A REMARKABLE century by Ryan Pringle hauled Durham out of the mire in today's Royal London Cup tie at Derby.

Going in at 58 for six after they were put in on a hot afternoon, Pringle made 125 to take the final total to 216.

After amassing 340 for six in the opening 50-over match at Leicester, Durham should have had few fears of a seam attack featuring Nottinghamshire reject Andy Carter, plus Staffordshire products Ben Cotton and Alex Hughes.

They were supported by the medium pace of former Leicestershire all-rounder Shiv Thakor and the leg spin of 19-year-old Matt Critchley.

But only Pringle got to grips with the ball moving around in the humid conditions, thrashing his second 50 off 37 balls as he ran out of partners.

He put on 62 for their eighth wicket with Usman Arshad, who looked unlucky to be adjudged lbw for 15, and 62 in 6.1 overs for the last wicket with Chris Rushworth, who was left unbeaten on three.

Pringle's century came off 86 balls and all four of his sixes came after he had reached a carefully constructed 50.

He survived a sharp return chance to Critchley on 31, but otherwise made a mockery of his team-mates' efforts as he surged well beyond his previous one-day best of 35.