WHILE there was ecstasy for Steve Harmison at Edgbaston yesterday, the agony continued for his brother, Ben, at Riverside.
Surprisingly dropped from the England Under-19 side last week, he was out first ball and bowled five overs for 51 runs in Durham's 86-run defeat by Bangladesh A.
Graham Onions was the only member of the Durham side beaten at Southend the previous day in yesterday's line-up, but with injuries offering two potential vacancies in the senior side no-one pushed his claims.
Australian Callum Thorp took two for 50 and smashed a 40-ball half-century, but as his runs came off very modest bowling after Durham had slipped to 92 for six he merely achieved the respectability of a final total of 213.
The marvellously enthusiastic visitors began with a first-wicket stand of 209 in 40 overs before reaching 299 for six in their 50 overs, and if Durham were to challenge that total they needed a big contribution from a senior batsman.
But Nicky Peng's struggles continued as he was bowled for 11, Gavin Hamilton turned two of his first three balls for leg-side fours but then sliced to backward point, and Gary Pratt emulated Harmison's first-ball dismissal.
Low bounce contributed to both Peng and Harmison being bowled by skiddy left-armer Syed Rasel and there was no doubt the tourists had the better of the pitch as the impressive Shahriar Nafees dominated the partnership of left-handed openers.
He was on 132 when Mehrab Hossain Jnr fell for 59 and went on to make 147 off 133 balls with 20 fours and a six, picked up over mid-wicket off Neil Killeen.
Killeen returned to take two wickets in two balls with yorkers in the 44th over to return the most respectable figures, but with leg-spinner David Barrick's five overs costing 41 the runs kept flowing.
Nazimuddin hit three sixes in making 28 off seven balls before skying Harmison to mid-wicket, where the bowler gratefully claimed the catch himself.
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