Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Di Venuto	not out	155	227	316	25	0	68.28
Will Smith	lbw b Bollinger	5	17	31	1	0	29.41
Gordon Muchall	c †Davies b Bollinger	6	5	7	1	0	120.00
Dale Benkenstein (c)	c †Davies b Malik	10	23	35	1	0	43.47
Ben Harmison	b Malik	6	16	22	1	0	37.50
Phil Mustard †	lbw b Ali	23	49	61	4	0	46.93
Gareth Breese	c Hick b Batty	3	27	29	0	0	11.11
Ottis Gibson	st †Davies b Batty	25	37	39	4	0	67.56
Callum Thorp	lbw b Bollinger	1	10	9	0	0	10.00
Graham Onions	b Sillence	16	18	30	3	0	88.88
Steve Harmison	c Hick b Batty	30	23	32	6	0	130.43
Extras	(b 4, lb 15, nb 12, w 2)	33
Total	74.2 Ov (RR: 4.21)	313
Fall of wickets 1-33 (Will Smith), 2-43 (Gordon Muchall), 3-80 (Dale Benkenstein), 4-98 (Ben Harmison), 5-164 (Phil Mustard), 6-183 (Gareth Breese), 7-229 (Ottis Gibson), 8-232 (Callum Thorp), 9-270 (Graham Onions), 10-313 (Steve Harmison)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Doug Bollinger	14	3	60	3	4.28	-	0	4
Kabir Ali	15	0	76	1	5.06	-	0	2
Nadeem Malik	13	0	70	2	5.38	-	2	0
Roger Sillence	13	2	52	1	4.00	-	0	0
Gareth Batty	19.2	5	36	3	1.86	-	0	0

Worcestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Phil Jaques	c †Mustard b Onions	19	29	37	4	0	65.51
Stephen Moore	c Breese b Gibson	46	57	75	9	0	80.70
Vikram Solanki (c)	lbw b Gibson	24	50	68	4	0	48.00
Ben Smith	c †Mustard b Thorp	0	14	15	0	0	0.00
Kabir Ali	lbw b Gibson	2	14	21	0	0	14.28
Graeme Hick	c Onions b SJ Harmison	15	21	35	3	0	71.42
Steven Davies †	b Onions	14	15	15	2	0	93.33
Gareth Batty	lbw b SJ Harmison	20	48	62	3	0	41.66
Roger Sillence	lbw b SJ Harmison	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Doug Bollinger	c †Mustard b Onions	21	65	94	2	0	32.30
Nadeem Malik	not out	13	30	42	0	1	43.33
Extras	(lb 12, nb 4, w 1)	17
Total	57 Ov (RR: 3.35)	191
Fall of wickets 1-43 (Phil Jaques), 2-87 (Stephen Moore), 3-94 (Ben Smith), 4-104 (Vikram Solanki), 5-105 (Kabir Ali), 6-131 (Steven Davies), 7-135 (Graeme Hick), 8-135 (Roger Sillence), 9-164 (Gareth Batty), 10-191 (Doug Bollinger)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Graham Onions	15	5	47	3	3.13	-	1	0
Steve Harmison	19	6	52	3	2.73	-	0	1
Callum Thorp	10	2	43	1	4.30	-	0	0
Ottis Gibson	13	3	37	3	2.84	-	0	1

Durham 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Smith	lbw b Ali	22	31	33	4	0	70.96
Michael Di Venuto	lbw b Batty	83	111	149	15	0	74.77
Gordon Muchall	run out	29	55	79	4	0	52.72
Dale Benkenstein (c)	not out	103	234	303	14	0	44.01
Ben Harmison	lbw b Batty	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Phil Mustard †	c Ali b Sillence	38	40	53	6	0	95.00
Gareth Breese	lbw b Bollinger	53	113	118	10	0	46.90
Ottis Gibson	c †Davies b Batty	19	36	40	1	2	52.77
Callum Thorp	c Hick b Batty	9	15	13	2	0	60.00
Graham Onions	b Ali	19	25	24	2	1	76.00
Steve Harmison	lbw b Ali	6	8	6	1	0	75.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 12, nb 14)	35
Total	110.3 Ov (RR: 3.76)	416
Fall of wickets 1-35 (Will Smith), 2-141 (Gordon Muchall), 3-161 (Michael Di Venuto), 4-161 (Ben Harmison), 5-232 (Phil Mustard), 6-323 (Gareth Breese), 7-365 (Ottis Gibson), 8-383 (Callum Thorp), 9-408 (Graham Onions), 10-416 (Steve Harmison)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Doug Bollinger	19	2	94	1	4.94	-	3
Kabir Ali	19.3	5	65	3	3.33	-	2
Nadeem Malik	15	0	56	0	3.73	-	1
Gareth Batty	37	7	123	4	3.32	-	0
Roger Sillence	18	6	54	1	3.00	-	1
Vikram Solanki	2	0	3	0	1.50	-	0

Worcestershire 2nd Innings (T: 539 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Phil Jaques	b SJ Harmison	97	122	164	10	5	79.50
Stephen Moore	lbw b SJ Harmison	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Vikram Solanki (c)	run out	67	105	124	13	0	63.80
Ben Smith	c Breese b SJ Harmison	2	13	22	0	0	15.38
Graeme Hick	c †Mustard b Onions	35	72	90	8	0	48.61
Steven Davies †	c †Mustard b SJ Harmison	6	10	14	1	0	60.00
Gareth Batty	c BW Harmison b SJ Harmison	47	80	80	8	0	58.75
Roger Sillence	lbw b Thorp	6	14	25	1	0	42.85
Kabir Ali	lbw b Thorp	19	24	26	3	0	79.16
Doug Bollinger	c Breese b Thorp	2	17	32	0	0	11.76
Nadeem Malik	not out	5	14	13	1	0	35.71
Extras	(b 2, lb 9)	11
Total	78.4 Ov (RR: 3.77)	297
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Stephen Moore), 2-131 (Vikram Solanki), 3-168 (Ben Smith), 4-175 (Phil Jaques), 5-183 (Steven Davies), 6-242 (Graeme Hick), 7-263 (Gareth Batty), 8-271 (Roger Sillence), 9-290 (Kabir Ali), 10-297 (Doug Bollinger)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
Graham Onions	13	1	46	1	3.53	-
Steve Harmison	24	5	63	5	2.62	-
Ottis Gibson	12	4	29	0	2.41	-
Gareth Breese	14	1	82	0	5.85	-
Callum Thorp	12.4	1	51	3	4.02	-
Will Smith	3	0	15	0	5.00	-

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Close of Play

Wed, 18 Apr

day 1 - Worcs 1st innings 110/5 (Graeme Hick 1*, Steven Davies 5*, 29 ov)

Thu, 19 Apr

day 2 - Durham 2nd innings 291/5 (Dale Benkenstein 61*, Gareth Breese 37*, 74 ov)

Fri, 20 Apr

day 3 - Worcs 2nd innings 251/6 (Gareth Batty 36*, Roger Sillence 6*, 65 ov)

Sat, 21 Apr

day 4 - Worcs 2nd innings 297 (78.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 3

Durham 2nd innings

DM Benkenstein 100 in 291 mins off 230 balls, 14x4

Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester

TossDurham, elected to bat first

Series

County Championship Division One

Season2007

Hours of play (local time)11am start, Lunch 13.15-13.55, Tea (usually) 16.10-16.30, Close 18.30<br>Final day: Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00.

Match days18,19,20,21 April 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Barrie Leadbeater

Graham Burgess

PointsDurham 20, Worcestershire 3

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