Day 3 Durham 452/9 declared beat Derbyshire 165 & 280 by an innings and seven runs
Ryan Campbell – post match reaction – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wxLx_W9FP8
Matthew Potts skittled Derbyshire’s lower order with a five-wicket haul to allow Durham to claim a dominant victory by an innings and seven runs in their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two clash at Seat Unique Riverside.Derbyshire halted Durham’s push for victory in the morning session of day three as Matthew Lamb and Luis Reece put on 149 for the sixth wicket. Lamb fell agonisingly short of a century when he was pinned lbw by Ben Raine for 99.The wicket opened the floodgates for Durham and Potts as the England seamer tore through the lower order to secure the four remaining scalps, ending with figures of five for 65, allowing the hosts to claim maximum points from the fixture. As a result, Durham extended their lead at the top of Division Two, while Derbyshire sit bottom after three games.After losing 15 wickets on day two, Derbyshire skipper Leus du Plooy insisted that his side needed to show fight, and Lamb and Luis Reece defied the Durham attack with a solid approach in the morning session. Lamb cleared the rope twice amid short bowling from the hosts as he worked his way towards his half-century for the ninth time in his first-class career.Durham could not halt the run rate and the Derbyshire batters whittled down the deficit to 69 at the lunch break. Lamb was positioned 13 runs shy of his century before lunch, but quickly added two further boundaries to put himself on the brink of a deserved hundred. However, Lamb was denied three figures in agonising fashion as Raine pinned the right-hander lbw for 99, ending a stand of 149 for the sixth wicket. It was the wicket that would spark a collapse in the Derbyshire rearguard.One wicket became two when Zak Chappell got himself in an almighty tangle attempting to play a short ball from Potts and somehow deflected the ball onto his stumps. Potts’ aggression with the short ball tormented the Derbyshire lower order as Mark Watt took several blows to the body before he eventually fended the ball to Graham Clark.The Potts-Clark combination was at work again as Sam Conners fell for a first-ball duck to allow Durham to close in on victory. Reece reached fifty for the second time in the game, but was again left stranded as Potts ensured that his home side would not have to bat again, castling Ben Aitchison to secure his seventh five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Day 2 Durham 452 for nine declared vs Derbyshire 165 & 92 for five
Brydon Carse post match reaction – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBozl0YG9as
Day 1
Ollie Robinson scored his first century for Durham to hand the hosts a strong start to their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at Seat Unique Riverside.After a solid start, Durham were reduced to 126 for four, but Robinson ensured that his team capitalised after winning the toss with a blistering century from 93 balls before he was dismissed for 114.Brydon Carse backed up his team-mate with flowing innings of 77 not out, notching his second first-class fifty in a row to allow the home side to post 410 for eight on day one.Ben Aitchison was the best of the Derbyshire bowlers with three wickets for 111, while Luis Reece and Zak Chappell also claimed strikes apiece, but it was a tough day for the visitors amid aggressive batting from the hosts.Durham won the toss and Alex Lees set about flexing his England credentials at the top of the order. He impressed with the fluency of his knock as he worked Chappell and Aitchison around the ground for six boundaries in the first hour.However, Aitchison switched ends and swung a delivery between bat and pad to prise out Lees for a well-made 45 from 44 balls, as the opener failed to make the substantial knock that he may require to force his way back into England contention.Chappell found his rhythm and troubled Scott Borthwick before he found the left-hander’s outside edge. David Bedingham then fell cheaply and presented Chappell with his second, while Haider Ali pulled off a sensational one-handed catch at second slip to dismiss Michael Jones for 43 to put the visitors in the ascendancy.Robinson arrived at the crease and played with positive intent, scoring early boundaries to put the pressure back on the Derbyshire attack. The wicket-keeper’s timing was superb, particularly straight down the ground where he punished Chappell, Aitchison and Conners for over-pitching.Derbyshire turned to spinner Mark Watt to try to find a semblance of control, but Robinson continued his aggressive approach, clearing the rope twice over mid-wicket and down the ground in the afternoon session to ensure Durham put their foot on the accelerator.Robinson shared a stand worth 106 with Clark to set the foundation of the Durham innings. The 24-year-old had passed fifty twice without registering three figures for his new club, but he upped the ante to surge through the nineties to notch his first century of the season, looking at ease in the middle by posting the milestone in 93 deliveries.Reece ended his brilliant knock for 114, pinning Robinson on the crease to open up an end for Derbyshire to probe into the lower order. Carse halted their charge following in Robinson’s footsteps and continuing his fine form with the bat after scoring a career-best 91 against Glamorgan with a brisk fifty from 66 balls.Paul Coughlin offered a more than useful foil at the other end with his ninth fifty in first-class cricket, putting together a 100-run partnership for the eighth wicket. Coughlin fell for 52, but Durham still ended the day well on top after earning their fourth batting bonus point as bad light halted proceedings.