Durham 2XI 384ao, Kent 2XI 314/4
Marcus O’Riordan posted an unbeaten 169 for Kent 2XI as they closed day 2 in Richmond 314/4 trailing Durham 2XI by 70 runs.Having been 335/8 at close of play on day 1, Durham seconds added a further 49 runs for the final two wickets this morning, finishing their innings 384ao.Chris Rushworth got Durham off to a flyer picking up two wickets in the first over of the Kent reply. McGregor would fall first, pinned by Rushworth, departing for 0 after 2 balls. With the fourth delivery of the innings, Durham’s leading First-class wicket taker picked up his second, as a full delivery popped up on Muyeye before the ball looped comfortably into the hands of Jonathan Bushnell.Mead and O’Riordan led the Kent recovery putting on an important partnership of 104 before the Kent opener Mead was dismissed LBW for 45 from the bowling of Stanley McAlindon.O’Riordan, alongside Nightingale who posted a half-century, built another partnership of 106 before the Kent number 5 retired not out on 51 from 75 deliveries.Basra added a quick 13 runs from 8 deliveries, before he was trapped in his crease LBW to George Drissell.The final partnership of the day was an unbeaten one of 87, as O’Riordan (169*) & Turner (30*) closed a strong day 2 for Kent’s 2XI.