Somerset's players skedaddled away from the Riverside before lunch on Wednesday with a draw in their results column and eight points gained from the match

Throughout this game Durham's players are wearing black armbands as a mark of respect to a man without whose efforts, perhaps, few of them would be professional cricketers

Keaton Jennings became the third Durham batsmen to make two hundreds in the same match and set Durham on course for victory against Somerset

Keaton Jennings produced a superbly hard-working hundred before three late wickets put Durham on top against Somerset

The English County Championship began in historic fashion as across the country the toss was ditched under new regulations which allow the visiting captain to decide whether he wants to bowl first