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Asghar Stanikzai scored an unbeaten 127 to take Afghanistan to 345 for 8, and build a lead of 155 against Namibia

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Aug-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsAsghar Stanikzai scored an unbeaten century to put Afghanistan in command against Namibia at the end of the second day in Windhoek. Stanikzai, batting at No. 4, added crucial stands of 79 and 88 for the fifth and eighth wicket with Samiullah Shenwari and Dawlat Zadran respectively, to take the visitors to 345 for 8 at stumps.Afghanistan, who began the day at 62 for 1, got off to a shaky start, losing three early wickets for just 31 runs. Opener Nawroz Mangal departed for a 100-ball 59, while Mirwais Ashraf and Rahmat Shah were dismissed in successive overs, to leave Afghanistan precariously placed at 93 for 4, trailing the hosts by 97 runs.But Stanikzai steadied the innings with his knock of 127, turning the match in Afghanistan’s favour. Stanikzai reached his hundred in 198 balls, and struck a total of eight fours and two sixes during the innings.He was well supported by Shenwari, who made 32, and later by Zadran, who struck seven fours during his 96-ball 50, as Afghanistan pushed the lead to 155 with two more days of play left.Left-arm spinner Bernard Scholtz picked up five wickets for Namibia, but had a relatively expensive day, conceding 123 runs in his 40 overs.

Chris Gayle is one of the biggest crowd-pullers in Twenty20 leagues but when he is labelled a mercenary, he feels “sad” his performances over the years for West Indies, including in Tests, are ignored

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Aug-2013Chris Gayle is one of the biggest crowd-pullers in Twenty20 leagues across the world but when he is labelled a mercenary, he feels “sad” his numerous performances over the years for West Indies, including in Test matches, are ignored.”I have been giving my all for West Indies for 13 years now,” Gayle told . “So it’s sad when people just forget all that I’ve achieved for the Caribbean and use such derogatory terms. I have scored runs and won matches in Test cricket as well. There are other cricketers too who get bracketed in that category. It’s unfair but you can’t stop tongues from wagging.”Gayle, who has led Jamaica Tallawahs to the semi-finals of the inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League, believes T20 cricket will continue to thrive. “It’s the future and is growing bigger and bigger every day. Test cricket will survive, but you have to be realistic and accept things as they are,” he said. “You can come to the ground for two-and-a-half hours knowing that you will be enthralled for every minute you spend there. It’s become a serious business now. You have everyone from movie stars to celebrities coming in and trying to have their own piece of the pie.”Gayle has participated in several leagues across the world and touched upon the difficulties of acclimatising. “I have been with (IPL franchise) Royal Challengers Bangalore for a few years now so that connect is there,” he said. “But it’s difficult to just go somewhere and feel the pulse of that city. I just go with an open mind.”It’s not easy, landing up in a dressing room on short notice and having to get acclimatised immediately. I have been doing this year after year. And I have got used to the whole process. The secret is to not put pressure on yourself to fit into the ecosystem. The best way to make a mark is by winning matches for the team.”The expectations are massive. They don’t just want runs or sixes from Chris Gayle but he has to entertain with bat, ball and in the field. Luckily, I love having fun and ensuring that the fans and everyone is getting their money’s worth.”Gayle, who has has caught headlines during the CPL for his array of sunglasses, believes the tournament has a promising future. “The CPL has a good look. So I needed one too. The IPL is obviously bigger than all other leagues put together. You have so many stars playing together. The CPL does have a long way to go but we’ll get there.”Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel meet in the first semi-final in Port-of-Spain on Thursday, while Jamaica face off against Barbados Tridents in the second one on Friday.

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has remained realistic of the challenges for his young side in the next three weeks, given that New Zealand hasn’t had an easy time in Bangladesh during their last two visits

Mohammad Isam in Chittagong03-Oct-2013New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has remained realistic of the challenges for his young side in the next three weeks, particularly given that New Zealand haven’t had an easy time in Bangladesh during their last two visits. They were famously crushed 4-0 in the ODI series in 2010, while in 2008 they had a close call in the first Test in 2008 before Daniel Vettori’s valiant effort in the second innings chase.”We had a tough last series where we won the second match but it was a hard fought Test, chased over 300 runs in the last innings,” Hesson said. “We are expecting nothing less than a tough series.”We have spent nine days in Sri Lanka before arriving here where we faced many spinners, we are well aware about the spinners in Bangladesh. We know we have to face couple of left-arm spinners and also we have to face [Sohag] Gazi and couple of off-spinners.”One of the threats for the home side will be the reverse swing extracted by New Zealand’s pack of quick bowlers. “It’s tough for the fast bowlers to get success in these conditions but I have a bit of success in this part of the world,” fast bowler Trent Boult said. “My plan is to swing the new ball as much as I can. I will also look to reverse swing the ball later in the innings. And hopefully, the conditions will suit me.”Boult has taken 49 wickets in the last two years for New Zealand, their best performer with the ball during this period. He will lead the bowling attack that consists of fellow left-armer Neil Wagner, Doug Bracewell and Mark Gillespie. But they will miss the services of Tim Southee, their most successful bowler in the subcontinent in the last two years.Boult has taken 14 wickets in the sub-continent at an average of 27.35, and has also helped his side win a Test match in Sri Lanka last year. He will bank on this experience in his first tour of Bangladesh.He, however, hasn’t said if he has targeted anyone in the Bangladesh line-up, though his potency against left-handed batsmen can be seen in the number of times he has dismissed them in his 15-Test career. “I just want to do my job and hope I could take as much wickets I can, I haven’t targeted anyone. I just want to lead the attack, and take wickets.”

Kent strengthened their chances of securing their opening win of the season by removing Glamorgan’s dependable leader Jacques Rudolph in the closing moments of the third day’s play in Canterbury.

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ScorecardJoe Denly, seen here for his old county Middlesex, helped put Kent in a strong position•Getty Images

Kent strengthened their chances of securing their opening win of the season by removing Glamorgan’s dependable leader Jacques Rudolph in the closing moments of the third day’s play in Canterbury.Push-driving at a Matt Coles offcutter, Jacques, the South African left-hander, inside-edged the ball onto his leg stump to go for 14 and leave his side with a mountain to climb as they chase 404 for victory on the final day.Glamorgan went in at stumps on 36 for 1 after 11 overs, with opener James Kettleborough on 16 and nightwatchman Dean Cosker still there with a single. They will require a further 372 to record their first win of the campaign.Kent batted the majority of day three in order to post their second 300-plus score of the match and leave the visitors 11 remaining overs on Tuesday, coupled with a minimum 96 on the final day, to pursue their first victory of the season at an asking rate of 3.7 per over.Resuming on 1 for 0, Kent suffered the early loss of first-innings century-maker Daniel Bell-Drummond for just 1, lbw to a Michael Hogan offcutter. The hosts laid solid foundations thereafter through opening bat Joe Denly and nightwatchman James Tredwell, who both hit half-centuries in a second-wicket stand of 114.Denly’s 112-ball stay ended for 66 when he shouldered arms only to have his stumps rearranged by Graham Wagg, leaving Tredwell to reach a 124-ball 50 with six fours. It was the England left-hander’s first championship fifty for Kent since the clash with Leicestershire here in May 2012.Tredwell vigil ended when he drove the first ball of a new spell by Hogan into the hands of short extra cover, a dismissal the sparked the loss of two more wickets before Sam Northeast was bowled for a duck playing across the line of a Hogan yorker, then Brendan Nash fell for 45, sking an attempted pull to the keeper to leave the hosts on 228 for 5 at the interval.Soon after the resumption Darren Stevens edged a leg glance into the gloves of Mark Wallace, but Kent pressed on through youngsters Sam Billings and Fabian Cowdrey, the latter reaching his maiden Championship half-century from 63 balls with seven fours and a six.Cowdrey departed after holing out to Kettleborough at cow corner, then Billings ran down the track to Cosker only to clip a firm catch to midwicket and depart for 37. Matt Coles and Calum Haggett perished in the quest for quick runs, leaving Kent all out by 5.34pm and Glamorgan’s Aussie paceman Hogan with 4 for 65 and match figures of 9 for 136.Commenting on his first championship 50 for Kent, Fabian Cowdrey said: “It was a nice feeling for me to contribute just when we needed a quick-scoring partnership to move the game forward. We managed to accelerate at just the right time and get our heads above water. I was disappointed to get out when and how I did though, caught on the ropes, I should have followed through with it and hit it out of the field and into the Cricket Academy.”We’ve set them over 400 and that’ll be a damned good chase in anyone’s books if they get it. We need to do our things right. Getting Jacques Rudolph out tonight was a massive boost for us and a big blow to them. We just need nine more great balls like that one.”Rudolph, the Glamorgan skipper, while disappointed after losing his off stump, still believes his side are in with a chance of victory. “It’s still a very good wicket and I think this game has shown that if you can get past the new ball it’s possible to canter along at 120 in a session. That mean’s it’s an achievable target if we can just get off to a good start.”

Shane Watson’s availability for the first Test against West Indies in Dominica remains unclear as he prepares for the birth of his second child in Sydney

ESPNcricinfo staff23-May-2015Shane Watson’s availability for the first Test against West Indies in Dominica remains unclear as he prepares for the birth of his second child in Sydney. Watson has delayed his departure for the Caribbean due to the impending arrival of the baby, and he will miss the only warm-up match ahead of the first Test, a three-day game starting in Antigua on Wednesday.He hopes to have arrived in Dominica in time to be considered for selection for the first Test, but knows there is a possibility that by staying at home he will affect his chances.”They’ve said that I don’t have to play the tour game, but obviously there is going to have to be a certain amount of time for me to get there, if it works out that way, to be able to play the first Test,” Watson said in Sydney on Friday. “Coming off playing Twenty20 cricket, and then it’s a long flight and recovering from a long flight into a Test match, I’m going to have to have a decent enough sort of lead-up anyway to be right to go.”There is no doubt there will be a certain cut-off date at some stage, but there will be physically alone to be able to be right for that Test match. But the most important thing for me right at this time is to be here for the birth of my second baby.”Fast bowler Ryan Harris will miss the whole West Indies series to be at home for the birth of his first child, but he is considered a certain selection for the Ashes campaign that follows. The situation is not quite as straightforward for Watson, who faces a challenge from fellow allrounder Mitchell Marsh and could open the door for his younger team-mate if he is unavailable.Should Watson be available for the first Test, it is possible that he and Marsh would play alongside each other, with the potential for two spinners to be included on a likely slow surface – Fawad Ahmed and Nathan Lyon. Whatever the case, Watson knows that he has the full support of the coach Darren Lehmann to be at home for the birth.”It’s one of the things he said immediately when he came in,” Watson said. “It’s family first. Initially our partners were banned for the first couple of weeks [of the 2013 Ashes] when Mickey [Arthur] was in charge but he just said if your family is here you’ve got to make the most of spending time with them.”Darren has always been very much family first and this is a perfect case for myself and Ryan. In the end it is just a game even though it’s a game we all love so much. I know it’s a really important time in my career as well, obviously the opportunities that are going to be there aren’t always going to be there, there’s no question. I do have to make the most of the opportunities I get leading into the Ashes as well but there is no question [the birth] is my priority.”Watson arrived in Sydney this week after his IPL campaign ended with the Rajasthan Royals. It was also announced that he had signed a three-year deal with the Sydney Thunder in the BBL, having previously been part of the Sydney Sixers and then Brisbane Heat squads.

The BCCI is yet to decide on the replacement of Duncan Fletcher, the India coach whose tenure ended after the World Cup, and the time frame for the appointment has not been set

Devashish Fuloria20-May-20150:16

‘We’re in the process of finalising the coach’ – Thakur

The BCCI is yet to decide on the replacement of Duncan Fletcher, the India coach whose tenure ended after the World Cup. Anurag Thakur, the board secretary, revealed that the BCCI was considering changes in all positions “whether it’s the coach or the support staff”.The time frame for the appointments has not been set, though, nor was it made clear if Ravi Shastri, the India team director since the tour of England, would continue. “Good things come to those who wait,” Thakur said. “We are in the process of finalising that in the cricket advisory committee and also shortlisting the name of the coaches who are available for the interview. Once that process is completed we will be in a position to take a final call to select the coach.”There is still no clarity on Duncan Fletcher’s replacement, and if Ravi Shastri will continue as team director•Getty Images

Asked about what coaching and support staff would travel to Bangladesh, Thakur remained vague and said it would be finalised next week. However, ESPNcricinfo understands that Shastri in not likely to accompany the team to Bangladesh and his tenure is all but over. India’s tour to Bangladesh starts with the only Test in Fatullah on June 10, and in case the board fails to make a decision by then, the team is likely to leave with the assistant coaches – Sanjay Bangar, B Arun and R Sridhar – in charge.It is also understood that Sourav Ganguly’s name is being discussed as either the team director or the High Performance Manager for the National Cricket Academy.Rahul Dravid is also likely to be approached for a coaching job for India A. However, no formal approach has been made yet to either of the two. Dravid, in the past, had indicated his interest in coaching before adding “there is a time and place for everything”. Speaking at the Dilip Sardesai lecture last September, he had said, “I would love at some stage to work with young cricketers. Whether that’s with the Indian coach, I don’t know. It could be as a coach of a Ranji team at some stage.”Without naming anyone, Thakur said the board was keen on utilising the services of former cricketers. “They can share ideas, they can be advisors to the board and we want to involve them to improve our domestic cricket, to improve our performances overseas, in the overall interest of Indian cricket,” he said.

India batsman Suresh Raina has denied allegations made by former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi that he had received bribes from a businessman while playing in the IPL

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Jul-20158:06

‘BCCI should have investigated leaked letter thoroughly’

Suresh Raina has denied allegations made by former IPL chairman Lalit Modi that he had received bribes from an Indian businessman. In a statement issued by his management team Rhiti Sports, Raina insisted he had “never been involved in any wrongdoing”, and said he was considering legal action against Modi.”In the wake of recent media reports about me, I would like to make my fans around the world aware and clear the air that I have always played the game in right spirit and with utmost integrity,” the statement said. “I have never been involved in any wrongdoing and all allegations against me are false. Playing cricket is my passion for whichever team I have represented. I’m also figuring out my legal rights to take the right steps ahead in this matter.”Modi, in a letter to ICC chief executive David Richardson in October 2013, had said he had been informed that the three cricketers – Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo – had received houses and cash from a businessman involved in real estate, who, Modi’s letter had alleged, was also a bookie. The ICC confirmed receiving Modi’s complaint and stated that the ACSU handled that information in accordance with its standard operating procedures, which included sharing it with the BCCI’s anti-corruption unit.On Monday, the BCCI said they had not received any new information from the ICC and hence believed the players had been given a clean chit.”The follow-up is there is nothing in that,” BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said. “If they had found something, they would have reported it back to us. If there is nothing from the ICC on it, it has to be a clean chit.”

Matthew Cross (45*) and Richie Berrington (35*) lead Scotland to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Kenya in their World T20 Qualifier Group B game at Edinburgh

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Jul-2015
ScorecardIrfan Karim struck a 26-ball 46•ICC/Donald MacLeod

Matthew Cross (45*) and Richie Berrington (34*) led Scotland to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Kenya in their World T20 Qualifier Group B game at Edinburgh after their bowlers had limited the opposition to 141 for 5.Kenya, who opted to bat first had a brisk start, reaching 30 in just under three overs, before they lost their first wicket. Alasdair Evans dismissed Narendra Kalyan, after the batsman had contributed 1 run to a stand of 30. Irfan Karim, who had scored most of the runs at the start struck up a useful 30-run partnership for the second wicket with Nehemiah Odhiembo.The pair scored at a brisk rate of over 13 runs but Kenya were robbed of their momentum in three overs – between the sixth and eighth of their innings. Odhiambo fell to Rob Taylor in the sixth over but it was Michael Leask’s twin strikes in the eighth over that inflicted heavy damage. Leask got rid of Karim and Collins Obuya in the space of three deliveries, and the 52-run, fourth-wicket partnership between captain Rakep Patel and Morris Ouma couldn’t make up for the lost momentum. Kenya eventually reached 141 for 5 off 20 overs, with Karim’s 26-ball 46 the highest score.Chasing 142, Scotland didn’t start well, losing Kyle Coetzer in the first over. However, Cross steadied the innings and was involved in a string of partnerships that kept Scotland on track. He added 36 for the second wicket with Calum MacLeod and 55 for the third wicket with George Munsey before an unbroken fourth-wicket partnership of 51 with Berrington guided Scotland home with 31 balls to spare.

Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, has admitted for the first time that the ECB wants to trim the Championship programme to rase standards and make more breathing space for a rejigged fixture list

George Dobell20-Aug-2015Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, has admitted for the first time that the ECB plan to cut the amount of fixtures played in the County Championship programme.Speaking to BBC’s show, Harrison confirmed reports first revealed by ESPNcricinfo that the schedule would be altered to make room for a reshaped T20 competition played in a block in mid-summer and to allow more time for rest and recovery between games for county players.Harrison also warned the first-class counties not to rely on the ECB bailing them out of financial trouble and confirmed that the ECB were re-thinking their stance on cricket’s involvement in the Olympics.”The desirable position is to have a block in the middle of the summer given to a particular format,” Harrison said. “Where our proposals are going is to try and deliver an element of this and create some space in the calendar. Controversially that probably means playing one or two less first-class matches.”Sixteen games is a lot and if you take that down to 14 the implications are not significant. Supporters want to see players playing to the limit of their ability every time they go out onto the park.”Players are more worried about getting through the game than putting in the limit of their performance to sustain themselves until the end of the year.”Teams currently play 16 four-day first-class matches in a Championship season. While ESPNcricinfo has previously understood there was a desire to reduce that to 12 matches a county, Harrison’s words suggest that compromise is afoot.The mechanism for achieving such a reduction has not yet been agreed but one method currently under discussion involves two divisions split into eight (Division one) and 10 (Division two) with all teams playing each other home and away in the top division and a less symmetrical arrangement in the lower one.Blocks in the schedule to accommodate T20 cricket have been attempted before. While they are popular with players and coaches – who are able to concentrate on specific white ball skills in the period – it does leave competitions at the mercy of the weather. And in England, that is quite a risk.The ECB is also two years in to a four-year development plan with its current T20 competition. That plan – which is based around most games taking place on a Friday night throughout much of the season – appears to be working, too, with attendances and revenues up around 20% across most of the country. Some county chief executives favour a slight change to the existing model, with the competition starting a month or so later to coincide more with school holidays and clash less with the exam period.The ECB’s challenge is to create a product – particularly a T20 product – that is attractive to broadcasters while not compromising the first-class game that helps create a successful Test side; itself a huge component in a valuable TV deal. The current broadcast deal runs until the end of the 2019 season.Discussions with broadcasters to date have suggested there is limited interest in the current T20 competition, but a city-based tournament featuring fewer rebranded teams would appeal to them. To that end, the ECB has conducted detailed modelling of various potential T20 tournaments, including a two division system that seems to have the guarded support of a number of counties.The problem with the city-based event – easily the most popular model among broadcasters – is that it may well be limited to eight or 10 teams. While that decision might not immediately impact the revenues of the smaller clubs, who would be compensated if there were no games at their grounds, there are fears that it could prove the thin edge of a wedge that sees some counties become largely irrelevant and, as a consequence, eventually insolvent.Equally, some of those “smaller” clubs – the likes of Somerset, Sussex and Essex – have earned reputations as among the best hosts of T20 games with their packed grounds creating an excellent atmosphere.If clubs do become insolvent, Harrison made it clear that they should not rely on the ECB as “the bank of last resort.” The ECB has encouraged all counties to develop business models that render them less reliant upon the distribution of central funds but, with clubs having also been encouraged to invest heavily in ground redevelopment projects, the amount of debt in the county game is current estimated to exceed £150m. Several clubs – notably Yorkshire and Hampshire – have remained solvent only thanks to the intervention of wealthy benefactors while some smaller ones – notably Northamptonshire and Kent – have gone perilously close to the brink.”The ECB is committed to ensuring counties are in a position to sustain their own business,” Harrison said. “Ultimately we are not the bank of last resort, that’s not the role the ECB should play.”We are in the business of doing everything we can to put a structure in place for our county clubs to be as sustainable as possible.”Some might point to the ECB’s cash reserves – now understood to exceed £50m – and suggest they can well afford to assist the counties a little more. Indeed, conspiracy theorists might suggest that many of the ECB’s scheduling problems would be solved if a couple of clubs foundered.Such a policy would be contrary to the constitution of the ECB, however, and the ECB has always insisted it requires large reserves in case of the abandonment of a tour – as almost happened with Pakistan in 2010 – which could leave the game owing vast amounts to broadcasters and other business partners.The example of Northamptonshire might prove telling. The club is currently in dire financial trouble and has appealed to the ECB for assistance. It is understood, however, that the ECB is not completely comfortable with the current operation of the club and may insist on changes before any money is lent. In the past, the ECB has always been forthcoming with help and are currently owed almost £8m by the counties. It may be they are less helpful in future.Confirming the ECB’s more enlightened view towards involvement in the Olympics, Harrison said: “I think cricket should have the debate about Olympic representation. It does throw up serious questions for us with our season straddling when a summer Olympics takes place but these are questions we should ask and understand.”England is often seen as a barrier to this discussion but that’s simply not the case. If you do have a successful Olympic movement for your sport it can be transformative.”Where that leaves Giles Clarke remains to be seen. Clarke, the ECB president and their representative at the ICC, has previously stated that Olympic involvement for England would be “impossible” and called the idea “a complete non-starter.”

Brett D’Oliveira took a career-best five wickets with his leg spin – at Chester-le-Street of all places – to give Worcestershire a glimmer of hope as they try to save their First Division future

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Worcestershire fought hard to win a first-innings advantage in Chester-le-Street against a Durham side whose Championship season has become moribund, but it may not be enough to spare them from relegation with a game remaining.That is despite a glimmer of hope provided by Brett D’Oliveira, who had not previously taken more than two wickets in a first-class innings with his leg-spin, but who took the last four on an unhelpful surface to finish with 5 for 48.D’Oliveira gave much of the credit to Saeed Ajmal who has departed Worcestershire two games early because of the Hajj Festival, earlier this year: “It’s been my best day in first-class cricket, but it won’t mean anything unless we push on and win,” D’Oliveira said. “Not having Saeed Ajmal gave me more chance to bowl, but he helped me a lot with both technical stuff and the mental side or how to read a batsman. It’s great to get my first five-for. The odd one turned and it was just a matter of staying patient and waiting for the batsmen to make mistakes.”It was a good day also for the Shropshire lads. While Joe Clarke was named in the England Lions squad, Ed Barnard, a 19-year-old seamer from Shrewsbury, picked up three wickets as Durham were dismissed for 277 in reply to trail by 73.With nine overs to bat in their second innings, Worcestershire reached 42 without loss. They lead by 115 and the need to win will force them to risk losing by setting a target. As Durham are not mathematically safe – not at stumps on the third day at any rate – they are unlikely to take any risks.This is Durham’s final game and they will go into the last day hoping Yorkshire do not subside at the Ageas Bowl. Durham will be safe if Hampshire fail to win.A draw looks probable following the second day’s washout, which will confirm Worcestershire’s return to Division Two and render the signing of the West Shannon Shannon Gabriel for the last two games irrelevant.While the young, home-grown players have performed admirably, Gabriel, who has played no serious cricket since the end of the Caribbean Premier League in mid-July, was unable to make things happen.Worcestershire must have imagined setting Gabriel loose on a greentop. Instead, Durham’s groundsman has managed to prepare something a little less seam-friendly than usual and home off-spinner Ryan Pringle took three wickets before Worcestershire picked up five from the unexpected source of D’Oliveira.While Gabriel generated good pace and troubled a few batsmen with steep bounce, seeing one edge from Jack Burnham fly over the slips, he conceded 56 in ten overs and late in the day suffered the indignity of being pulled for six by Chris Rushworth.In the morning Worcestershire tried to make up for lost time by adding 127 in 18.4 overs before declaring as soon as they achieved the fourth batting point. Ross Whiteley made 51 off 63 balls before pushing forward to a ball from Pringle, which turned to hit the off stump. Tom Kohler-Cadmore advanced impressively from his overnight 46 to 89, made from 133 balls with 12 fours, before he stretched forward to a ball from Scott Borthwick and was stumped.Joe Leach clubbed his second ball to long-on for four before becoming another stumping victim for Michael Richardson when he charged down the pitch to Pringle’s next ball. Barnard reverse-swept two fours on his way to 14, while Ben Cox was on 26 when the declaration came when Worcestershire still had 8.2 overs in which to try to add 50 runs for the fifth point.Mark Stoneman raced to a 53-ball half-century before Durham slipped from 83 without loss to 88 for three, Barnard’s brisk pace inducing catches to the slips to send back Jack Burnham and Paul Collingwood.Stoneman was bowled driving at a Jack Shantry in-swinger, then Richardson gave Daryl Mitchell his second catch at second slip off Joe Leach.Borthwick and Gordon Muchall ran busily in putting on 60 in 12 overs before Muchall was lbw for 29, propping forward to a straight one from D’Oliveira.Pringle made 21 before Barnard sent his off stump flying and the rest fell to D’Oliveira, who bowled Jamie Harrison with a googly before Borthwick departed for 73 when he dragged an attempted pull into his timber from outside off stump.Batting by now as though they were keen to bowl before the close, Durham surrendered their last two wickets. Barry McCarthy danced down the pitch and was stumped, then Onions was lbw attempting another swipe.D’Oliveira completed his memorable day by reaching 32 at the close, with Mitchell on ten.