a Derbyshire attack which included Imran Tahir & Harry Podmore, who recently had a loan spell with Durham’s 2nd XI.
There was also another sound contribution of 72 from Cameron Steel following his 224 in Durham’s last match at Leicester, but it was Collingwood’s day after striding in at 94/3 just before lunch.
Other than having to sway out of the way of one sharp lifter from Viljoen, he was scarcely troubled as he accumulated steadily, largely through well-timed textbook strokes and leg-side nudges.
When Derbsyhire turned to the medium pace of Alex Hughes his second ball was casually paddled to fine leg to take Collingwood to 50 off 77 balls.
He reached his 100 off 150 when he turned Viljoen to fine leg for his 11th four.
Viljoen began the day by picking up the wicket of Keaton Jennings from the very first ball as the opener edged through to wicketkeeper Harvey Hosein.
Tom Latham scored only five off his first 36 balls, but then cut Tony Palladino for two fours before shaping to drive and having his off stump rattled.
Viljoen nipped one back to bowl Jack Burnham for nine during a second spell in which he also troubled Steel.
He was missed at third slip by Matt Critchley off on 38 before he added a ninth four shortly after to take him to his half-century off 81 balls.
Left-armer Luis Reece broke a fourth-wicket stand of 53 when Steel drove at a ball slanted across him and edged low to Wayne Madsen at slip.
Michael Richardson edged Viljoen behind for 20 and Ryan Pringle made 19 before hooking Palladino straight to long leg.
Pringle’s exit left Durham in danger of under-achieving on 217/6, but Coughlin eased to 33 against the old ball then cut loose against the new one.