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Rain helps Durham deny Essex

Rain helps Durham deny Essex

Dual champions Durham needed plenty of backs-to-the-wall defiance, and some help from above, to eke out a draw against promoted Essex at the Riverside

Durham battle hard following on

Durham battle hard following on

Defending champions Durham found themselves following on 286 behind and needing a backs-to-the-wall effort to avoid starting their campaign with defeat against Essex at the Riverside

Jaik Mickleburgh and James Foster post record stand

Jaik Mickleburgh and James Foster post record stand

Liam Plunkett inspired a Durham fightback at the Riverside - but by stumps on the second day a safe draw was surely still the limit of the dual champions' realistic ambitions against Essex

Jaik Mickleburgh holds up defending champions

Jaik Mickleburgh holds up defending champions

Durham's first day in pursuit of a third successive County Championship title did not go precisely to plan as Jaik Mickleburgh's courageous maiden first-class century built a commanding position for Essex at the Riverside

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