County Championship: Durham close in on Gloucestershire win as Matthew Potts impresses
County Championship: Durham close in on Gloucestershire win as Matthew Potts impresses
LV= County Championship Division Two , Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day three) Durham 445 & 272-4 Dec: Jones 121*, Robinson 67; Zafar, 2-121 Gloucestershire 292 & 181-6: Harris 71*, Bracey 50; Potts 2-28, Patel 2-49 beat Durham (7 pts) with six wickets remaining With England fast bowling injury worried, Potts won 2-21 in an impressive flurry of five with the new ball to issue an encore timely to England selectors.
Building on a 153 first set lead, Durham posted 272- 4 declared second time thanks to a fine run of 121 not knocked out by Michael Jones and a quick half-century from Ollie Robinson, setting Gloucestershire a theoretical winning target of 426 in 142 overs on deteriorating ground.
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Potts was then taken out left-handers Chris Dent and Ben Charlesworth with successive deliveries in the third to start a slide as the hosts calmed down at 58-4.
Although Marcus Harris proved stubborn in signing 71 not to see the home side down to 181-6 at the end, they still trail by 244 and with the fine weather it is very likely Durham will complete a fourth win in six to cement their position at the top of the table. division two.
Potts, who has now claimed 28 wickets in five red ball outings since early April, c was too much for Dent and Charlesworth.
Dent caught behind before Charlesworth landed his third slide as Gloucestershire got off to the worst possible start to his second run.
LV= County Championship Division Two , Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day three) Durham 445 & 272-4 Dec: Jones 121*, Robinson 67; Zafar, 2-121 Gloucestershire 292 & 181-6: Harris 71*, Bracey 50; Potts 2-28, Patel 2-49 beat Durham (7 pts) with six wickets remaining With England fast bowling injury worried, Potts won 2-21 in an impressive flurry of five with the new ball to issue an encore timely to England selectors.
Building on a 153 first set lead, Durham posted 272- 4 declared second time thanks to a fine run of 121 not knocked out by Michael Jones and a quick half-century from Ollie Robinson, setting Gloucestershire a theoretical winning target of 426 in 142 overs on deteriorating ground.
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Potts was then taken out left-handers Chris Dent and Ben Charlesworth with successive deliveries in the third to start a slide as the hosts calmed down at 58-4.
Although Marcus Harris proved stubborn in signing 71 not to see the home side down to 181-6 at the end, they still trail by 244 and with the fine weather it is very likely Durham will complete a fourth win in six to cement their position at the top of the table. division two.
Potts, who has now claimed 28 wickets in five red ball outings since early April, c was too much for Dent and Charlesworth.
Dent caught behind before Charlesworth landed his third slide as Gloucestershire got off to the worst possible start to his second run.
