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Joe Sayers: Only the third to carry his bat through a Yorkshire innings

Rain played havoc with the Second Eleven Championship match at Darlington, when Yorkshire and Durham continued their joust. There was one break on Day 1 which wiped out 35 overs, three breaks on Day 2 which cost 60 overs, and Day 3 was washed out. The elements saved Yorkshire from total ignominy.

Yorkshire’s first innings of 91 was their lowest against their northern neighbours in 28 Championship matches, the worst sort of record to break - but there was one bright spot: a stalwart 56 not out from Joe Sayers, which saw him become only the third to carry his bat through a Yorkshire innings. No other batsmen got into double figures!

The best bowler? Chris Rushworth, fall guy of the Trophy match the previous day, who finished with five wickets for a mere 20 runs. What a difference a day makes!

Some things do not change. Ben Harmison carried his good form forward and got nearer the century mark than in his previous innings – he was top-scorer yet again for Durham when they set about passing Yorkshire’s first innings. It was not too difficult a task, but they lost four wickets before they took the lead.

Durham were 157 ahead with nine wickets down when the third rain break in their innings came. It was expected that the declaration would come, but it did not. Only one ball was needed on the resumption for the innings to be brought to an end - David Wainwright, the best of Yorkshire’s attack, catching Ruel Brathwaite off his own bowling to finish with 4-43.

Yorkshire had faced only two overs in their second innings when a torrential downpour accompanied by two flashes of lightning, puddles on the outfield, overflowing gutters and an early end to Day 2. The rain continued into the evening, and through the night.

It was still raining on the third morning, though not as copiously as the evening before. The umpires had not hesitation in abandoning play for the day, the match concluding as a draw.

Second XI Championship Durham v Yorkshire

Tuesday, June 21 2011 (11:00) at Feethams, Darlington

Drawn

Yorkshire won toss and decided to bat

Yorkshire (1st Innings)	Durham (1st Innings)
91 for 10 (38.5 overs)	251 for 10 (68.1 overs)
2 Hours, 49 Minutes.	4 Hours, 32 Minutes.
Yorkshire (2nd Innings)	Durham (2nd Innings)
1 for 0 (2.0 overs)	0 for 0 (0.0 overs)
7 Minutes.	0 Minutes.

Yorkshire (1st Innings)

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
AZ Lees		b Rushworth	0	10	10	0	0	0.00
JJ Sayers	not out		56	107	169	3	0	52.34
WT Root	c Richardson	b Claydon	1	9	15	0	0	11.11
GL Brophy+		b Rushworth	0	7	12	0	0	0.00
LJ Hodgson	c Richardson	b Rushworth	1	12	16	0	0	8.33
DJ Wainwright	c Tye	b Brathwaite	5	31	41	1	0	16.13
GS Randhawa	c Richardson	b Davies	1	6	3	0	0	16.67
I Wardlaw	lbw	b Davies	2	5	8	0	0	40.00
BW Sanderson	lbw	b Claydon	9	35	46	1	0	25.71
MA Ashraf		b Rushworth	4	10	13	1	0	40.00
OJ Hannon-Dalby	lbw	b Rushworth	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
JAR Blain*
Extras	0b 11lb 1w 0nb 0pen		12
Provisional Score For Innings			91
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			91	for 10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
C Rushworth	11.5	3	20	5	0 (0)	0 (0)	14.20	1.69
ME Claydon	10.0	3	14	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	30.00	1.40
RMR Brathwaite	6.0	1	13	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	36.00	2.17
AM Davies	7.0	2	17	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	21.00	2.43
BW Harmison	3.0	1	14	0	1 (1)	0 (0)	0.00	4.67
GR Breese	1.0	0	2	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	2.00

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
AZ Lees	1-0	0	AZ Lees (0) JJ Sayers (0)	2.4
WT Root	2-5	5	WT Root (1) JJ Sayers (4)	5.6
GL Brophy	3-8	3	GL Brophy (0) JJ Sayers (3)	8.5
LJ Hodgson	4-18	10	LJ Hodgson (1) JJ Sayers (4)	12.1
DJ Wainwright	5-47	29	DJ Wainwright (5) JJ Sayers (18)	21.5
GS Randhawa	6-48	1	GS Randhawa (1) JJ Sayers (0)	22.5
I Wardlaw	7-54	6	I Wardlaw (2) JJ Sayers (4)	24.3
BW Sanderson	8-82	28	BW Sanderson (9) JJ Sayers (18)	35.5
MA Ashraf	9-91	9	MA Ashraf (4) JJ Sayers (5)	38.4
OJ Hannon-Dalby	10-91	0	OJ Hannon-Dalby (0) JJ Sayers (0)	38.5

Durham (1st Innings)

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
MD Stoneman	c and b	Ashraf	8	37	47	1	0	21.62
BA Raine		b Wainwright	20	61	81	1	0	32.79
GR Breese*	c Brophy	b Wardlaw	28	46	59	3	0	60.87
MJ Richardson+	c Lees	b Randhawa	6	15	14	1	0	40.00
BW Harmison		b Ashraf	91	103	150	13	1	88.35
RD Pringle	c Lees	b Wardlaw	11	28	45	2	0	39.29
R Shahzad	lbw	b Wardlaw	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
ME Claydon		b Wainwright	31	54	62	5	0	57.41
AJ Tye	lbw	b Wainwright	16	35	42	1	1	45.71
RMR Brathwaite	c and b	Wainwright	15	21	26	2	0	71.43
C Rushworth	not out		9	8	6	2	0	112.50
AM Davies
Extras	2b 8lb 2w 4nb 0pen		16
Provisional Score For Innings			251
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			251	for 10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
OJ Hannon-Dalby	13.0	0	42	0	2 (2)	0 (0)	0.00	3.23
MA Ashraf	14.0	3	48	2	0 (0)	2 (4)	43.00	3.43
BW Sanderson	12.0	4	32	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	2.67
DJ Wainwright	13.1	1	43	4	0 (0)	0 (0)	19.75	3.27
GS Randhawa	4.0	1	10	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	24.00	2.50
I Wardlaw	8.0	2	40	3	0 (0)	0 (0)	16.00	5.00
LJ Hodgson	4.0	0	26	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	6.50

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
MD Stoneman	1-26	26	MD Stoneman (8) BA Raine (13)	11.6
BA Raine	2-47	21	BA Raine (7) GR Breese (11)	20.1
MJ Richardson	3-60	13	MJ Richardson (6) GR Breese (5)	23.5
GR Breese	4-73	13	GR Breese (12) BW Harmison (1)	27.4
RD Pringle	5-129	56	RD Pringle (11) BW Harmison (45)	37.5
R Shahzad	6-137	8	R Shahzad (0) BW Harmison (8)	39.2
ME Claydon	7-206	69	ME Claydon (31) BW Harmison (34)	54.5
BW Harmison	8-214	8	BW Harmison (3) AJ Tye (5)	61.4
AJ Tye	9-242	28	AJ Tye (11) RMR Brathwaite (15)	66.3
RMR Brathwaite	10-251	9	RMR Brathwaite (0) C Rushworth (9)	68.1

Yorkshire (2nd Innings)

Batsman		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
AZ Lees	not out	0	7	7	0	0	0.00
JJ Sayers	not out	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
GL Brophy+
WT Root
LJ Hodgson
DJ Wainwright
GS Randhawa
I Wardlaw
BW Sanderson
OJ Hannon-Dalby
MA Ashraf
JAR Blain*
Extras	0b 1lb 0w 0nb 0pen	1
Provisional Score For Innings		1
Penalties awarded following Innings		0
Total		1	for 0

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
C Rushworth	1.0	1	0	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	0.00
ME Claydon	1.0	1	0	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	0.00

Durham (2nd Innings)

Batsman		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
MD Stoneman
BA Raine
MJ Richardson+
BW Harmison
GR Breese*
RD Pringle
R Shahzad
ME Claydon
C Rushworth
AJ Tye
RMR Brathwaite
AM Davies
Extras	0b 0lb 0w 0nb 0pen	0
Provisional Score For Innings		0
Penalties awarded following Innings		0
Total		0	for 0