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Anderson shows his England credentials
Lancashire v Durham (County Championship) : Day Three
JIIMMY Anderson showed he
isn't ready to surrender his Test
place to Andrew Flintoff with another
fine exhibition of swing
bowling to polish off Durham
yesterday.
He took five of the remaining
seven wickets at Old Trafford,
and with Michael Di Venuto
being run out, Durham surrendered
in 100 minutes to be all out
for 90.
It was their lowest score since
being dismissed for 80 by Sussex
at Riverside two years ago and
they lost by 232 runs.
In a match dominated by the
ball, the quality of the opening
bowlers was the difference, with
Anderson and Andrew Flintoff
having combined match figures
of 16 for 119, while Steve Harmison
and Mitch Claydon took two
for 194.
Durham coach Geoff Cook said
of Harmison: "He has improved
since the experience in New
Zealand and has bowled some encouraging
spells with pace and
penetration.
"But we have to keep the graph
moving upwards. He was disappointed
he did not apply more
pressure.
"It was a hard first day for our
three main seamers, but they had
to bowl again more quickly than
we would have liked because
Lancashire bowled so well.
"Mitch Claydon has played
very little first-class cricket.
After his two stress fractures he
changed his action slightly in
Sydney over the winter to take
some of the pressure off his back.
"He bowled with some pace
and in a normal situation he
would have had a reasonable sort
of game. But the way this match
went every ball was crucial.
"In comparison with Lancashire's
bowlers he has some
work to do. He has to perform at
whatever level he's playing and
keep pushing for a first-team
place."
Resuming on 28 for three,
things briefly went well for
Durham when both overnight
batsmen were dropped in
Flintoff's second over of the day.
Nightwatchman Mark Davies
survived a regulation slip catch
to Anderson, then Di Venuto
turned Flintoff off the middle of
the bat and Mohammad Yousuf
parried the ball at short leg and
made a second attempt to grab it
without success.
Durham's acting captain then
tried to pull the next ball and
edged it over the slips for four,
but he generally did a good job of
keeping out Flintoff, who was almost
unplayable to the right handers
but less impressive to the
left.
Anderson generally swung the
ball away, but made one go the
other way to pin Davies lbw, then
had Garry Park caught behind
for two.
After getting off the mark with
a single off Anderson, Phil Mustard
drove the first ball he faced
from Flintoff to the cover boundary.
But two overs later he pushed
the ball into the off side, took one
step forward and stopped with Di
Venuto already over-committed.
He couldn't get back in time to
beat Mark Chilton's direct hit.
Flintoff rested after five overs,
but Anderson kept going and a
ball which left Mustard also
bounced steeply to take the edge
and fly to second slip, where the
6ft 4in Kyle Hogg took a good
catch above his head.
Ben Harmison made 16 before
edging to Luke Sutton when trying
to withdraw his bat, Claydon
was lbw to Sajid Mahmood and it
was all over when Steve Harmison
drove Anderson tamely to
mid-off.
"We've gone from playing very
little cricket to playing six days
out of seven. It's tough, but we
knew that would be the case,"
said Cook. "We had a very inexperienced
team out, and there are
no easy matches in this division."
Lancashire v Durham At Old Trafford
Overnight: Lancashire 143 (M Davies 7-33) and
293 (P J Horton 108; P JWiseman 4-87).
Durham 114 (A Flintoff 4-21, J M Anderson 4-
31) and 28-3.
Durham Second Innings
M J Di Venuto run out ... 24
M Davies lbw b Anderson ... 14
G T Park c Sutton b Anderson ... 2
P Mustard c Law b Anderson ... 10
B W Harmison c Sutton b Anderson ... 16
P J Wiseman not out ... 6
M E Claydon lbw b Mahmood ... 4
S J Harmison c Mahmood b Anderson .... 0
Extras (b2 lb1 w1 nb4 pens 0) ... 8
Total (34.4 overs) ... 90
Fall: 1-12 2-18 3-20 4-47 5-53 6-58 7-71 8-80 9-
89
Total Bonus Pts: Lancashire 3 Durham 3
Bowling: Anderson 17.4-4-46-5. Flintoff 11-6-21-
3. Mahmood 6-1-20-1.
Lancashire (17pts) beat Durham (3pts) by
232 runs.
9:28am Saturday 10th May 2008
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