Result: Nottinghamshire (534 and 289/5; Taylor 105*) drew with Durham (447; Borthwick 188*)
Durham temporarily moved to the top of the County Championship after an afternoon downpour meant they shared the points with Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
Notts led by 376 runs following Brendan Taylor’s (105*) second century of the game, but the weather meant that each side were granted 12 points following the draw.
The hosts resumed the day on 104-1 following the dismissal of Steven Mullaney yesterday evening, and Greg Smith soon joined him in the pavilion as Graham Onions removed the Notts man lbw in the day’s first over.
Scott Borthwick continued to stamp his mark on the game, and he caught Jake Libby as he steered to gully from Chris Rushworth to leave Notts 141-3.
Zimbabwean Taylor came to the crease, and continued his fine form as he reached his 50 from just 35 balls to put scoreboard pressure on Durham.
Michael Lumb joined Taylor as he got his half century shortly after, before he was dismissed by Borthwick caught and bowled.
Samit Patel was out soon after lunch caught behind by Michael Richardson with Borthwick getting his eight wicket of the contest.
Taylor looked unstoppable as he reached an 80-ball century, which included nine fours and five sixes. He also became the first Notts player to score a century in both innings of a County Championship game for 13 years.
This was the final action of the day, however, as the rain poured and the sides had to settle for a share of the spoils with Notts leading by some distance.
By Jordan Brown
Close Day Three: Nottinghamshire (543 and 104/1) lead Durham (447; Borthwick 188*) by 191 runs.
Scott Borthwick hit an unbeaten 188 to secure an unlikely five batting points for Durham as Nottinghamshire finished the day with a comfortable lead at Trent Bridge.
Durham put on 254 with their remaining six wickets before Borthwick ran out of partners at tea, following helpful stands with Ryan Pringle and Brydon Carse.
Notts finished the day on top though as Borthwick took the only wicket of the session, leaving the hosts with something to hold onto going into the final day.
But the left-handed batsman continued his fine form, striking a third century in five innings following back-to-back hundreds against Lancashire.
Durham began the day trailing by 341 runs with six wickets remaining, and were dealt a blow in the second over of the day as Collingwood (40) was dismissed by Harry Gurney bringing an end to the 77-run stand between the Durham captain and Borthwick.
Borthwick looked in fine form, and soon after he secured his third ton of the County Championship season.
Pringle provided some stability as the pair added 84 to the toal, before the 23 year-old was removed by Jake Ball caught by yesterday’s centurion, Riki Wessels.
James Weighell supported Borthwick into the lunch break, with Durham 308-6 at the interval.
But, the partnership didn’t last much longer as eight more runs were added before Gurney trapped Weighell (22) LBW.
Borthwick continued to impress as he struck his 25th four to bring up his 150.
Carse, who went off with a foot injury during Notts’ first innings, provided some resistance with his innings adding to the total and helped get Durham beyond 400, before he skied high from Brett Hutton to Wessels.
Chris Rushworth soon followed Carse back to the pavilion as he was caught behind from the combination of Hutton and Wessels once more.
Last man Onions hit Gurney for four with his first delivery, but couldn’t trouble the scorers any more as he was eventually bowled by the Notts seamer, leaving Borthwick not out on 188.
Notts frustrated the Durham bowlers in the evening session, with Mullaney (37) being the only wicket to fall as the in-form Borthwick trapped him LBW.
Jake Libby (34*) and Greg Smith (21*) will continue at the crease on the final day with Durham looking to keep the pressure on leaders Lancashire.
By Jordan Brown
Close Day Two: Nottinghamshire (534; Wessels 159; Borthwick 5/79) vs Durham (193/4; Borthwick 59*; Bird 4/59)
Nottinghamshire ended Day Two on top following an unbeaten 159 from Riki Wessels, despite Scott Borthwick’s five wickets and half century.
Wessels and Brett Hutton’s seventh wicket stand of 197 frustrated Durham through the morning, but four more wickets from Borthwick ensured the visitors could begin their fightback soon after lunch.
Jackson Bird took four Durham wickets, including two with the first two deliveries after tea, but Borthwick (59*) and Paul Collingwood (38*) provided an evening fightback with an unbeaten partnership of 72 at the close of play.
Durham were left frustrated in the opening stages of the morning session as several lbw appeals from Graham Onions and Chris Rushworth were dismissed.
Wessels soon brought up his 50 with a boundary from the bowling of Onions, which was soon followed by the 100 partnership for Nottinghamshire pair.
Landmarks were flying around as Hutton reached his half-century, before Wessels reached his 19th first-class ton.
The pair reached the 150 run partnership just before lunch, as they went in 473-6 at the break.
Hutton then went on to reach a career best 74, before Borthwick took Durham’s first wicket of the day as substitute fielder Graham Clark caught him in the deep to end the partnership.
Onions caught Jake Ball (10) well on the boundary from Borthwick, with Wessels soon bringing up his 150 with a stylish reverse-sweep for four.
Borthwick then got the wicket of Bird (11), and Harry Gurney (0) followed shortly after as Paul Collingwood caught the tail-ender to secure Borthwick’s third five-wicket haul of his career to end Nottinghamshire’s innings on 534 with Wessels unbeaten on 159.
Keaton Jennings and Mark Stoneman continued the fightback with a 72 run opening stand, before Jennings was caught well at mid-wicket by Samit Patel off Bird’s bowling.
The evening session started in the worst possible way for Durham as Stoneman (39) and Jack Burnham (0) went in the first two deliveries, leaving the Australian quick on a hat-trick.
Bird continued to cause problems for Durham as he got his fourth wicket with the dismissal of Michael Richardson and his off stump.
Paul Collingwood (38*) steadied the ship in the evening session as he and Borthwick (59*) put on an unbeaten stand of 72 for the fifth wicket at the close of play.
By Jordan Brown
Close, Day One: Nottinghamshire 353/6 (Taylor 114; Patel 84) vs Durham
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A superb partnership between Brendan Taylor and Samit Patel frustrated Durham following a bright start from the bowlers against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
The fifth wicket partnership stood at 168 before Taylor finally departed for 114 and Patel for 84, giving the home side the advantage on day one having reached the close of play on 353/6.
Chris Rushworth and James Weighell each managed two wickets as the bowlers looked to keep Durham in the game, with Scott Borthwick and Graham Onions also chipping in with a wicket each.
But support from Riki Wessels and Brett Hutton, who finished unbeaten on 46 and 33 respectively, ensured the day firmly belonged to Nottinghamshire.
Rushworth and Onions shared three wickets in the morning session before Taylor and Michael Lumb offered Notts some resistance with a partnership of 66, seeing the home side to 93/3.
Lumb eventually fell to Weighell before lunch, but the experienced Taylor led another Nottinghamshire fightback, passing 50 and building a century partnership with the equally impressive Patel as his side swung the momentum back in their favour.
Patel would join Taylor by passing his half-century, bringing up 10,000 first-class runs with the same ball. The conditions began favouring the batters as the day wore on, and Durham were unable to make inroads as the Nottinghamshire pair batted out the entire afternoon session.
The partnership reached 168 before it was eventually broken by Weighell, who tempted Taylor into mistiming a slog into the hands of Rushworth on the deep midwicket boundary. And while runs were still flowing nicely for the hosts, the wicket of Patel soon after – bowled by Borthwick for 84 – left Durham hoping they could force a collapse as the day drew to a close.
However, Wessels and Hutton saw off a tiring Durham attack which was stretched by the departure of Brydon Carse before tea, and saw Nottinghamshire to a fourth batting point before the close of play.
By Ed Syers