I can't believe how this game has run away from Durham this afternoon. On a track which brought 33 wickets in a smidge over four sessions, there should have been little chance of Worcestershire chasing 231 to win.
It required the highest score of the game but it looks like they are going to do it comfortably. Credit must go to Kashif Ali, who has 66 in this second innings, to add to his 55 from the first.
He and Adam Hose batted well after, putting on a crucial 129 runs for the fourth wicket, with Hose eventually out for 50.
Batting conditions appear to have improved, but Durham's bowling has left a lot to be desired. They needed to keep it tight after lunch and they didn't.
There were too many costly bouncers, no-balls and erratic deliveries which raced to the boundary. All freebies. They needed to increase the pressure on Worcestershire but they did the opposite.
This is set to be the Pears' first win on this ground in the County Championship.
It took Worcestershire just 11 minutes to take the final Durham wicket this morning, as the hosts were dismissed in their second innings for 152. That set The Pears a target of 231.
I thought that was probably too much, on a track which has delivered 30 wickets in little over four sessions.
However, the reply got off to a decent start as Gareth Roderick and Jake Libby steered them to 50 without loss.
But then the England skipper Ben Stokes broke the deadlock. Roderick was caught behind, trying to hook a bouncer on 38. I am told it was his 100th FC wicket for Durham on the ground.
Worcestershire then went from 56-1 to 60-2, as Jake Libby pulled a ball to substitute Dan Hogg. Hogg was at mid-wicket. He's also 6ft 7ins. The bowler was Peter Siddle.
Stokes then took Rob Jones' off stump out the ground when he was on one. It was a wicket maiden.
Durham have moved into the box seat once again. And it's clouded over once again. Batting remains tricky.
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I can't believe how this game has run away from Durham this afternoon. On a track which brought 33 wickets in a smidge over four sessions, there should have been little chance of Worcestershire chasing 231 to win.
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It took Worcestershire just 11 minutes to take the final Durham wicket this morning, as the hosts were dismissed in their second innings for 152. That set The Pears a target of 231.
I thought that was probably too much, on a track which has delivered 30 wickets in little over four sessions.
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Worcestershire then went from 56-1 to 60-2, as Jake Libby pulled a ball to substitute Dan Hogg. Hogg was at mid-wicket. He's also 6ft 7ins. The bowler was Peter Siddle.
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