Two hours before lunch was sufficient and we left for more peaceful surroundings. By this time Durham were on their way to a commanding first innings total. Ross Greenwell from Blaydon cricket club and Michael Jones from Lancashire via Scotland, put on a lively 52 before Greenwell was caught at slip and South African Harte, who scored heavily against Yorkshire last season, was soon bowled by Ed Barnes for only eight.
Ryan Pringle, very much a Durham first team fringe player made useful runs but the hero of the day for the visitors was new wicket keeper batsman Ryan Davies, who has experience with Kent and Somerset before moving north. Untroubled by the continuing noises off Davies scored a fine century before he was caught by keeper Tattersall off Carver's bowling for 109 with thirteen fours and two sixes. Davies had already scored a century for Durham Academy in their first North East Premier League game of the season at Chester le Street. Before bad light caused an interruption and the loss of several overs, Liam Trevaskis (from Carlisle not Cornwall) and Michael Potts, both England Under 19 players put on almost a hundred runs with each of them topping the sixty mark. Durham 363-5 in 89 overs at close of play.
Day two dawned bright and sunny but with a sneaky cold wind. Durham declared on their overnight score as Tom Kohler Cadmore and Alex Lees, both desperately in need of big scores to get back into first team action opened up for Yorkshire. They both batted fluently until Kohler- Cadmore was bowled by trialist Charles Hartley for 38 will the total on 93.
Hartley continued to dominate the wicket taking by dismissing the first four Yorkshire batsmen.
Alex Lees made a good looking 64 with some typical cover driven fours which was good enough to ensure a last minute call up for the first team at the Oval when skipper Gary Ballance dropped out.
Lees was caught behind by Ryan Davies off Hartley and then youngster Tom Loten, making his second eleven debut, was clean bowled first ball also by Hartley.
Hartley was released by Kent at the end of last season and has already had a good five wicket session with Derbyshire before trying his luck with Durham. Certainly he made a good impression today, his next victim Tattersal caught by Trevaskis for 35. By then Yorkshire were 157-4 but the middle order rescued the position with Matthew Fisher the star of the show with a hard hitting 84, including eight fours and three sixes. Yorkshire declared 54 runs behind with 309-6 on the board and managed to claim two early wickets in Durham's second innings both to Thompson.
On day three Durham extended their lead to 268 before declaring at lunchtime on 242-7. Davies, the first innings centurion, again did well with 63 and Pringle (62) and Potts (42 not out) were also in the runs. Yorkshire's run chase fell flat immediately with both openers Fisher and Kohler-Cadmore dismissed for nought. Loten stuck around for 22, but Thompson with a fine 77 not out played out for a draw when bad light again stopped play early with Yorkshire on 153-5.
Players seemed to be coming and going at a great rate with Lees and Carver of Yorkshire and Harte of Durham called away on first team duty. Jones of Durham was also missing after being hit in the eye by the ball yesterday. Youngster Billy Whitford took Lees place in the field, but could not bat, and Josh Sullivan, the Academy leg spinner came on to have a good bowl in the second innings.
All in all a rather unsatisfactory game due to the inevitable atmosphere of a building site and only a handful of spectators throughout. However lots of very promising young talent on view for both sides enough to bring England Under 19 supremo John Abrahams along to watch.
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