Middlesex out for 89 as Durham handed chance of Lord's win

Middlesex went from strong favourites to struggling and back to favourites on an incredible Monday's play against Durham at Lord's.

The home side decided not to enforce the follow-on after claiming a 169-run lead on first innings, but they were then bowled out for only 89 to set Durham a target of 259 for victory in their LV= County Championship Division One clash.

But they bounced back in the final session to claim a couple of Durham wickets and reduce them to 24-2 before bad light brought an early end to play after 18 wickets had fallen.

Durham started day three on 157-4 but fell 20 runs short of their follow-on target despite a fine innings of 98 from opener Keaton Jennings, who was the sixth wicket to fall, one of two victims for Australia all-rounder Adam Voges.

James Harris claimed a couple of late wickets to finish on 4-69, but Middlesex captain Voges decided to bat again and was soon regretting his move.

Chris Rushworth, who earlier scored 40 as night-watchman, took the first four wickets to fall as they were reduced to 35-4 and then John Hastings took over with three wickets in his first two overs as Middlesex slumped to 37-7.

Rushworth returned to complete his five-fer and Hastings also took his tally to five when he ended an annoying 10th wicket stand of 39 by trapping Steven Finn for 15 - No 11 Tim Murtagh, batting with a runner after tearing his hamstring while bowling, was Middlesex's top scorer on 22 as they were dismissed for 89.

But Durham's euphoria was short-lived as Jennings was dismissed for a sixth ball duck, caught off the bowling of Harris, who also accounted for Mark Stoneman on 11.

Scott Borthwick and Michael Richardson saw Durham to 24-2 by the time the light became too bad to continue, 245 runs short of what had looked like an unlikely victory.

Ben Cox played a starring role with the bat as Worcestershire moved into a handy lead after two days of their clash with Somerset at New Road.

Wicket-keeper Cox scored only his second first-class century and his innings of 109 helped Worcestershire reach 402, a lead of 152 on first innings.

He hit 14 fours and two sixes and was part of a superb stand of 168 for the seventh wicket with Joe Leach, who fell five runs shy of joining Cox in the century club - he also smashed 14 fours and two maximums.

Leach was dismissed by veteran Somerset seamer Alfonso Thomas, who took 4-81 as their best bowler. Recent England call-up Lewis Gregory took 2-96, but was responsible for ending Cox's 162-ball innings.