da dobrowin： A round-up of the final day in Division Two
da bet esporte： Cricinfo staff09-May-2005Durham 298 and 244 for 6 (Breese 79*, Hussey 51, Benkenstein 51, Caddick 6-98) defeated Somerset 252 and 288 by four wickets
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Somerset’s Andy Caddick took 6 for 98 but it wasn’t enough to prevent Durham winning a seesaw encounter at Stockon-on-Tees by four wickets. Durham romped to their third successive victory this term by chasing down 243 after Somerset put on 115 for the last two wickets. Caddick again sparkled for the visitors; he smashed 54 from No. 10 and Simon Francis added an unbeaten 20 to set Durham a stiff test. But the home side’s batsmen passed with flying colours; Gareth Breese easing to an unbeaten 79. Mike Hussey and Dale Benkenstein each struck 51 and even though Caddick was on fire, it was Durham who ended up celebrating.
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Essex romped home by six wickets against Leicestershire at Chelmsford. Andy Flower struck an unbeaten 74 to steer the home side to victory after Alistair Cook’s blistering 59 from 69 balls set them on course. They came into the final day needing 190 to secure victory and were wobbling a little at 43 for 2, Will Jefferson and Ravinder Bopara the fallers. But they lost just two more wickets on their way to success – Ronnie Irani made 34 before Ottis Gibson trapped him lbw and Cook eventually fell to Phil DeFreitas for 59 – while Flower strode on undaunted.
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An unbroken opening stand of 132 between Matthew Wood and Phil Jaques helped Yorkshire rout Northamptonshire by ten wickets at Headingley. Northants added 60 for their last three wickets, leaving Yorkshire to chase 129 for victory. Wood and Jaques obliged, with Wood cracking six fours and three sixes on his way to 56 from 61 deliveries. Neither was Jaques sedate: his 70 came from 60 balls and included 12 fours as the target was knocked off in 23 overs. Deon Kruis dismissed Johan Louw to end with a match haul of 8 for 89 and Ian Harvey took the other two wickets to finish off Northants’ innings.
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Lancashire’s Gary Keedy took six wickets to crush Derbyshire by an innings and 72 runs at Old Trafford. Keedy, the slow left-armer, ripped through Derbyshire’s defences to grab 6 for 60 as their tail folded. Derbyshire had been in with a good shout of hanging on for a draw when they resumed on 81 for 1, Stephen Stubbings going on to make 60. But they lost their last seven wickets for 49 runs and the writing was on the wall.
