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Live Reporting

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  1. Heartache for Raine

    Warwickshire 698-3 dec v Durham 514-9

    Martin Emmerson

    BBC Radio Newcastle

    Ben Raine had been holding things together nicely for Durham this afternoon and looked set to reach his second century in County Championship cricket.

    But when he was on 93, an attempt to paddle Rob Yates around the corner backfired as the ball hit his middle stump.

    Seconds later, Yates took a cracking low catch off his own bowling to see off Callum Parkinson for a third-ball duck. He has career-best figures of 4-136.

    Earlier, Raine put on 122 with Graham Clark for the seventh wicket. Clark was out for 76 when he went back into his crease and was trapped lbw by Yates.

    Raine then put on 50 with Matthew Potts before departing. The follow-on target is 549.

  2. Durham still in the fight

    Warwickshire 698-3 dec v Durham 413-6

    Martin Emmerson

    BBC Radio Newcastle

    Ben Raine hits out for Durham

    We've now had more than 1,100 runs in this game and we are still in the first innings. There have only been nine wickets as well.

    Durham are not out of this either. Ben Raine brought up his 50 in the final over before tea and has put on 82 runs with Graham Clark, who has 65.

    It would appear there are many more runs to be had. One of the members of the groundstaff has taken to social media today. He said the first two wickets used at Edgbaston this season had the same readings as the two wickets used at the start of last season.

    They were cut and rolled the same way as well. And the mass of runs this year comes down to the use of the Kookaburra ball. If you love seeing plenty of runs then this will be right up your street. If you prefer wickets, then it won't be.

  3. Third batting point for Durham

    Warwickshire 698-3 dec v Durham 357-6

    Martin Emmerson

    BBC Radio Newcastle

    A third batting point has arrived for Durham. On the face of it 356-6 doesn't look too bad a score, but not when you are still 341 behind!

    But all they can do is keep plugging away with the bat and eat up overs at the same time. The target to avoid the follow-on is 549, so that remains some distance away.

    For their part, Warwickshire will be hoping to have the visitors batting again at some point this afternoon.

    One wicket has fallen since lunch. Ed Barnard came into the attack and bounced Brydon Carse. Carse decided to take him on, rather than err on the side of caution, but hooked the ball straight into the hands of Danny Briggs at fine leg and was out for 12.

    Not the sort of shot needed in the circumstances.

    Graham Clark has 47 and Ben Raine 15.

  4. The runs keep coming

    Warwickshire 698-3 dec v Durham 261-4

    Martin Emmerson

    BBC Radio Newcastle

    We have had 959 runs in this game so far, but only seven wickets - and only one of those has fallen today.

    Ollie Robinson was on 60 when he top-edged a ball from Danny Briggs and it found its way to Ed Barnard at mid-off. The previous ball had been smashed into the stand for six.

    It ended his partnership with Alex Lees at 99 runs. Lees is still out there though. He finished as the top scorer in the country last season with more than 1,300 runs and five centuries. He he has another hundred today.

    He is currently on 125 and while he is out there Durham can eat up more time in this game. There's still a lot of work to do though, following Warwickshire's first-innings total of 698-3 declared.

  5. 'Runs to be had'

    Tea: Warwickshire 698-3 dec v Durham 90-2

    Martin Emmerson

    BBC Radio Newcastle

    Having declared on a massive 698-3, it wasn't long before Warwickshire were among the wickets.

    The Durham skipper Scott Borthwick couldn't get out of the way of a rising delivery from Oliver Hanon-Dalby and was caught behind on 16. That was in the 14th over with Durham on 42.

    On a wicket made for runs, it was rather surprising to see Colin Ackermann then get a fourth ball duck moments later, adjudged caught behind off Craig Miles. He seemed surprised to be given out, suggesting he may have hit his bat against his pad.

    So, having seen Durham manage just three wickets in four and a bit sessions of play, it was suddenly like buses, with two coming along at once.

    But Alex Lees, last season's top scorer in England, has steadied the ship with David Bedingham. Lees has 53 and Bedingham 21. And it still looks like there are many more runs to be had on this flat track. Especially with a 50-yard boundary on the west side of the ground.