The home side, led by Alex Davies' maiden double century, amassed a mammoth 698-3 declared to leave Durham needing 549 even to avoid the follow-on.< /p>< p class="" data-reactid=".m8k1tsgeu8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4">The visitors closed the second day on 178-3 with Alex Lees, unbeaten on 94, leading the resistance but with a huge amount of there is still work to do to get his team out of trouble.
The Warwickshire captain Davies amassed 256, his first double century, from 311 balls while Rob Yates (191 on day one) and Will Rhodes (178 not out) also filled their boots.
Debutant Callum Parkinson delivered the costliest run by a Durham bowler in first-class cricket with 2-206.
Warwickshire resumed on the second morning on 490-1 and former Lancashire opener Davies pushed forward relentlessly and it was a surprise when, after 445 minutes at the crease in which he hit 28 fours and three sixes, he was beaten in defense and bowled by Parkinson.
The spinner then took two wickets in three balls when he produced a beauty to bowl Ed Barnard.
Dan Mousley bowled his third ball into the City End crowd for six and settled alongside the relentless Rhodes to add an unbroken 132 in 22 overs before the statement came half an hour into the afternoon session.
Warwickshire's total only reached its declared 810-4 in 1994 when West Indies legend Brian Lara made an unbeaten world record of 501 - against Durham at Edgbaston.
This pitch continued to offer little to the bowlers but, after the ease of Durham...
The home side, led by Alex Davies' maiden double century, amassed a mammoth 698-3 declared to leave Durham needing 549 even to avoid the follow-on.< /p>< p class="" data-reactid=".m8k1tsgeu8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4">The visitors closed the second day on 178-3 with Alex Lees, unbeaten on 94, leading the resistance but with a huge amount of there is still work to do to get his team out of trouble.
The Warwickshire captain Davies amassed 256, his first double century, from 311 balls while Rob Yates (191 on day one) and Will Rhodes (178 not out) also filled their boots.
Debutant Callum Parkinson delivered the costliest run by a Durham bowler in first-class cricket with 2-206.
Warwickshire resumed on the second morning on 490-1 and former Lancashire opener Davies pushed forward relentlessly and it was a surprise when, after 445 minutes at the crease in which he hit 28 fours and three sixes, he was beaten in defense and bowled by Parkinson.
The spinner then took two wickets in three balls when he produced a beauty to bowl Ed Barnard.
Dan Mousley bowled his third ball into the City End crowd for six and settled alongside the relentless Rhodes to add an unbroken 132 in 22 overs before the statement came half an hour into the afternoon session.
Warwickshire's total only reached its declared 810-4 in 1994 when West Indies legend Brian Lara made an unbeaten world record of 501 - against Durham at Edgbaston.
This pitch continued to offer little to the bowlers but, after the ease of Durham...
Vitality County Championship Division One, Edgbaston (second day)Warwickshire 698-3 December: Davies 256, Yates 191, Rhodes 178*Durham 178-3: Lees 94*Durham (0 pts) trail Warwickshire (6 pts) by 520 runsMatch scorecard
