BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alex Lees	c Zafar Gohar b Shaw	41	64	90	5	0	64.06
Michael Jones	b Dale	13	11	12	2	0	118.18
Scott Borthwick (c)	c Hammond b Dale	53	83	136	9	0	63.85
David Bedingham	c Zaman Akhter b MD Taylor	40	55	64	8	0	72.72
Ollie Robinson †	c †Bracey b Zafar Gohar	38	58	66	4	1	65.51
Graham Clark	lbw b Zafar Gohar	100	155	209	13	1	64.51
Bas de Leede	st †Bracey b Zafar Gohar	65	117	125	11	0	55.55
Ben Raine	lbw b Zafar Gohar	2	4	11	0	0	50.00
Paul Coughlin	not out	59	52	64	8	2	113.46
Matthew Potts	c Hammond b Zaman Akhter	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Ajaz Patel	c †Bracey b MD Taylor	22	26	43	2	0	84.61
Extras	(lb 7, nb 4, w 1)	12
TOTAL	104.2 Ov (RR: 4.26)	445
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Michael Jones, 2.4 ov), 2-86 (Alex Lees, 20.5 ov), 3-149 (Scott Borthwick, 34.4 ov), 4-149 (David Bedingham, 35.4 ov), 5-214 (Ollie Robinson, 51.4 ov), 6-338 (Bas de Leede, 86.2 ov), 7-350 (Ben Raine, 88.5 ov), 8-369 (Graham Clark, 92.5 ov), 9-374 (Matthew Potts, 93.6 ov), 10-445 (Ajaz Patel, 104.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ajeet Singh Dale	22	1	91	2	4.13	90	13	0	0	2
2.4 to MA Jones, . 15/1 34.4 to SG Borthwick, . 149/3 See all photos
Matt Taylor	20.2	3	79	2	3.88	84	12	0	0	0
35.4 to DG Bedingham, . 149/4 104.2 to AY Patel, . 445/10
Josh Shaw	12	3	35	1	2.91	59	6	0	0	0
20.5 to AZ Lees, . 86/2
Zaman Akhter	15	0	82	1	5.46	56	15	0	0	0
93.6 to MJ Potts, . 374/9
Zafar Gohar	32	4	130	4	4.06	125	12	4	1	0
51.4 to OG Robinson, . 214/5 86.2 to BFW de Leede, . 338/6 88.5 to BA Raine, . 350/7 92.5 to G Clark, . 369/8
Ben Charlesworth	2	0	15	0	7.50	6	3	0	0	0
Jack Taylor	1	0	6	0	6.00	3	1	0	0	0

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Harris	c †Robinson b Patel	52	120	147	9	0	43.33
Chris Dent	lbw b Potts	8	9	15	2	0	88.88
Ben Charlesworth	c Bedingham b de Leede	71	179	228	8	1	39.66
Miles Hammond	b Raine	21	17	24	5	0	123.52
Jack Taylor	b Patel	16	19	22	2	1	84.21
James Bracey (c)†	c Bedingham b Potts	14	16	23	3	0	87.50
Zafar Gohar	st †Robinson b Patel	18	36	41	2	0	50.00
Matt Taylor	c Borthwick b Patel	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Josh Shaw	not out	37	48	55	2	3	77.08
Zaman Akhter	c Potts b Patel	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Ajeet Singh Dale	b Potts	15	32	45	2	0	46.87
Extras	(b 18, lb 12, nb 8, w 2)	40
TOTAL	79.2 Ov (RR: 3.68)	292
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Chris Dent, 3.3 ov), 2-110 (Marcus Harris, 38.6 ov), 3-139 (Miles Hammond, 45.1 ov), 4-168 (Jack Taylor, 50.6 ov), 5-189 (James Bracey, 57.1 ov), 6-214 (Ben Charlesworth, 63.5 ov), 7-217 (Matt Taylor, 64.6 ov), 8-227 (Zafar Gohar, 66.3 ov), 9-227 (Zaman Akhter, 66.4 ov), 10-292 (Ajeet Singh Dale, 79.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Raine	15	4	42	1	2.80	75	7	0	0	1
45.1 to MAH Hammond, . 139/3
Matthew Potts	19.2	5	43	3	2.22	98	7	0	0	0
3.3 to CDJ Dent, . 10/1 57.1 to JR Bracey, . 189/5 79.2 to AS Dale, . 292/10
Paul Coughlin	13	3	46	0	3.53	60	9	0	0	0
Ajaz Patel	29	4	113	5	3.89	126	11	5	0	0
38.6 to MS Harris, . 110/2 50.6 to JMR Taylor, . 168/4 64.6 to MD Taylor, . 217/7 66.3 to Zafar Gohar, . 227/8 66.4 to Zaman Akhter, . 227/9
Bas de Leede	3	0	18	1	6.00	14	1	0	1	3
63.5 to BG Charlesworth, . 214/6

Durham 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alex Lees	b Zaman Akhter	40	73	110	5	0	54.79
Michael Jones	not out	121	148	198	11	5	81.75
Scott Borthwick (c)	lbw b Zafar Gohar	2	5	9	0	0	40.00
David Bedingham	c Dent b Shaw	29	26	36	5	0	111.53
Ollie Robinson †	st †Bracey b Zafar Gohar	67	36	46	9	3	186.11
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, w 5)	13
TOTAL	48 Ov (RR: 5.66)	272/4d
Did not bat: Graham Clark, Ben Raine, Paul Coughlin, Bas de Leede, Matthew Potts, Ajaz Patel
Fall of wickets: 1-119 (Alex Lees, 27.1 ov), 2-122 (Scott Borthwick, 28.6 ov), 3-178 (David Bedingham, 37.5 ov), 4-272 (Ollie Robinson, 47.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Taylor	9	1	36	0	4.00	36	5	0	0	0
Ajeet Singh Dale	6	2	11	0	1.83	29	1	0	0	0
Zafar Gohar	19	1	121	2	6.36	62	13	5	3	0
28.6 to SG Borthwick, . 122/2 47.6 to OG Robinson, . 272/4
Jack Taylor	4	0	37	0	9.25	8	1	3	2	0
Zaman Akhter	6	0	27	1	4.50	20	3	0	0	0
27.1 to AZ Lees, . 119/1
Josh Shaw	4	0	32	1	8.00	13	7	0	0	0
37.5 to DG Bedingham, . 178/3

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (T: 426 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Dent	c †Robinson b Potts	10	15	15	2	0	66.66
Marcus Harris	not out	122	195	306	15	0	62.56
Ben Charlesworth	c Lees b Potts	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Miles Hammond	c Jones b Raine	16	27	41	3	0	59.25
Jack Taylor	st †Robinson b Patel	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
James Bracey (c)†	c Bedingham b Borthwick	50	78	85	7	0	64.10
Zafar Gohar	st †Robinson b Patel	11	15	21	1	1	73.33
Matt Taylor	lbw b Patel	12	43	42	1	0	27.90
Josh Shaw	c Potts b Patel	44	81	88	6	1	54.32
Zaman Akhter	b Potts	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Ajeet Singh Dale	c de Leede b Patel	8	4	7	2	0	200.00
Extras	(b 18, lb 1, nb 8)	27
TOTAL	76.4 Ov (RR: 3.91)	300
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Chris Dent, 3.4 ov), 2-11 (Ben Charlesworth, 3.5 ov), 3-53 (Miles Hammond, 13.6 ov), 4-58 (Jack Taylor, 14.4 ov), 5-150 (James Bracey, 36.2 ov), 6-174 (Zafar Gohar, 40.6 ov), 7-202 (Matt Taylor, 52.4 ov), 8-290 (Josh Shaw, 74.5 ov), 9-291 (Zaman Akhter, 75.4 ov), 10-300 (Ajeet Singh Dale, 76.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Raine	16.3	3	56	1	3.39	78	8	0	0	2
13.6 to MAH Hammond, . 53/3
Matthew Potts	18	4	52	3	2.88	81	7	0	0	0
3.4 to CDJ Dent, . 11/1 3.5 to BG Charlesworth, . 11/2 75.4 to Zaman Akhter, . 291/9
Ajaz Patel	27.4	4	96	5	3.46	121	15	0	0	0
14.4 to JMR Taylor, . 58/4 40.6 to Zafar Gohar, . 174/6 52.4 to MD Taylor, . 202/7 74.5 to J Shaw, . 290/8 76.4 to AS Dale, . 300/10
Paul Coughlin	0.3	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0
Bas de Leede	7	1	30	0	4.28	26	2	0	0	1
Scott Borthwick	7	0	47	1	6.71	24	5	2	0	1
36.2 to JR Bracey, . 150/5

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 18 May - day 1 - Durham 1st innings 393/9 (Paul Coughlin 24*, Ajaz Patel 5*, 96 ov)

Fri, 19 May - day 2 - Gloucs 1st innings 255/9 (Josh Shaw 17*, Ajeet Singh Dale 7*, 72 ov)

Sat, 20 May - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 181/6 (Marcus Harris 71*, Matt Taylor 3*, 46 ov)

Sun, 21 May - day 4 - Gloucs 2nd innings 300 (76.4 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 4

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Bristol
Toss	Durham, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2023
Match days	18,19,20,21 May 2023 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mark Newell Surendiran Shanmugam
Match Referee	Dean Cosker
Points	Durham 23, Gloucestershire 4

Match Coverage

Ajaz Patel claims ten-for as Durham cement table-topping status

Matthew Potts makes his England case as Durham close in on Gloucestershire

Instant answers to T20 questions

Gloucs Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
BA Raine	16.3	3	56	1	3.39 (2 nb)
MJ Potts	18	4	52	3	2.88
AY Patel	27.4	4	96	5	3.46
P Coughlin	0.3	0	0	0	0
BFW de Leede	7	1	30	0	4.28 (1 nb)
SG Borthwick	7	0	47	1	6.71 (1 nb)

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