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LV= County Championship Division Two, The Riverside, Chester-le-Street (day three) |
Durham 203 & 117: Pattinson 3-34, Fletcher 3-46 |
Nottinghamshire 488-9 dec: Slater 225*, James 108; Potts 6-107 |
Notts (23 pts) beat Durham (2 pts) by an innings and 141 runs |
Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire crushed Durham by an innings and 141 runs to clinch a dominant victory inside three days of their County Championship Division Two clash at the Riverside.
Ben Slater scored his maiden first-class double century to propel the visitors to a commanding total of 488-9 before the declaration came, leaving Durham requiring 259 runs to make Notts bat again.
However, the hosts collapsed to 117 all out in the afternoon amid fine bowling from the East Midlands outfit to slump to a humbling defeat on home soil as Luke Fletcher and James Pattinson claimed three wickets apiece.
Day three began with the pressure on the home side to force their way back into the contest…
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