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LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Durham, Day Two

LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Durham, Day Two

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6.40pm, CLOSE Day 2
Lancashire 2nd inns 91-2 Jennings 38* Williams 0* lead by 212 runs

6.30pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 87-2 Jennings 38* Williams 0* lead by 208 runs
Keaton Jennings and Josh Bohannon were building steadily and clearly looking to get through to stumps carefully.

But Bohannon has gone for 38 caught behind off Ben Raine.

5.40pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 40-1 Jennings 30* Bohannon 0* lead by 161 runs
Keaton Jennings has put bat to ball in emphatic style at the start of Lancashire's second innings hitting five fours.

Luke Wells attempt to do the same ended up in the hands of Matty Potts who took a fine catch running back from mid-on to give Ben Stokes a wicket, the Red Rose opener departing for 6.

5.00pm
Durham 1st inns 236 all out trail by 121 runs
Tom Aspinwall take a bow!

That's a five-wicket haul in his first bowl in first-class cricket (in his second match). 

Callum Parkinson is lbw for a duck and Aspinwall has figures of 5 for 41 as he leads the team off. Superb!

 

4.50pm
Durham 1st inns 232-9 (66.2 overs) Coughlin 13* Parkinson 0* trail by 125 runs
Tom Aspinwall has a fourth, bowling Matty Potts for 6 with a delivery that kept a bit low.

4.35pm
Durham 1st inns 222-8 (62.3 overs) Coughlin 7* Potts 0* trail by 135 runs
What did Lancashire have for tea? 

Its worked a treat as Tom Aspinwall grabs a third wicket having Ben Raine caught at second slip for a duck.

4.30pm
Durham 1st inns 221-7 (61.3 overs) Coughlin 7* Raine 0* trail by 136 runs
One wicket brings two! Nathan Lyon has Graham Clark lbw for 24 playing back.

Perfect post-tea start for Lancashire.

4.25pm
Durham 1st inns 220-6 (61 overs) Clark 24* Coughlin 7* trail by 137 runs
What a start after tea! David Bedingham, who had played so well today, bottom edges the second ball onto his stumps for 101 and Tom Aspinwall has made his second big breakthrough of the day.

4.00pm, TEA Day 2
Durham 1st inns 213-5 (60 overs) Bedingham 101* Clark 24* trail by 144 runs
That is a vital century by David Bedingham who has taken Durham safely past the follow-on. 

3.30pm
Durham 1st inns 169-5 (52 overs) Bedingham 81* Clark 4* trail by 188 runs
Lancashire have managed to dry up the runs in the last half hour with Saqib Mahmood putting in a good, short four over burst and now replaced by George Balderson.

Will Williams has been replaced after a similar short spell of three overs by Nathan Lyon.  

3.00pm
Durham 1st inns 159-5 (46 overs) Bedingham 72* Clark 3* trail by 198 runs
Nathan Lyon is taking a break after bowling 19 overs unchanged either side of lunch from the North End. He has 3 for 46 so far.

Saqib Mahmood returns at the South End with Will Williams at the North End.

2.44pm
Durham 1st inns 145-5 (44 overs) Bedingham 61* Clark 0* trail by 212 runs
Got him! Nathan Lyon has the wicket of Ben Stokes courtesy of an excellent catch at taken low down by Tom Bruce after Stokes plays back and edges to second slip. 


2.29pm
Durham 1st inns 139-4 (39 overs) Bedingham 57* Stokes 0* trail by 218 runs
Ollie Robinson goes for a duck after a great handed catch by George Bell at short leg to give Nathan Lyon a second wicket!

2.22pm
Durham 1st inns 128-3 (37 overs) Bedingham 46* Robinson 0* trail by 229 runs
Tom Aspinwall produces a great yorker that David Bedingham misses but is given not out, the ball just going down the leg side, but moments later Aspinwall celebrates his maiden first-class wicket!

Colin Ackermann had cut the previous ball for four and went after the next delivery but edges to first slip where Keaton Jennings pulls off a great leaping catch.

That was the breakthrough Lancashire were after ending a partnership of 94 runs, Ackermann out for 44.

2.05pm
Durham 1st inns 109-2 (34 overs) Ackermann 38* Bedingham 33* trail by 248 runs
Colin Ackermann and David Bedingham have settled quickly after lunch and are building a good partnership  for Durham. 

Tom Aspinwall is coming on for his first bowl in first-class cricket.

1.45pm
Durham 1st inns 84-2 (27 overs) Ackermann 17* Bedingham 29* trail by 273 runs
A big shout for lbw by George Balderson against David Bedingham as we get started after lunch, but with no signal from the umpire as the batters run a single there must have been some bat involved. 

That's the 50 partnership reached off 105 balls.

1.00pm, LUNCH Day 2
Durham 77-2 (26 overs) Ackermann 11* Bedingham 28*
Shot! David Bedingham rocks back and smashes a shorter delivery from Saqib Mahmood over midwicket for six. Some shot just before the break.

But overall that has been a good morning for Lancashire who are a touch unfortunate not to have had a couple more wickets.

12.47pm
Durham 67-2 (23 overs) Ackermann 10* Bedingham 19*
Saqib Mahmood has been superb this morning, beating both batsmen with a probing length and he is back for a second spell in the run up to lunch. He deserves a wicket.

12.35pm
Durham 63-2 (19 overs) Ackermann 7* Bedingham 18*
George Balderson has been excellent with the ball this season and he draws David Bedingham forward and beats the South African all end's up but just misses getting an edge.

Bedingham comes back with a great reply driving the next ball for four.

12.22pm
Durham 48-2 (16 overs) Ackermann 5* Bedingham 5*
Nathan Lyon is finding some good turn off this wicket and is causing some moments of anxiety for both Colin Ackermann and David Bedingham. It'sa fascinating battle.

12.06pm
Durham 34-2 (11.1 overs) Ackermann 0* Bedingham 0*
Two wickets in two balls!

Scott Borthwick edges Nathan Lyon with the ball hitting Matty Hurst on the pads and deflecting to first slip where Keaton Jennings makes a smart grab.

12.04pm
Durham 34-1 (11 overs) Borthwick 9*
George Balderson has a wicket with his sixth ball! 

Alex Lees inside edges onto his pad with the ball carrying through to 'keeper Matty Hurst. 

12.00pm
Durham 33-0 (10 overs) Lees 24* Borthwick 9*
Alex Lees has continued in positive fashion and Keaton Jennings makes a double change with Nathan Lyon and George Balderson coming into the attack.

And Lyon's first over is eventful as finds the edge of Lees' bat but the ball just evades first slip. Good start by the Australian off spinner.

11.30am
Durham 16-0 (4 overs) Lees 15* Borthwick 1*
Durham skipper Alex Lees is getting off to a very positive start, driving three fours off Will Williams.

Saqib Mahmood is sharing the opening overs and has beaten the bat a number of times already.

11.06am
Lancashire 357 all out (96 overs) 
Saqib Mahmood top edges Matty Potts over Ollie Robinson for four with the wicketkeeper getting the tips of his glove to the ball.

But the bowler gets his revenge the following delivery when Mahmood pulls a short ball to Alex Lees at midwicket for 46. 

11.00am
Lancashire 350-9 (96 overs) Mahmood 40* Lyon 5*
Ben Stokes is bowling the first over of the day to Saqib Mahmood.

9.00am
Good morning from Stanley Park as on a gloriously sunny morning in Blackpool ahead of the second day of this Vitality County Championship match against Durham.

The current ground conditions are excellent and we are set to start on time at 11am when Lancashire will resume their first innings on 350 for nine with Saqib Mahmood on 40 - his highest first-class innings for Lancashire - alongside Nathan Lyon who is 5 not out.

There was a lot of interest in how Ben Stokes would perform on his return but Keaton Jennings stole the show with a fabulous century.

No doubt attention today will be on a potential Stokes v Lyon contest. 

Here's yesterday's match report.

MATCH REPORT

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