AFTER gaining only one batting point from five games, Durham already have two here and should go on to pick up the maximum of five.

They are 264 for two, with Will Smith reaching a 193-ball century in the over before tea and Ben Stokes racing to 23, having already driven a six over long-on.

In the second over of the afternoon Michael Di Venuto drove Alfonso Thomas for two fours but was then beaten on 88.

He continued to go for his shots and in attempting to cut Thomas for the boundary which would have taken him to his century he edged to Craig Kieswetter with the score on 158.

Mark Stoneman played very nicely for 27 before setting off for a single to mid-wicket, where Jos Buttler swooped to his left and fired the ball in with Stoneman stranded in mid-pitch.