County Championship: Essex bowled out for 151 in final day defeat to Gloucestershire
Ben Stokes makes bowling return for Durham against Lancashire
Saturday 16 July 2016 21:28, UK
Essex were bowled out for 151 to slip to a 61-run defeat to Gloucestershire in their Division Two clash in the Specsavers County Championship
Essex were favourites heading into the final day at Cheltenham - 16-1 at the start of play, requiring a further 197 runs for victory - but Gloucestershire seamers Liam Norwell (4-65), Craig Miles (3-26) and David Payne (3-40) ran through the batting order, bowling out the hosts by mid-afternoon.
Norwell removed night-watchman Jamie Porter - with the first ball of the day - and Tom Westley (17), while left-armer Payne pinned Nick Browne lbw for 27.
Miles then claimed a hat-trick of sorts when bowling Ravi Bopara for three with his first ball of the day, having also struck with his final two deliveries of the first innings.
Ryan ten Doeschate (25 off 24 balls) and Ashar Zaidi (37 off 49) added some quick-fire lower-order runs to try to wrestle the game back in Essex's favour but it wasn't enough, the latter the last wicket to fall to Norwell.
In Division One, Durham bowled out Lancashire for 204 on the first day of their clash at Southport.
Ben Stokes made his bowling return for Durham after being sidelined with a knee injury, but went wicketless in his 14 overs - although Paul Collingwood did drop Haseeb Hameed off his bowling.
Chris Rushworth did the majority of the damage for Durham, taking 4-30, while Paul Coughlin took 2-31 and part-timer Keaton Jennings 2-26.
Jennings didn't fare quite so well with the bat; the opener falling to James Anderson (1-10) - more good news for England as he too returns from a shoulder injury.
Durham also lost Mark Stoneman (40) and Jack Burnham (7) - both out to Luke Procter (2-7) - as they reached stumps on 88-3, trailing Lancashire by only 116.
