All-rounder set for England return in second Test at Old Trafford
Wednesday 20 July 2016 11:03, UK
Ben Stokes steered Durham to a two-wicket win over Lancashire in the sides' Specsavers County Championship Division One clash in Southport.
Stokes, included in the England squad for the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Friday, hit 36 from 43 balls as the visitors reached their victory target of 247 in 77.2 overs.
Durham suffered a wobble, slipping from 170-2 to 195-7 after Keaton Jennings (82) and Jack Burnham (52) were dismissed in successive overs.
But Adam Hickey (21no) helped Stokes ensure Tom Smith's excellence with the ball - the seamer taking 5-25 from 16 overs - was in vain and lift Durham up to second in the table, 13 points behind Middlesex with a game in hand.
Stokes was run out with four runs still required having clubbed Simon Kerrigan for a brace of sixes, leaving tailender Chris Rushworth to strike the match-winning boundary off Kyle Jarvis.
Lancashire have slipped a spot to fourth in Division One having failed to win any of their last five Championship encounters - Steven Croft's men drawing four of those games as well as losing to Yorkshire.
Marcus Trescothick completed a seventh career double century and passed 1,000 runs for the first-class season as Somerset topped Nottinghamshire on first innings at Trent Bridge.
The 40-year-old scored 218, helping his side post 437 in response to Notts' total of 401 - Trescothick putting on 122 with Jim Allenby (63) before Somerset lost their final six wickets for 58 runs.
South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir (7-112) claimed the last five wickets - Trescothick the final man to go - as he became the first overseas bowler to take five wickets in an innings for Notts since Australia's Stuart MacGill in 2004.
Notts had turned their 36-run deficit into a 22-run lead by stumps after reaching 58-2 - Jake Libby (24no) and Brendan Taylor (22no) at the crease following the dismissals of Steven Mullaney (11) and Michael Lumb (0).
Surrey's push for a second Championship win of the campaign was held up by a maiden first-class ton for Hampshire's Lewis McManus on day three at The Ageas Bowl.
McManus (117no) shared an unbeaten 71-run stand for the 10th wicket with Brad Wheal (9no off 67), having earlier enjoyed half-century partnerships with Gareth Berg and Gareth Andrew for the seventh and eighth wickets respectively.
Adam Wheater (59) and Sean Ervine (52) also completed half-centuries as Hampshire closed on 398-9, the hosts trailing Surrey's mammoth 637-7 declared by 239 runs.
In Division Two, Chesney Hughes, Wayne Madsen and Billy Godleman helped Derbyshire battle back against Glamorgan on day three in Colwyn Bay.
Hughes (122) scored a ton, while Madsen (90) and Godleman (66no) hit half-centuries as the visitors, bundled out for 177 in the first innings, reached 413-6, a lead of 72, after following on.
Sussex, meanwhile, still face a battle to avoid defeat against Kent despite New Zealand international batsman Ross Taylor hitting an unbeaten 142 in Tunbridge Wells.
The South Coast outfit were dismissed for 333 shortly before stumps on day three to trail by 242 runs - South Africa seamer Kagiso Rabada pocketing three wickets for Kent, including Luke Wright (60) and Chris Nash (55).
