15/04Result
County Championship Division One at Chester-le-Street, Apr 15-18 2010
Match drawn
15/04Result
County Championship Division One at Chester-le-Street, Apr 15-18 2010
Match drawn
1909d

Rain helps Durham deny Essex

Dual champions Durham needed plenty of backs-to-the-wall defiance, and somehelp from above, to eke out a draw against promoted Essex at the Riverside

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  • Rain helps Durham deny Essex

    Dual champions Durham needed plenty of backs-to-the-wall defiance, and somehelp from above, to eke out a draw against promoted Essex at the Riverside

  • Durham battle hard following on

    Defending champions Durham found themselves following on 286 behind and needinga backs-to-the-wall effort to avoid starting their campaign with defeat againstEssex at the Riverside

  • Jaik Mickleburgh and James Foster post record stand

    Liam Plunkett inspired a Durham fightback at the Riverside - but by stumps on the second day a safe draw was surely still the limit of the dual champions' realistic ambitions against Essex

  • Jaik Mickleburgh holds up defending champions

    Durham's first day in pursuit of a third successive County Championship title did not go precisely to plan as Jaik Mickleburgh's courageous maiden first-class century built a commanding position for Essex at the Riverside

Durham 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0MJ Di VenutoKJ Coetzer
2nd4MJ Di VenutoWR Smith
3rd212MJ Di VenutoDM Benkenstein
4th9MJ Di VenutoID Blackwell
5th8ID BlackwellBA Stokes
6th82ID BlackwellP Mustard
7th2P MustardLE Plunkett
8th35P MustardCD Thorp