Australian spin nice Nathan Lyon has come out on prime in his newest duel with England Check captain Ben Stokes, giving Lancashire the higher hand towards Durham at Blackpool.
The pair have engaged in a number of compelling arm-wrestles within the Ashes by the years and one other conflict was the headline attraction on day two of the county championship division one fixture on Saturday.
In his first innings in two months, Stokes made a becalmed two off 16 balls earlier than falling to a bowler who has dismissed him 9 occasions in Checks, enjoying again to a supply which gripped and turned to take his exterior edge as Tom Bruce snaffled a low catch at second slip.
Lyon completed with 4-59, his finest efficiency but at his new county, whereas Tom Aspinwall claimed 5-41 for a maiden five-wicket haul to limit Durham to 236, buttressed by David Bedingham’s 101, in response to Lancashire’s 357.
Stokes did declare a wicket in his first over as Luke Wells miscued to Matthew Potts however bottom-of-the-table Lancashire closed on 2-91, with a 212-run lead as they chase a primary win of the marketing campaign.
Australian star of the day, although, was as soon as once more Dan Worrall, who took 6-22 for Surrey, together with three wickets in 5 balls in the identical maiden over to wash up the Worcestershire tail and set the champions on the highway to what seems like one other victory.
Fifties from Rory Burns, Jamie Smith, Dan Lawrence and Jordan Clark then helped Surrey seize a commanding 427-run lead at The Oval.
Worrall’s haul restricted Worcestershire to 128 in reply to 213 earlier than Surrey’s batters obtained caught in, with the efforts of Burns (70) and Smith (72) adopted up by an unbroken 108-run stand between Lawrence (86no) and Clark (69no).
