County Championship: Nottinghamshire high Group One after draw with Durham

Scott Borthwick

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Scott Borthwick’s Durham side did enough to frustrate Nottinghamshire and force the draw
LV= County Championship Group One, Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street (day four):
Nottinghamshire 328 & 217: Hameed 58; Borthwick 4-32
Durham 165 & 188-4: Jones 46; Mullaney 1-16
Durham (11 pts) drew with Nottinghamshire (14 pts)
Scorecard

Nottinghamshire finished top of Group One in the County Championship after drawing with Durham on the final day at Chester-le-Street.

Durham had earlier been set a target of 381, after Notts were all out for 217 in their second innings before lunch having resumed on 125-5.

That left plenty of time for Notts to hunt the win but Durham proved dogged opponents with the bat.

Michael Jones’ 46 had steered them to 188-4 when the captains shook hands.

Notts had already qualified for Division One and a chance of the title on Tuesday after gaining enough bonus points, while Durham finish third in Group One.

It took just 13 overs for the last five Notts wickets to fall in the…

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