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BBC News
18-05-2025
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- BBC News
Durham post record 664 against Notts
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Banks Homes Riverside (day three)Nottinghamshire 407: Hameed 206* & 67-1: Slater 37*Durham 664: Robinson 141, Clark 121, Gay 104; Patterson-White 5-179Nottinghamshire (5 pts) trail Durham (6 pts) by 190 runsMatch scorecard Centuries from Emilio Gay, Ollie Robinson and Graham Clark put Durham in a strong position on a record-breaking day in their County Championship match with and Robinson dominated the morning session as they pushed Durham beyond Nottinghamshire's total, with Gay notching up a second consecutive home century. Robinson was then joined by Clark in the afternoon and the pair took the game to the Nottinghamshire bowling attack, with Clark picking up a second consecutive century and Robinson looked back to his best as he got his first hundred of the hosts kept on going into the evening and broke the county's record for the highest first-class total, but there was a bright spot for Nottinghamshire as Liam Patterson-White picked up his fifth first-class five-wicket haul and they eventually bowled Durham out for 664. Nottinghamshire reached close on 67-1, 190 runs behind the has been a consistent performer for Durham this season, impressing with the bat on several occasions already. On the other hand, Gay and Robinson both had tricky starts, but their class showed to give their side a chance of a vital win on day Nottinghamshire will be thinking about what could have been as Joe Clarke dropped both Gay and Robinson in the slip cordon in the early stages of their on 320-4, Gay and Robinson were the unbeaten pair in place and they were looking to get Durham into a lead as soon as possible. Robinson picked up where he left off as he played a lovely punch for four early on, but he was dropped by Clarke on 35 as the Durham man edged a Mohammad Abbas delivery but the slip fielder dropped one for the second time in the played a beautiful shot through midwicket for four, while Robinson reached his half-century from 75 brought up his second century of the season in style as he cut a Rob Lord delivery to the boundary, while Robinson smashed a Patterson-White delivery down the ground for excellent innings came to an end as Patterson-White bowled him for 104 while attempting a reverse sweep, but that brought the in-form Clark to the crease and he smashed Lyndon James for two boundaries in an over to take his side into the lead. Clark passed fifty in quick time, with it coming from 56 deliveries, and another milestone came soon after as Robinson got his century from 141 balls with a lovely boundary through then made the most of a short ball from Patterson-White as he heaved one over the leg-side boundary for six, but the Durham keeper's fabulous innings came to an end at 141 when a leading edge from a James delivery was caught by Freddie McCann at backward came like buses for the visitors as England's Brydon Carse was bowled by the resilient Patterson-White without troubling the was agonisingly left on 99 not out at tea, but he reached his second century of the season in the first over after tea and he took his side over the 600 mark. The runs continued to flow for Clark and George Drissell, but Clark handed Patterson-White a fourth wicket of the day as he chopped on for they kept on going, with Ben Raine getting the single that gave Durham their record first-class total, but he became Patterson-White's fifth victim when he departed for 10. Drissell smashed one down the ground for six as the lead stretched past 250, but the Durham innings came to an end when Codi Yusuf was run out, with the lead at innings double centurion Haseeb Hameed picked up an early boundary as the league leaders kicked off their second innings, while Ben Slater got off the mark with a nice shot through the covers. Just before close, Carse got the vital wicket of Hameed for 13 with a beauty which dismantled the Nottinghamshire captain's off stump, but Slater, who has looked in good touch, and nightwatcher Rob Lord saw Nottinghamshire to close without further Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
17-05-2025
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- BBC News
Durham batters fight back against leaders Notts
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Banks Homes Riverside (day two)Nottinghamshire 407: Hameed 206*; Yusuf 4-99Durham 320-4: Lees 82, Gay 74*, Minto 67; Abbas 2-74Durham (5 pts) trail Nottinghamshire (5 pts) by 87 runsMatch scorecard James Minto, Alex Lees and Emilio Gay starred with the bat as Durham fought back on day two of their County Championship clash with was well and truly Durham's morning as Minto, who came in as nightwatcher to see out one over at the end of day one, became the county's youngest ever half-centurion at the age of 17 years and 172 days. He played beautifully along with his skipper Lees to take the hosts to lunch without hit back in the afternoon, picking up three wickets including Minto for an excellent 67 and Lees for a gritty 82, but Gay remained calm and composed in the evening to pass fifty and get his side to 320-4 at the close, still trailing by 87. Minto, who had only scored 40 runs in his four previous first-class matches, looked the part with the bat as he dominated the Nottinghamshire bowling attack in the morning session with some lovely strokes and the left-arm bowler, who opens in club cricket, demonstrated skills that could see him develop into a genuine on 2-0, Minto and Lees kicked things off in the morning. The former got the first boundary of the day with a lovely cover drive for four off the bowling of Brett teenager frustrated the experienced bowling pair of Mohammad Abbas and Hutton as he played some nice shots including a delightful cut shot for four. He then played two more glorious strokes on the offside from the bowling of was happy to be a foil to Minto's aggression, but he picked up his first boundary of the day as he guided one past third for brought up his first career half-century from 61 deliveries with his eighth boundary of the day, but Nottinghamshire restricted Durham before lunch with Rob Lord and Freddie McCann keeping things got the breakthrough soon after lunch with Hutton getting Minto for a fantastic 67 as he went for one shot too many, pulling one straight to Haseeb Hameed at square leg. Lees went to his fifty soon after, with the milestone coming from 96 deliveries and he was joined in the middle by England Lions man Ben McKinney, who looked good in the early stages of his continued to underline his attacking intentions as he plundered a McCann ball straight down the ground to the boundary, but shortly after he edged an Abbas ball to Kyle Verreynne to depart for continued to tick along nicely with Gay joining him in the middle and the ex-Northamptonshire man helped Durham steer the ship in the face of some tight bowling from the then picked up a rare boundary as he pulled a Lord delivery to the rope to relieve a bit of pressure and Gay followed that up with a nice shot through the got a second life just before tea, after he edged a Lyndon James ball towards Joe Clarke at first slip but he could not take the chance with the Durham man on 30. However, they did get a big breakthrough in the next over as Lees was caught behind for 82 with Liam Patterson-White the one to get the Durham economical bowling continued into the evening session as Gay and new batter Colin Ackermann struggled to find the boundary, but the latter broke the shackles as he drove a Patterson-White ball down the ground for was making the league leaders pay for the drop as he became the third Durham player to pass fifty in the innings, with his coming from a more attritional 113 second new ball came for Nottinghamshire and runs started to flow for Ackermann who played a delightful shot off Abbas for four, but he then departed for 37 as he edged a beauty from Abbas to Verreynne behind the stumps to give the visitors a much-needed Robinson joined Gay at the crease and played a lovely shot through the covers to take Durham to the 300 mark and the pair took Durham to stumps without further loss. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
The Independent
19-04-2025
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- The Independent
Durham duo Alex Lees and Emilio Gay pile on the runs against Yorkshire
Alex Lees and Emilio Gay both scored unbeaten centuries as Durham piled on the runs against Yorkshire in the County Championship. Dom Bess was the final Yorkshire player out for 66 in a total of 307, and George Hill struck early in the Durham innings to remove Ben McKinney for only six. But from there the hosts took full control, with forker Yorkshire opener Lees ending the day on 148 and Gay scoring a maiden first-class century for Durham with 105 as they reached 264 for one. Warwickshire's unbeaten start to the season is under severe threat after they were skittled for only 93 by Nottinghamshire. Brett Hutton and Fergus O'Neill took five wickets each, the latter for just 19 runs, and Notts closed on 204 for five, with Haseeb Hameed unbeaten on 75. Sussex built on their strong overnight position to reach 435 in their first innings against Surrey at Hove. Tom Haines was the star man for the hosts, finally falling for 174, while Ollie Robinson bowled Rory Burns for 16 before Surrey closed on 90 for one in response. Hampshire lead Somerset by 10 runs with seven first-innings wickets remaining at Southampton. An unbeaten 47 from Migael Pretorius helped Somerset to 184 all out after they had slipped to 96 for seven, and he then bowled opener Mark Stoneman. But Nick Gubbins and Liam Dawson both posted unbeaten half centuries as Hampshire moved past Somerset on to 194 for three. Essex hit back strongly against Worcestershire at Chelmsford, opening up a 210-run lead with four second-innings wickets remaining. Having been bowled out for only 179, they restricted the visitors to 202 in their first innings, with new Sri Lankan signing Kasun Rajitha taking four wickets. Essex then reached 233 for six in their second innings, with Paul Walter passing his century before falling for 104. In Division Two, Ben Compton hit an unbeaten century as Kent put up a strong response chasing Gloucestershire's 472 all out. James Bracey and Marchant de Lange put on 87 for the final Gloucestershire wicket, with Bracey ending the innings unbeaten on 151. But Compton guided Kent superbly to 318 for seven, reaching 144 not out at the close, although the loss of Grant Stewart for 51 to the final ball of the day could prove costly. Leicestershire trail Lancashire by 143 runs with nine first-innings wickets remaining at Old Trafford. The hosts rallied from their overnight position to reach 263, Marcus Harris top scoring with 77 while Tom Scriven took five wickets. In response, Rehan Ahmed led Leicestershire to 120 for one with an unbeaten 61. In the battle of the bottom two sides, Middlesex are in complete control against Glamorgan after reaching 353 for four in response to the Welsh side's first innings of 199. Max Holden top scored with 107 while Leus du Plooy (85no) and Ben Geddes (51no) are approaching a century partnership. Northamptonshire captain Luke Procter is three runs short of a century as his side look to build a sizeable lead over Derbyshire. After helping bowl the hosts out for 307, Procter moved to 97 not out as Northants closed on 236 for three.
