Century for Robinsonpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 18 May
Durham 498-5 - lead Notts by 91 runs
Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle
Ollie Robinson has joined Emiiio Gay in reaching 100 in this game. It's his 10th in First Class cricket. And the efforts of him and Gay have cancelled out Haseeb Hameed's double hundred for Notts on day one.
Robinson last made a century in the heat of Chelmsford last June. He also scored 171*, this week last year, at Blackpool.
But the knock at Essex was the start of a long run of low scores - until he made 76 at Hampshire two weeks ago. Prior to that he'd amassed just 201 runs in 16 championship innings, as the early season form of 2024 deserted him.
It's good to see him scoring well again though, although he was dropped earlier today on 35 by Joe Clarke, at first slip, off the bowling of Mohhamad Abbas.
However, this is a road of a track and there's nothing in it for the bowlers at all. Even if Durham build a big enough lead to allow them to declare, it is going to be very difficult to take 10 Notts wickets in the time left in the game.