James Anderson and Ben Stokes warm up for England recalls
Wednesday 20 July 2016 12:23, UK
James Anderson took two more wickets on Sunday as Durham earned a narrow advantage on Lancashire in their Specsavers County Championship Division One clash in Southport.
Anderson is returning to action after a shoulder injury and put himself in position for an England recall by bowling 23 overs as Durham were dismissed for 280, a lead of 87 on first innings totals.
Another England hopeful Ben Stokes, back from a knee injury, started his innings when play opened on Sunday and he made a painstaking 21 off 70 balls before being caught and bowled by leg-spinner Matt Parkinson.
Anderson's wickets would come later in the innings, as he dismissed Paul Collingwood for 50 and Adam Hickey for a duck, but Durham moved on from 250-9 to 291 thanks to a fine 10th wicket stand between Chris Rushworth (30) and Graham Onions (15no).
Onions also accounted for Lancashire captain Tom Smith (1) but Haseeb Hameed (24) and Luke Procter (22) saw them to stumps on 59-1, still 28 runs behind.
Rory Burns struck his first century of the season as Surrey dominated the opening day of their clash with Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl.
Burns scored 122 in an opening partnership of 208 with Dom Sibley, who was agonisingly dismissed for 99 by Gareth Berg (2-47).
Young leg-spinner Mason Crane took the only other wickets to fall on Sunday, finishing the day with figures of 2-78, but Hampshire have a long way to go to finish off Surrey's opening knock.
As well as the opening pair, Australian import Aaron Finch impressed in his unbeaten 56, and he and Steven Davies (21) are a run short of a 50 partnership ahead of day two.
It was a similar scene at Trent Bridge, where Nottinghamshire's batsmen dominated Somerset on day one, in particular Steve Mullaney, as they reached 311-4.
Mullaney carried his bat through the day to score an unbeaten 161 off 273 balls, an innings that has already included 23 fours and a pair of sixes.
He put on 196 for the first wicket with Jake Libby, who made 90 before being dismissed by Tim Groenewald.
Jack Leach claimed the wickets of Michael Lumb (10) and Brendan Taylor (21), while James Allenby made a late breakthrough to dismiss Riki Wessels for only three.
