Durham 364 for 4 (Lees 171, Bedingham 138) path Derbyshire 443 (Guest 197, Madsen 62, Borthwick 4-25) by 79 runs

The pair added 305 from 333 balls for the third wicket, Durham's finest, and at stumps on day two the guests have been 364 for 4 ,some 79 runs behind Derbyshire's first-innings 443.

Durham had earlier been on the receiving finish on a flat pitch as Guest and the tail took benefit of some poor bowling. Derbyshire added 126 runs in 25 overs with Guest and Conners doing a lot of the injury by plundering 71 from 48 balls.

Guest reached his 150 by turning Ben Raine behind sq. for his twenty third 4 earlier than the Durham seamer received one to straighten and knock out Alex Thomson's off stump.

Zak Chappell gloved a Brydon Carse lifter to quick leg however Durham misplaced management as soon as Guest and Conners engaged the turbo.

Conners pulled Carse for six and after Derbyshire picked up 5 penalty runs when the ball struck the helmet behind wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson, he drove Matthew Parkinson over the lengthy off boundary.

Durham have been trying more and more ragged till Conners charged Scott Borthwick and was stumped for 33 off solely 25 balls.

Guest had a double-century in his sights however when he took on Borthwick, he did not clear Raine at lengthy on.

It had been an excellent innings and one which appeared even higher when Conners struck twice within the fourth over after lunch.

Michael Jones was bowled as he formed to play by means of midwicket and Borthwick was caught on the crease however Lees and Bedingham responded with an exhilarating counter-attack.

Bedingham lit the fuse by pulling Chappell for six earlier than Lees straight drove Thomson for consecutive sixes.

Lees drove Anuj Dal again over his head for an additional six and his solely anxious second got here on 79 when he virtually edged Chappell behind.

But he drove the following ball for 4 after which turned Chappell for a single to achieve that 1,000 milestone which was shortly adopted by his fourth century in 5 innings when he clipped Dal to the advantageous leg boundary.

Lees had confronted solely 127 balls however Bedingham reached his hundred off solely 113 when he edged Luis Reece to 3rd man for his fifteenth 4.

The runs saved coming and the pair handed Durham's earlier highest third-wicket stand of 243 which that they had set at Leicester on the finish of June.

Lees went to his 150 with successive fours off Nic Potts however the stand was lastly damaged when Bedingham clipped Dal to substitute fielder Mitch Wagstaff at quick midwicket.

Durham despatched in Migael Pretorius to make the most of a tiring assault however Conners returned to take away Lees, who was caught behind driving at a large ball two overs earlier than the shut.