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Derbyshire fall to Durham defeat

Friday 11th August 2023
Photography by: David Griffin, written by ECB Reporters Network

Brooke Guest and Wayne Madsen scored half-centuries for Derbyshire, but the visitors were unable to secure victory over Durham at Seat Unique Riverside.

Graham Clark led the way for the home side, top-scoring with 89 from 78 balls, sharing an opening partnership worth 142 with Alex Lees. However, Alex Thomson claimed three for 53 for the Falcons to spark a middle-order collapse before a career-best 76 from Liam Trevaskis propelled Durham to a competitive total of 333 for eight.

Derbyshire threatened to chase down the total after impressive knocks from Wayne Madsen and Brook Guest. But, the visitors lost wickets at regular intervals and four strikes from Migael Pretorius allowed Durham to clinch their second win of the campaign.

After being inserted, Durham made a measured start to the contest as Lees and Clark took time to settle against the new ball. Suranga Lakmal and Sam Conners controlled the early exchanges, conceding only 23 from the opening six overs.

But, Clark and Lees began to find their range against the Derbyshire change bowlers to accelerate the innings. The two players took Mark Watt’s first three overs for 31 that included a flat six by Clark over the leg-side boundary.

Clark secured his third List A fifty on the bounce to continue his outstanding form. Lees followed his team-mate to another score of fifty-plus, ushering the hosts past the 100-run mark in the process.

But, the Falcons broke back into the game courtesy of a mix-up between Clark and Lees, which resulted in the left-hander’s dismissal run out for 62. The home side faltered from 142 without loss to 182 for four as Clark fell 11 runs shy of a deserved ton, while David Bedingham and Ben McKinney fell cheaply.

Thomson allowed the visitors to control the middle overs, putting the clamps and putting pressure on the hosts. He struck twice in two balls to dismiss Jonathan Bushnell and Scott Borthwick. Trevaskis survived the hat-trick ball and began to rebuild the innings.

Trevaskis and Jones combined for a seventh-wicket stand of 80 from 61 balls to propel Durham over the 300-run mark. Trevaskis scored a career-best 76 not out to ensure the hosts capitalised on their strong start to set Derbyshire a tricky chase in the afternoon.

The visitors responded with early boundaries against Luke Robinson and Migael Pretorius with Harry Came setting the tone. Trevaskis broke the opening stand for 48 taking a sharp return catch to remove Luis Reece.

Came caused problems with a brisk 33-ball 44 before he miscued a drive down to George Drissell at third man, while Scott Borthwick prised out David Lloyd for 30, reducing Derbyshire to 105 for three.

Haider Ali joined Madsen in the middle, and added quick runs, smashing Borthwick down the ground to register two sixes. He added fifty with Madsen for the fourth wicket, but then fell lbw to George Drissell.

Despite the fall of wickets, Derbyshire didn’t allow their run rate to drop after operating at above seven per over at the half-way stage.

Madsen took control of the chase and eased his way to a 43-ball fifty. He and Brooke Guest appeared at ease, but in a sense of deja vu, the fifth and sixth Derbyshire wickets fell in successive deliveries as Pretorius dragged Durham back into the game. Madsen picked out Jones, while Matty McKiernan was dismissed first ball.

Guest kept the chase alive and pressed the Durham bowlers with a flawless half-century. It took a brilliant diving catch from McKinney in the deep to remove him for 63 and Lees took another to dismiss Thomson for a well-made 35 to turn the game in Durham’s favour. The hosts were clinical at the death to secure a 27-run win as Pretorious and Bushnell claimed the final two Derbyshire wickets.

Derbyshire’s Brooke Guest said: “We had three moments there where we had the game. We just needed to extend those partnerships a little bit longer. Unfortunately, we lost that wicket at a crucial point before we sealed the deal. The one positive that we can take is that we’ve played with a lot more freedom with the bat. Winning the last and making a good effort in this one is showing that our brand of cricket that we want to play is starting to come through.
“Hopefully, we can take that further into the competition and pick up some more wins. A few of their players played very good innings, a couple at the top of the order and then Liam Trevaskis played a lovely innings to get them up to 330. If we had that one more wicket in the shed you never know. But, we only needed 59 off the last 10 overs, so that’s the most disappointing aspect of the game.
“At this stage, we’ve got nothing to lose. We’ve got to go out there and win every game. We’ve got to go out there and play with the freedom we’ve shown in the last couple of games and you never know what can happen.”

 

Match Result:
A
L
Fri 11 Aug 2023
Seat Unique Riverside
Durham Cricket
Durham Cricket
333-8
Derbyshire
Derbyshire
306
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