County Championship: Jake Libby hits century however Durham take pleasure in three-day win over Pears

Worcestershire opener Jake Libby’s third century of the summer takes him to 771 runs for the season – within 16 of the country’s top scorer, Durham’s David Bedingham

LV= County Championship Group One, New Road, Worcester (day three):

Worcestershire 131& 336: Libby 126; Potts 4-66

Durham 381: Bedingham 121, Jones 78; Tongue 4-73 & 89-0: Bancroft 46*, Jones 34*

Durham (23 pts) beat Worcestershire (3 pts) by 10 wickets

Match scorecard

Durham claimed their third County Championship win in five games as they climbed to second place in Group One.

After eventually bowling out the Pears for 336, they were set 87 to win – and openers Cameron Bancroft and Michael Jones saw them to a 10-wicket win.

Durham’s second win over Worcestershire in a month was delayed by an excellent 126 from Jake Libby, backed by Brett D’Oliveira (46) and Ed Barnard (34*).

But Durham had 21 overs left in the day to get the runs they needed on 89-0.

They could also have claimed an extra half hour to avoid the game going into a…

The post County Championship: Jake Libby hits century however Durham take pleasure in three-day win over Pears appeared first on CaymanMama.com | News.

from CaymanMama.com | News https://ift.tt/2SaLr1C