Lees wins race to 1,000 runs in record Durham stand with Bedingham

Durham 364 for 4 (Lees 171, Bedingham 138) path Derbyshire 443 (Visitor 197, Madsen 62, Borthwick 4-25) by 79 runs

The pair added 305 from 333 balls for the third wicket, Durham’s greatest, and at stumps on day two the guests had been 364 for 4 ,some 79 runs behind Derbyshire’s first-innings 443.

Durham had earlier been on the receiving finish on a flat pitch as Visitor and the tail took benefit of some poor bowling. Derbyshire added 126 runs in 25 overs with Visitor and Conners doing a lot of the harm by plundering 71 from 48 balls.

Visitor reached his 150 by turning Ben Raine behind sq. for his twenty third 4 earlier than the Durham seamer received one to straighten and knock out Alex Thomson’s off stump.

Zak Chappell gloved a Brydon Carse lifter to quick leg however Durham misplaced management as soon as Visitor and Conners engaged the turbo.

Conners pulled Carse for six and after Derbyshire picked up 5 penalty runs when the ball struck the helmet behind wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson, he drove Matthew Parkinson over the lengthy off boundary.

Durham had been wanting more and more ragged till Conners charged Scott Borthwick and was stumped for 33 off solely 25 balls.

Visitor had a double-century in his sights however when he took on Borthwick, he didn’t clear Raine at lengthy on.

It had been an impressive innings and one which regarded even higher when Conners struck twice within the fourth over after lunch.

Michael Jones was bowled as he formed to play by means of midwicket and Borthwick was caught on the crease however Lees and Bedingham responded with an exciting counter-attack.

Bedingham lit the fuse by pulling Chappell for six earlier than Lees straight drove Thomson for consecutive sixes.

Lees drove Anuj Dal again over his head for one more six and his solely anxious second got here on 79 when he nearly edged Chappell behind.

However he drove the subsequent ball for 4 after which turned Chappell for a single to succeed in that 1,000 milestone which was rapidly adopted by his fourth century in 5 innings when he clipped Dal to the effective leg boundary.

Lees had confronted solely 127 balls however Bedingham reached his hundred off solely 113 when he edged Luis Reece to 3rd man for his fifteenth 4.

The runs stored coming and the pair handed Durham’s earlier highest third-wicket stand of 243 which that they had set at Leicester on the finish of June.

Lees went to his 150 with successive fours off Nic Potts however the stand was lastly damaged when Bedingham clipped Dal to substitute fielder Mitch Wagstaff at quick midwicket.

Durham despatched in Migael Pretorius to reap the benefits of a tiring assault however Conners returned to take away Lees, who was caught behind driving at a large ball two overs earlier than the shut.