Durham Match Thread 2021

[Arthur Crabtree]

Third ball!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Four down! Carse gets on with his first ball. Has there ever been a better morning to be a Durham supporter...?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Essex chose to bat too.

Another for Carse, two in four balls.

[captaincolly]

I'm in Rothbury for the day. Signal comes and goes! I see it was an excellent start but now as expected wickets harder to come by!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bang bang! Two more.

And another. Eight down.

[Durhamfootman]

Four down! Carse gets on with his first ball. Has there ever been a better morning to be a Durham supporter...?

I don't know..... I was at blooming work

[Durhamfootman]

Not sure what I was expecting to find when I got in from work, but this wasn't it

The 500 plays 500 first match was at Chelmsford too, surely?

Essex chose to bat first too

[Durhamfootman]

50 up

just Lees back in the shed

[Durhamfootman]

the first false shot I've seen Young play squirts away for 4 after the bowler squared him up. He's looked very organised up to now. Quite defensively minded, but that'll do me

[Durhamfootman]

all run 4 from Borthwick. These two are quick between the wickets

[Durhamfootman]

13 runs off Porter's last over. Borthwick moves onto 48

81-1

[Durhamfootman]

and he brings up his 50 with a 4 off Harmer. He's scored 21 runs off his last 8 deliveries

[Durhamfootman]

we have a lead, but Young has just clipped a ball from Harmer straight into the outstretched hands of Dan Lawrence, who didn't have to move a muscle

98-2

[Durhamfootman]

100 up.... with a very quick second fifty

Impressed with Sam Cook's bowling. Looks a prospect. Think he's only 22 or something daft like that

[Durhamfootman]

Bedders dances down the pitch and lofts Harmer...... straight to mid off

poor decision on nought

104-3