Durham 517 (Lees 145, Raine 93, Clark 76, Ollie Robinson 60, Yates 4-137) and 12 for two path Warwickshire 698 for 3 dec by 169 runs
Durham unfurled a dogged rearguard motion towards Warwickshire on the third day of their Vitality County Championship fixture at Edgbaston – however need to ship another one tomorrow.
Trailing on first innings by 181, Durham closed day three on 12 for 2 and need to bat out day 4 to forestall Warwickshire’s second-highest ever whole – 698 for 3 – being rewarded with victory.
That needs to be achievable by the guests on a pitch which has yielded up simply 15 wickets in three days. The 2 first innings collectively contained 10 particular person three-figure scores – 4 with the bat and 6 with the ball.
After Durham resumed on the third morning on 178 for 3, the sample of batting management instantly resumed with little suggestion that the pitch was breaking apart. Lees and Robinson took their partnership to 99, the previous reaching his twenty fourth top quality century from 185 balls. Robinson flicked Olly Hannon-Dalby over mid-wicket for six on his option to an 82-ball half-century however then skied Danny Briggs to additional cowl.
With Chris Rushworth off the sector present process therapy for a calf niggle, the brand new ball went into the unaccustomed fingers of Will Rhodes and the previous captain quickly nipped it inside a Lees drive to hit off stump. When Brydon Carse ladled Ed Barnard carelessly to lengthy leg, Durham had been 331 for six, nonetheless 217 from that follow-on determine, however Clark and Raine steadied the ship, and took beneficial outing of the sport, with a stand of 122 in 33 overs.
Yates turned one sharply previous Clark’s tried paddle to leg to win an lbw choice, however Raine proceed to prosper on territory he has loved earlier than. Six years in the past, as a Leicestershire participant in a Blast fixture at Edgbaston, he smashed 113 of which 108 got here in fours and sixes. This time he struck 5 sixes and eight fours however then left the door ajar for Warwickshire when he was bowled behind his legs by Yates.
That was Yates’ first three-for in first-class cricket. Three balls later he had a four-for after taking a sensible low return catch from Callum Parkinson. When Potts skied Dan Mousley to that man Yates at deep mid-wicket, Durham had been nonetheless 32 quick of the comply with on so had ten overs batting second time round.
It took solely 5 balls for Hannon-Dalby to dislodge one of the doubtless greatest obstacles to a Warwickshire win when he lured first-innings century-maker Lees right into a free drive which he edged to wicketkeeper Michael Burgess. The final phrase of the day fell to the exceptional Yates who had Borthwick caught behind so as to add a fifth wicket to his 191 runs within the match thus far.
