By Brian Sanderson,
This morning as I arrived to pick up Bob Procter, there were two matches to visit. Either Trent Bridge or Chester-le-Street and we choose the latter. What a good choice.
After a easy ride up the A1 we arrived in enough time to have a cup of coffee and excellent bacon sandwich.We were joined by Tony Hutton who had managed to see the days play.Yorkshire were 329 for 6 with Bairstow and Bresnan batting. John Winn also arrived to watch the record breaking day.
Soon records started to fall;
New Yorkshire 7th wicket partnership of 366 beating Rhodes and Burton 254 at Dewsbury in 1919.
The five hour partnership was the third best of all time in first class cricket in the world.The first being Bhupinder Singh jnr and P,Dharmani of 460 Punjab v Delhi in 1994-95.
It is the highest seventh wicket partnership in county cricket beating Ranjitsinhji and Newham for Sussex against Essex at Leyton in 1902.
It was the highest partnership on this ground and the best against Durham,
It was also Yorkshire fifth highest first class partnership of all time for any wicket.
Bairstow highest first class score of 219 off 268 balls.
Bresnan highest first class score of 169 not out off 256 balls.
When Yorkshire declared on 557 for 6 it left ten overs to bowl before tea and two wickets fell.
After tea Yorkshire took another three wickets before Borthwick and Pringle put on a unbeaten partnership of 59 in 18 overs. Durham finished on 140 for 5.
Another great day for Yorkshire but they must win this match to overtake Durham in the Championship.
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