Durham hold on for draw against Warwickshire

Martin Speight produced his biggest innings for two years to frustrate Warwickshire as Durham closed on 284-8 at Chester-le-Street.

Resuming on 12-0 in pursuit of a target of 404, there was never any chance of Durham making the runs once Vasbert Drakes had their skipper Jon Lewis caught at the wicket for 32.

The visitors had a chance of victory when Neil Smith had Paul Collingwood and Martin Love caught at slip to reduce Durham to 119-4, but Speight then put on 107 with 18-year-old Nicky Peng.

Three more wickets then went down quickly to make it 243-7 with 14 overs left, but Nick Phillips survived for 13 of those with his former Sussex team-mate.

Speight finished on 67 not out, made off 176 balls, while Peng made 70 before being yorked by Dougie Brown.

Peng survived a torrid examination from Drakes, who had him dropped at short leg on 23 then saw successive balls edged to third slip. David Hemp dropped the first and held the second as the cry of no-ball rang out.

Most of the 106 runs Drakes conceded flew to the third man area.