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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

With four overs to go to tea Warwickshire are now six down. Ed Barnard is the latest to go as debutant Brendan Doggett has him caught at mid-on for 12.

Doggett has taken wickets in consecutive overs. Sam Hain was caught down the legside by Ollie Robinson on 30 in his previous over.

It has clouded over here and got a bit gloomy in the last hour or so and maybe the change in conditions is helping the bowlers. But Warwickshire have a battle on their hands at the moment.

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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Matthew Potts looked set for a second consecutive century against Warwickshire, having come in yesterday afternoon with Durham on 234-7.

He batted really nicely and added 120 for the eighth wicket with Ben McKinney. Whern McKinney was out for 153, Potts continued to push the scoring rate along.

But he was eventually out for 70, stumped by Kai Smith off the bowling of Tazeem Ali. The decision from umpire Paul Pollard left the batsman looking rather stunned.

Durham were then dismissed for 387 as debutant Aussie Brendan Doggett got a third ball duck, LBW to Ali, who finished with career-best figures of 4-66. Having said that, the 18-year-old leg spinner is only playing in his second match.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

We've had 105 overs and time is running out for a fourth batting point for Durham, but that's not worrying Matthew Potts.

He's just pulled Michael Booth into the car park for six and followed that up next ball with a four. He now has 69.

Durham have lost the services of Ben McKinney this morning. He was caught behind, down the legside by young keeper Kai Smith, off the bowling of Ethan Bamber, when on 153.

He and Potts added 120 for the eighth wicket and took Durham to a third batting point.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

The sun is shining in Chester-le-Street and we are in for another lovely day in the North East, with highs of around 19C.

And will the sun continue to shine on the Durham duo of Ben McKinney and Matthew Potts? They put on 109 runs last night and have taken the side to within seven runs of a third batting point.

When the two came together that looked unlikely because Durham lost three wickets for five runs in two crazy overs after tea.

McKinney has a career-best 143 and Potts has 53. If the latter is to break his highest total then we are in for a treat because he made 149* at Edgbaston last season.

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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Durham opener Ben McKinney is now on his highest score in FC cricket. A six off Ethan Bamber took him to 124, beating his 121 in a win here against Notts last season.

He also hit Bamber for four in the same over and has now put on 88 runs with Matthew Potts, who has 47.

These are much-needed runs for Durham after they lost three wickets in two overs after tea. It would be nice from the home team's perspective to see these two still together at the close of play.

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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Durham have got themselves in a spot of bother after tea, losing three wickets for five runs in just two overs.

It all began when Colin Ackermann slog-swept Tazeem Ali to Hamza Shaikh on the legside boundary when on 18. Will Rhodes, who made 10 and two on his debut last weekend, went for a third ball duck, bowled by Ali.

Then Ben Raine missed one when he was on four and was bowled by Vishwa Fernando. He could have been out first ball after edging an Ali delivery straight through the legs of leg slip.

Last weekend Durham lost their last five wickets for just 21 runs at Notts and didn't recover from that. I feel they are going to leave plenty of runs out there today as well.

But in Ben McKinney they have hope. The opener has been steady and has 93 runs.

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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

The last thing Warwickshire needed to do was give a chance to David Bedingham. He scored 1,331 championship runs last year and broke Durham records for fun.

He was on 29 when he edged Ethan Bamber to rookie keeper Kai Smith, but he couldn't hold onto the chance. If that wasn't bad enough he was dropped in Bamber's next over as well, this time at first slip by Rob Yates when on 30.

He and Ben McKinney have put on 60 runs so far, with McKinney reaching his 50 in 93 balls with seven fours.

It is a lovely warm afternoon in Chester-le-Street and plenty of spectators are in T-shirts and shorts. I'm old enough to remember people telling us they shouldn't play cricket this far north in April.

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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

We are just a few minutes away from lunch now and David Bedingham has recently joined Ben McKinney in the middle.

Bedingham, who was Division One's leading run-maker last season, got off the mark with a beautiful four through mid-wicket off Michael Booth.

He replaced Emilio Gay, who was caught behind off Booth on 41, but had been becalmed for a few overs prior to his dismissal. He did put on 78 runs with McKinney though after Durham lost opener Alex Lees for a duck in the first over.