Durham defeat adds extra gloom to irascible week

Durham 321 for 6 (Latham 77, Steel 73, Clark 73*, Robinson 4-69) path Sussex 346 by 25 runs

On the Chester-le-Avenue ground the set he made a century on debut two years in the past, Sussex’s Ollie Robinson underlined his all-spherical qualities in the Specsavers County Championship match in opposition to Durham. He took three wickets with his odd seam and one with offspin as Graham Clark’s unbeaten 73 carried Durham to 321 for 6, 25 in the attend of.

Robinson revived Sussex by laying aside both Tom Latham and Cameron Steel after that they had batted through the day’s first 44 overs to accumulate their 2nd-wicket stand to 163.

He almost had Latham when attempting two overs of offspin dazzling before lunch. Having reached fifty off 92 balls with seven fours, the Fresh Zealand opener used to be almost bowled spherical his legs. In the same over he survived a spellbinding likelihood to Chris Jordan at hotfoot. Latham furthermore looked lucky to outlive a Stuart Whittingham lbw charm on 37, however both batsmen looked supremely glad in the principle hour after lunch.

Each received out to miscued pulls off Robinson, nonetheless. Steel fell for 73 when he found out George Garton at deep midwicket and 4 overs later Latham skied to Laurie Evans at deep backward sq. to leave for 77.

With Danny Briggs no longer noted, Robinson equipped the staunch traipse likelihood and he tried it again for three overs before taking the 2nd unusual ball. His seventh offer had Ryan Pringle lbw on the attend foot.

Left-armer Garton, given one other outing with Jofra Archer rested, conceded 34 in his first six-over spell however claimed the scalp of Paul Collingwood in his 2nd. The Durham skipper received off the mark by using extensive of mid-on for four, however two balls later Garton skidded one through to pin him bang in entrance.

Jordan ran in strongly and deserved some reward, however his best success came from a ball which moved so sharply away off the pitch that Michael Richardson would accumulate done extraordinarily nicely to the touch it. He lingered loads of seconds after being adjudged caught in the attend of.

Clark used to be ignored by Jordan at hotfoot off Robinson on 10 however quickly started pulling strongly and had eight fours in his 72-ball fifty. He dominated a stand of 57 with Pringle and loved higher strengthen in an unbroken partnership of 42 with Brydon Carse. Putrid gentle ended play with ten overs left.