da poker： Durham boosted their chances of qualifying from thenorthern group with a second win at the expense ofDerbyshire who have now lost their opening twomatches
Nigel Gardner02-May-2001Durham boosted their chances of qualifying from thenorthern group with a second win at the expense ofDerbyshire who have now lost their opening twomatches.Paul Collingwood’s best one-day innings of 89 proved amatch-winning performance on a slow pitch andDerbyshire never really threatened to overhaulDurham’s total of 204-6.Of the leading batsmen only Rob Bailey reached 50 buthis dismissal shortly after Dominic Cork’s ended thehome side’s chances and they were well beaten by 29runs with 2.4 overs to spare.Tim Munton’s opening spell of 3-18 in eight overs wasDerbyshire’s best phase of the match but he was guiltyof dropping Collingwood when the right-hander had madeonly 37.That was a costly miss as Collingwood supervised half-century stands with Jon Lewis and Nick Speak and although there were few boundaries in the Durhaminnings, a total of over 200 was always going to be awkward on such a slow pitch.Collingwood then made the first breakthrough when hetrapped Steve Stubbings lbw in the 16th over andalthough Mathew Dowman played several flashingstrokes, he was neatly stumped by Andy Pratt for 15.Michael Di Venuto failed again when he edged JamesBrinkley into his stumps and although Bailey and Corkadded 44, the game turned in the space of four overs.Cork was caught behind as he tried to run Ian Hunterto third man and then Bailey came down the pitch toNick Phillips, was beaten in the flight and stumpedfor 50.Karl Krikken drove back a return catch to Phillips andalthough Luke Sutton played some defiant strokes, hecould not halt Durham’s victory charge.Richard Illingworth was run out by a direct hit fromsquare leg by Lewis, Paul Aldred was caught and bowledby Michael Gough and Sutton was yorked by NeilKilleen.Durham now have consecutive home games against Nottsand Leicestershire but Derbyshire face an uphill taskif they are to reach the quarter-final stage.