County Championship: Liam Patterson-White puts Notts on top against Durham

Liam Patterson-White (right) took five wickets on the first day at The Riverside

Five wickets from Liam Patterson-White put Nottinghamshire firmly in the driving seat on day one against Durham at Chester-le-Street as the hosts failed to capitalise on a good start.

A rapid opening to the morning session saw a 50 partnership reached after the first hour and Sean Dickson pass the same mark individually.

Notts then removed both openers to help sow the seeds of a batting collapse, with Dane Paterson removing Michael Jones while Luke Fletcher pinned Dickson lbw for his 600th professional wicket.

The visitors continued to plug away, with Patterson-White spinning his way through the hosts' line-up and claiming the prized wickets of Scott Borthwick and Keegan Petersen to help reduce them to 135-5.

Fletcher, Paterson and James Pattinson all chimed in with wickets to reduce the home side to 230 all out, and Liam Trevaskis was forced to retire hurt after being hit twice on the head by Pattinson bouncers.

Patterson-White took the spotlight after lunch, cleaning up the tail to complete his five-fer, collecting the wickets of concussion substitute George Drissell and finally Ben Raine (36) to end the innings.

Ben Slater and Haseeb Hameed then watchfully saw out the day to leave Notts 50 without loss at stumps.

Durham's Ben Raine told BBC Radio Newcastle:

"It wasn't our best day. They've bowled some good stuff but we have definitely left some runs out there.

"We dominated that first session. We scored quite freely in the first session, then they obviously realised that and changed their plans.

"They've bowled well. Patterson-White bowled beautifully. He did the stint into the wind early on to help keep their seamers fit. Hopefully we can play him a bit better in the second innings."

Notts spinner Liam Patterson White:

"To make a huge contribution like that is always nice. The way that the lads have been playing has been great. Our bowling attack did really well and we're happy with that.

"My role is being able to hold up an end and be able to take wickets at the same time, so it's always pleasing to get wickets. I've done my job.

"It's huge to respond like this. The boys have put in a huge shift, made massive contributions, so it's very pleasing".