Durham 254-8 (Rampaul 4-56, Reece 2-28, Burnham 67, Lees 63)
V Derbyshire
Derbyshire will not be unhappy with the close of play score today, with Durham 254-8.
Then again, the home side will be pleased still to be batting with a chance to add further runs tomorrow.
The ball did a bit all day, but we probably hoped to take more wickets before lunch. I thought that Ravi Rampaul again bowled splendidly, as did Luis Reece and Tony Palladino. Logan van Beek was unlucky, and could have had a couple of wickets before lunch, a sharp chance to Matt Critchley put down, while two appeals for lbw were turned down.
The home side got on top in the afternoon, but late wickets in the evening session brought a situation akin to parity by the close.
The next task is to finish things off tomorrow, then bat as doggedly as the home side did, on a day that would never be confused with goings-on at Trent Bridge.
Nonetheless, it had my main focus today, as will the rest of the game.
More from me tomorrow.
Steady day really, looking like a draw already though isn't it unless we collapse spectacularly tomorrow?. Did you catch any of the England game Peakfan, thought Wahab looked a real handful, would've liked to have had him back with us.
ReplyDelete92mph wasn't he clocked at? Looked very good. Anyway, I think we'll be disappointed not to have got through the league's whipping boys after getting them in first. We'll know more tomorrow when we've batted whether we can bat more forcefully than them. I'd like to think we have the stroke players to score at a run an over higher over an extended period which will put Durham under pressure.
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