TWO weeks after joining an elite group of four Durham players Scott Borthwick did it again yesterday.

Against Lancashire he became the fourth to score two hundreds in one match; against Nottinghamshire the 26-year-old all-rounder carved himself another niche by following a five-wicket haul with a century.

He follows Phil Bainbridge (Headingley, 1993), Ben Stokes (Rose Bowl, 2011) and Paul Collingwood (Taunton, 2015) and was only 12 short of becoming the first to achieve the five-wicket and double century double.

Prior to resuming on 59, Borthwick was in the Trent Bridge nets at 9.30, taking throwdowns from bowling coach Alan Walker, and batted until Durham were all out for 447 on the stroke of tea to compile a majestic 188 not out.

While most of the others chipped in, they missed the run-laden boat with the next highest score being 47 from the surprising source of Brydon Carse, who had been off the field with a foot injury after bowling seven overs on the first day.

He limped in with Keaton Jennings as his runner and showed more batting prowess on one leg than he had on two.

With 31 overs to bat, Nottinghamshire extended their lead of 87 by reaching 104 for one. On a pitch which remains full of runs they will be reluctant to set a target of fewer than 300, especially after Durham knocked off 184 in 20.2 overs here three years ago.

It might all prove academic with rain forecast this afternoon, leaving the match to be remembered for Borthwick's massive dig in the ribs of the England selectors.

He bore huge responsibility for keeping Durham afloat after Collingwood departed for 40 in the day's second over, edging Harry Gurney to second slip.

Borthwick continued to bat at his usual pleasing tempo, reaching his hundred off 158 balls, remarkably similar to his two tons against Lancashire.

Gurney twice beat him early on with excellent balls, which pitched in line and left him. But the left-armer found he had no margin for error when a leg glance was followed by a superbly-timed cut for another four.

Gurney was a threat when he pitched the ball up, but his use of the short ball let him down and both Borthwick and Ryan Pringle pulled him fiercely for four.

He made way for Jake Ball, who continued to show that England had made the right choice in preferring Chris Woakes.

Ball did have a confident appeal for lbw with Borthwick on 99, but in his next over a straight drive for three took the batsman to his century.

Pringle profited from a few edges but also played several powerful strokes in helping to add 84. He survived a sharp return chance to Ball on 33 and added only one before edging a short one to the wicketkeeper.

James Weighell made 22 before he was lbw playing across a full-length ball from Gurney, bringing in Carse with the follow-on target still 69 runs away.

He ruffled Jackson Bird's feathers by twice clipping him to the leg-side boundary in one over and carted Samit Patel from off stump into the car park over mid-wicket.

By the time he skied a pull off Brett Hutton, the eighth-wicket stand of 92 had taken Durham to 400 in the 95th over, 17 overs quicker than Nottinghamshire.

It meant Durham won the batting bonus points battle 5-4, but the hosts levelled it up when they claimed maximum bowling points.

Borthwick had slowed down after reaching his century, but he was back in full flow when he drove Gurney in front of mid-wicket for four then cut the next ball to the boundary.

An imperious drive through extra cover for his 25th four took him to 150 off 225 balls and towards the end he pulled Hutton deep into the seats over square leg.

In scoring Durham's ninth championship hundred of the season, Borthwick took them past their total for the whole of last season. But, as they were reminded in the final session, this year's pitches have been loaded in the batsmen's favour.

Nottinghamshire had eased to 62 without loss when Borthwick came on for the 17th over and had Steven Mullaney lbw for 37 with his second ball. There the magic ended.