Cross man Blackwell.

Tea: Durham 465 all out. Braithwaite 2 not out.

A bit of luck for the Bears. Thorpe plays Miller to mid-off and sets off for a single in which Blackwell is not at all interested. With both batsmen at the non-striker's end, Troughton's throw from mid-off is terrible and goes to Chopra at first slip. Blackwell thinks there might be a run there now after all and sets off but Chopra throws down the stumps. Blackwell - 125, 172 balls, 17 fours, 2 sixes - departs in high dudgeon.

Thorpe swung the penultimate ball before tea, from Best, for six and was bowled by the next.

Best 13-1-69-2.

Duham lead by 36.