Lees picks up the place former team-mate Lyth leaves off as Durham launch pursuit in earnest
Durham 106 for 1 (Lees 65*) path Yorkshire 340 (Lyth 111, Thompson 54) by 234 runs
Lyth made his method from 75 not out in a single day to 111 off 188 balls earlier than fellow left-hander Lees dominated after tea with 65 not out in Durham’s reply of 106 for 1 from 33 overs.
The pair received two Championship titles collectively for Yorkshire in 2014 and 2015 earlier than Lees fell out of shape and left his dwelling county for Durham to reignite his profession in 2018.
He has since performed Test cricket for England and is at present on a run of 4 tons of in his final 5 Championship innings. Number 5 may observe on day three.
Lees, 30, is the one participant to have topped 1,000 runs in both division of the Championship this season, whereas Lyth is now inside the highest 10 scorers in Division Two with 757.
Like Lees, Lyth is in high quality kind having scored back-to-back Championship centuries. He was the cornerstone of Yorkshire’s 340 and was supported in thrilling trend by Jordan Thompson‘s 54 off 52 balls, together with 4 fours and as many sixes.
As Yorkshire superior from 142 for two in a single day, new-ball pair Matthew Potts and Ben Raine completed with 4 for 111 and 4 for 93 respectively. Raine claimed three of his wickets on day two.
Lyth simply loves batting at North Marine Road. Having grown up in Whitby, he learnt his craft on this floor, taking part in for the juniors and the seniors. He final performed league cricket for them 10 years in the past this coming September. Such is his fondness for Scarborough that he as soon as went to Perth in Western Australia to play a winter of grade cricket for a coastal membership of the identical identify.
Lyth drove significantly effectively, particularly on day one, and introduced up his century off 157 balls.
Durham clearly had extra success with the ball throughout day two, claiming eight wickets. But they’ll have been annoyed at dropping a few slip catches, and Yorkshire can have been delighted with their work having been inserted.
Just when it appeared like Durham had created a gap, the decrease order annoyed them.
Raine trapped Ryan Rickelton lbw as Yorkshire reached an early lunch on 211 for 3, with rain stopping play between 12.35pm and 2pm. He then had Lyth caught behind slicing earlier than wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson additionally helped Potts take away Matthew Revis, however on the second try after steepling bounce.
And when Jonny Tattersall dragged a pull at Bas de Leede onto his stumps, Yorkshire had been 236 for six within the 69th over having misplaced three wickets for twenty-four.
But a trio of helpful contributions, led by Thompson, helped Yorkshire reassert their authority as one other 104 runs had been added.
Ben Coad made 19 and Matthew Fisher 24, ably supporting Thompson’s freewheeling innings. He crashed 4 leg-side sixes off de Leede and Raine, one in all them going out of the bottom into the gardens surrounding this venue.
Thompson was the final wicket to fall, caught at long-leg on the stroke of tea pulling in opposition to Potts.
In reality, neither bowling efficiency has been something to put in writing dwelling about, and we may now be set for the primary Championship draw performed at Scarborough since June 2013.
Lees is doing every little thing he can so as to add to the ten Test Matches he performed final yr. He hit all of his first seven boundaries down the bottom or by way of cowl off back and front foot, added to a lofted straight six off Coad’s seamers.
Having misplaced opening companion Michael Jones caught behind off Thompson, leaving the rating at 42 for 1 within the tenth over, he went on to succeed in his newest fifty off 64 balls. He shared an unbroken 64 for the second-wicket with captain Scott Borthwick, who will start day three unbeaten on 29.