Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

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We weren't sure which way this one was going to go this morning. Could Lancashire frustrate Durham on a benign pitch and bat well into the afternoon, or would they collapse like a pack of cards?

Well, it was the latter as Matty Potts ran through them, taking a career-best 9-68 to finish with 12-126 in the game, his second best match figures.

The tone was set when he had George Balderson LBW in the second over for 16. He followed that with three wickets in the space of four balls nine overs later, as Venkatesh Iyer was bowled for 28, while Tom Hartley and Tom Bailey got ducks two balls apart.

The final pairing added 61 runs before Potts returned to the attack - and armed with the new ball - got debutant Anderson Phillip for 41, LBW, with the second delivery of the over.

Durham are now safe. That's their third innings win of the season and the second in a row here.

Lancashire are in a mess. They are mired in the relegation scrap and have lost three in a row by an innings for the first time since 1907. It's the first time they have also lost four by an innings in the same championship season.

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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

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In 2021 David Bedingham became the first Durham player to make 300 runs in a game. That was in a draw against Derbyshire in Chester-le-Street.

Today he was threatening to do that in one innings against Lancashire, but was out on 279. It is the highest score by a Durham player. It beats Martin Love's 273 in a win against Hants in 2003.

Durham could have declared earlier but I think they were waiting to see if Bedingham could reach the 300 and when he didn't they came off.

He also put on 425 for the fifth wicket with Colin Ackermann, who was eventually out for 186. That was the highest total for any wicket by Durham and the second highest stand in the County Championship for a fifth wicket.

Ironically that title is held by Colin Ackermann, who put on 477* with Wiaan Mulder at Hove in 2022.

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