England's Potts takes 9-68 as Durham thrash Lancs
Matthew Potts has taken 28 wickets in eight Test matches for England
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Vitality County Championship Division One, Chester-le-Street (day four)
Lancashire 228 & 282: Hurst 67, Bohannon 56; Potts 9-68
Durham 573-9 dec: Bedingham 279, Ackermann 186; Wells 4-69
Durham (24pts) beat Lancashire (1 pt) by an innings and 63 runs
Durham’s Matthew Potts took a career-best 9-68 to help his side complete their innings and 63-run thrashing of Lancashire in the County Championship match at The Riverside.
Resuming on 155-4 and needing another 190 runs to avoid their fourth innings defeat of the season, Lancashire lost their last six wickets in less than a session and were bowled out for 282.
The only shred of comfort for the visitors was offered by 20-year-old Matty Hurst, who made 67, his second fifty of the match and fifth half-century of the season.
At one stage of his devastating spell, Potts was on a hat-trick but had to settle for three wickets in four balls when Tom Bailey nicked his second delivery to Scott Borthwick at first slip.
He ended the game when he had Anderson Phillip leg before wicket to complete a match return of 12-126.
Lancashire’s collapse began when George Balderson was leg before wicket to Potts for 16 but it really moved into top gear about half an hour later when Venkatesh Iyer played on to the Durham fast bowler and Tom Hartley immediately lost his off stump when not attempting a stroke.
Bailey prevented the hat-trick but nicked his second ball from Potts to Borthwick to leave yet another Lancashire innings in tatters on 195-8.
Hurst and Philip delayed Durham for a few overs but Borthwick's bowlers were not to be denied. Hurst hooked Potts to long leg where Callum Parkinson took an excellent tumbling catch a few inches from the boundary rope.
The game ended when Potts was recalled and dismissed Phillip for 41. Last man Tom Aspinwall finished unbeaten on 26.
Durham take 24 points from the game, effectively ending any lingering fears of relegation, whereas Lancashire take one point, a return which keeps them in ninth place in Division One.
Report supplied by ECB Reporters' Network.
