The Durham Second XI have been handed a defeat at the hands of Derbyshire in their 40-over game yesterday at Middlesborough.
Batting first the Derbyshire top order put together some solid batting with the top three proving difficult for the Durham attack, all posting half centuries.
Spinner Ryan Pringle finally claimed the breakthrough wickets of the two openers Godleman (50, caught and bowled) and skipper Borrington (51) who was caught by Buckley. Chase then took the wicket of Derbyshire top scorer Elstone, bowling him after a t20 style 58 from 35 balls including 9 fours.
Pringle then claimed a third wicket after he dismissed Hopkinson without troubling the scoreboard.
Knight (22no) and Turner (10no) added the final runs to the Derbyshire innings to reach 226-6 off their 40 overs.
The Durham innings got off to a good start with Clark and Singh putting on 75 for the first wicket before Wainwright claimed the wicket of Singh for 35 in the 16th over.
Clark then went four overs later after making 34 and an over after his wicket, Pringle was trapped lbw leaving Durham 91-3 just past the half way mark.
The experienced Gordon Muchall (35) and Paul Coughlin (34) were the hope for Durham as the pair put together a nice partnership and handy individual contributions before the partnership came undone, Muchall dismissed in the 34th over and Couglin in the 35th as Durham fell behind the run rate at 182-6.
Unfortunately the tail failed to wag for Durham with none of the last five in making double figures as Turner (3-39) and Wainwright (3-43) ripped through the lower order to bowl Durham out for 203 in the 39th over, 23 runs short of a victory.
The two sides will now battle it out in a 3-day match from Wednesday-Friday.