Dead game, and dread circumstances, haunt final throes of Durham bore-draw
Existential angst is nothing new for county cricket, but this feels like the beginning of the end
11/07Result
Group 1, County Championship at Chester-le-Street, Jul 11-14 2021
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![Nottinghamshire]( "Nottinghamshire")
328 & 217 -
![Durham]( "Durham")
165 & 188/4 (55 ov)
11/07Result
Group 1, County Championship at Chester-le-Street, Jul 11-14 2021
-
![Nottinghamshire]( "Nottinghamshire")
328 & 217 -
![Durham]( "Durham")
165 & 188/4 (55 ov)
Match Centre
Match Details
Series
Toss
Durham , elected to field first
Season
Match days
11,12,13,14 July 2021 (4-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Nottinghamshire 14, Durham 10
Scorecard Summary
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 328 (100.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Ben Slater60 (125)
- Liam Patterson-White73 (116)
- Chris Rushworth4/75 (26.2)
- Ben Raine3/63 (25)
DURHAM 165 (54.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Scott Borthwick38 (89)
- David Bedingham30 (62)
- Stuart Broad3/36 (12.1)
- Joey Evison5/21 (8)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 217 (64.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Brett Hutton22 (25)
- Haseeb Hameed58 (117)
- Scott Borthwick4/32 (5.3)
- Matt Salisbury3/42 (13)
DURHAM 188/4 (55 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- David Bedingham36 (58)
- Michael Jones46 (95)
- Steven Mullaney1/16 (9)
- Lyndon James1/18 (4)
END OF OVER:55 | 2 Runs | DUR: 187/4
- Jack Burnham5 (14b)
- Sean Dickson28 (75b)
- Ben Slater2-0-8-0
- Liam Patterson-White17-3-53-1
54.6
0
Slater to Burnham, no run,
54.5
1
Slater to Dickson, 1 run,
54.4
0
Slater to Dickson, no run,
54.3
0
Slater to Dickson, no run,
54.2
0
Slater to Dickson, no run,
54.1
1
Slater to Burnham, 1 run,
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County Championship
| Division 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOT | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
| LAN | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| WAR | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| HAM | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| YOR | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| SOM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Division 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| ESS | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| GLO | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 |
| DUR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| NOR | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| SUR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| GLA | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Division 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KEN | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| MID | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| WOR | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| LEI | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| DER | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| SUS | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Group 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOT | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 151 |
| WAR | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 145 |
| DUR | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 132 |
| ESS | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 129 |
| WOR | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 109 |
| DER | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 72 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| SOM | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 148 |
| HAM | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 145 |
| GLO | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 131 |
| SUR | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 123 |
| LEI | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 111 |
| MID | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 84 |
| Group 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| LAN | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 150 |
| YOR | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 149 |
| GLA | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 127 |
| NOR | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 123 |
| KEN | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 97 |
| SUS | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 94 |