Saturday 6 August 2011

Durham Unable To Force Victory

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Nottinghamshire 261 and 172, 5 drew with Durham 351 and 181, December 3

Durham was able to attract Nottinghamshire as part of chasing the target 272 over 58 and had to settle for a tie to be successful in their bid for visitors to County Champions.

20 overs left, Nottinghamshire by seven wickets in the required 134 feet, but they lost their captain, Steven Mullaney and Chris Read quickly, and put the shutters.

Were 172 for five years when the hands have been shaken by four leftovers, with the three points for a draw to take Durham six clear at the top. The day he signed a new contract for three years, Paul Collingwood suffered a back spasm while half a century, in the morning and did not resume after lunch.

Ian Blackwell took over and smashed three sixes off Graeme White making 29 not out from 11 balls Durham to declare four overs after the interval to 181 for the third

Dale Benkenstein was unbeaten on 61 with the new Nottinghamshire send their two rookies to open Durham would have thought the scope for offsetting the loss of more than a rainy day.

England Under-19 Sam Kelsall drummer Callum Thorp IPN fell by four, but Karl Turner, triallist left, which is a product of the Academy of Durham, looked very comfortable against the seamers in the 40 of 49 balls.

His problems began when Blackwell came the first change of bowling on the hard in front of his big chest and Turner fell LBW on the back foot. Without Alex Hales and Samit Patel as the rights of the Lions, England, Buenos Aires, simply refused to take liberties with Blackwell and discomfort 19 overs 30 runs.

They could still have been pondering a late victory for the station to a fourth wicket in 21 overs of 69 was ended when Phil Mustard leaps on his right to hold a brilliant one-handed catch. He gave his wicket Graham Onions and finished eighth game Mullaney contribution to stand with Adam Voges, who remained unbeaten on the 68th

After playing for his brilliant unbeaten 133 in the first race, the skipper Read was dropped for a duck as he shaped to leave a ball of Blackwell and realized too late, he came right over. Franks Paul Voges helped play the remaining overs, will not even be tempted by the occasional spin off Will Smith.

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