• Durham won by seven wickets
Durham surged to the top of the table with this emphatic seven-wicket win over Somerset. They had to wait a little longer than anticipated since they finally encountered some resistance from the home side’s lower order, which meant that they were required to score 150 for victory. But on another sun-kissed afternoon that modest target was not a problem.
For most of the match the Durham captain, Paul Collingwood, was the puppeteer, pulling all the right strings at the right time as well as leaping to centre stage at crucial moments. When Somerset were strolling on the first day at 223 for two, it was his intervention with the ball that turned the game; on the second day when the Durham innings was wavering he was resolute and calm, thereby ensuring a significant first-innings lead. On the third he was only required to dismiss Somerset’s last batsman Jamie Overton with a bail-trimmer.
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