Twin tons for Borthwick
Durham v Lancashire at Chester-le-Street. 15, 16, 17, 18 May 2016
Durham 411 (SG Borthwick 134, PD Collingwood 97, TE Bailey 5/110) and 239-4 dec. (MD Stoneman 62, SG Borthwick 103*) Lancashire 326 (H Hameed 74, AN Petersen 61, BJ McCarthy 5/70) and 251 (LS Livingstone 60*)
Durham won by 73 runs
Durham 23 points, Lancashire 6 points
Scott Borthwick, who celebrates his testimonial in 2026, played a leading role in the first victory of the 2016 season with a century in each innings.
Borthwick batted superbly on the first day with well-timed cuts and glides behind point the highlight of his innings. There were nerves in the nineties as he had been dismissed in the nineties three times in 2015 but this time he capitalised on his excellent start.
Jack Burnham made 44 but at 151 for four there was a danger that Durham would not take full advantage of a good batting surface. Paul Collingwood then batted for the rest of the day, adding 123 with Borthwick, but the next morning he was the one to fall just short of a century.
Lancashire scored at less than three runs per over on the second day with Haseeb Hameed playing the anchor role. It was more of the same initially the next morning with nightwatcher, Simon Kerrigan, making 48. Barry McCarthy turned the match decisively in Durham’s favour with five wickets as Lancashire lost their last five for 44 runs.
Durham batted positively with Borthwick again to the fore, supported by Mark Stoneman, Keaton Jennings and Michael Richardson.
With Borthwick having reached his hundred just before the close, Collingwood made the brave decision to declare overnight setting Lancashire a target of 325 on the final day.
There was an expectation that spin might play a part but in fact it was the inexperienced pace attack led by Graham Onions which took control.
To follow McCarthy’s first innings success, Brydon Carse and James Weighell both took three wickets. A ninth wicket partnership of 60 by Liam Livingstone and Kyle Jarvis could not prevent Durham claiming the victory six overs after tea.