Scotland A defeated Durham County 2nd XI by 8 wickets with two sessions to spare.

Durham County resumed on 123 for 6 and Scotland A only needed a further seventeen overs to bowl the home side out for 153 to leave the visitors requiring 69 runs for victory.

Ally Evans was the destroyer in chief picking up a further three wicket to finish with figures of 4 for 35 from his 18 overs

Scotland A with Kyle Coetzer leading from the front reached their target in 10 overs with the skipper finishing unbeaten on 47.

This win will give the side confidence for their next fixture which is against Leicestershire seconds at the end of May.

SCORECARD

Durham County 2nd XI Vs Scotland A
2-Innings Match Played At Emirates Durham ICG, 19-Apr-2017, Three Day Match
Scotland A Win Outright by 8 wkts
Toss won by Durham County 2nd XI
Umpires J Middlebrook - P Prince
Scorers G Maddison - J Metcalfe
Home Side Durham County 2nd XI
Comment 3-day match 19, 20 and 21 April
Durham County 2nd XI 16 players Scotland A 13 players a side (11 to bat and field)
Day 1: Scotland A 139-4 (M Jones 56*, DE Budge 20*, 30 ov.)
Day 2: Durham County 2nd XI 123-6 (WJ Weighall 15*, 48.1 overs
Durham County 2nd XI 1st Innings 285/10 All Out (Overs 71.3)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
C Steel c KJ Coetzer b AC Evans 0 2 5 0 0
RL Greenwell lbw b MRJ Watt 43 71 55 10 0
G Clark lbw b A Neill 106 159 124 11 4
MJ Richardson c KJ Coetzer b MRJ Watt 51 74 67 7 1
AJ Hickey lbw b TB Sole 26 101 71 3 0
WJ Weighell* c MM English b TB Sole 27 48 39 2 2
L Trevaskis c HG Munsey b TB Sole 0 8 9 0 0
SS Hunt+ c HG Carnegie b SJ Cameron 1 16 12 0 0
M Potts lbw b SJ Cameron 0 1 1 0 0
J Couglin c sub b MRJ Watt 15 15 22 1 0
GHI Harding not out   5 27 24 1 0
J Ormandy dnb            
BJ McCarthy dnb            
S Tindale dnb            
extras   (b5 lb2 w2 nb2) 11        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 285        
FOW
1-0(C Steel) 2-100(RL Greenwell) 3-187(MJ Richardson) 4-207(G Clark)
5-256(WJ Weighell) 6-256(L Trevaskis) 7-261(SS Hunt) 8-261(M Potts)
9-263(AJ Hickey) 10-285(J Couglin)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
AC Evans 15 2 80 1 - -
A Neill 10 1 48 1 1 -
SM Sharif 9 0 37 0 - 2
SJ Cameron 9 2 36 2 1 -
MRJ Watt 13.3 4 32 3 - -
TB Sole 14 2 45 3 - -
KJ Coetzer 1 1 0 0 - -
Scotland A 1st Innings 370/8 Declared (Overs 90)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
KJ Coetzer* c MJ Richardson b J Couglin 14 14 12 2 1
M Jones not out   173 312 230 22 3
MM English   b J Couglin 4 20 21 0 0
HG Munsey c G Clark b M Potts 11 8 10 2 0
MRJ Watt c MJ Richardson b J Couglin 18 41 40 0 2
DE Budge c SS Hunt b S Tindale 67 101 95 6 2
TB Sole c L Trevaskis b L Mulley 33 47 49 6 0
SM Sharif lbw b L Trevaskis 3 10 11 0 0
AC Evans c SS Hunt b GHI Harding 14 52 60 2 0
SJ Cameron not out   2 10 15 0 0
HG Carnegie+ dnb            
A Neill dnb            
CS Macleod dnb            
extras   (b10 lb12 w1 nb8) 31        
TOTAL   8 wickets for 370        
FOW
1-25(KJ Coetzer) 2-45(MM English) 3-56(HG Munsey) 4-105(MRJ Watt) 5-231(DE Budge)
6-286(TB Sole) 7-293(SM Sharif) 8-356(AC Evans)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
WJ Weighell 17 2 93 0 - 4
J Couglin 13 0 75 3 - 2
M Potts 13 3 34 1 - -
GHI Harding 21 3 42 1 - -
C Steel 2 0 14 0 - 2
S Tindale 6 1 28 1 - -
L Trevaskis 14 2 42 1 - -
L Mulley 4 0 20 1 - -
Durham County 2nd XI 2nd Innings 153/10 Abandoned (Overs 65.3)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
J Ormandy c KJ Coetzer b AC Evans 0 9 8 0 0
RL Greenwell   b A Neill 4 7 6 1 0
AJ Hickey lbw b TB Sole 69 174 129 4 2
M Potts c DE Budge b A Neill 5 13 16 1 0
L Trevaskis c KJ Coetzer b TB Sole 16 41 43 1 0
S Steel lbw b MRJ Watt 5 30 25 0 0
WJ Weighell*   b AC Evans 22 111 77 1 0
SS Hunt+ c CS Macleod b AC Evans 1 14 16 0 0
J Couglin c CS Macleod b AC Evans 0 2 3 0 0
GHI Harding not out   16 43 42 1 0
L Mulley lbw b MRJ Watt 5 36 28 1 0
C Steel dnb            
G Clark dnb            
MJ Richardson dnb            
extras   (b3 lb7 w0 nb0) 10        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 153        
FOW
1-4(RL Greenwell) 2-4(J Ormandy) 3-11(M Potts) 4-34(L Trevaskis) 5-45(S Steel)
6-123(AJ Hickey) 7-129(SS Hunt) 8-129(J Couglin) 9-132(WJ Weighell)
10-153(L Mulley)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
AC Evans 18 7 35 4 - -
A Neill 14 4 25 2 - -
SM Sharif 7 2 11 0 - -
TB Sole 15 3 32 2 - -
MRJ Watt 7.3 3 10 2 - -
SJ Cameron 4 0 30 0 - -
Scotland A 2nd Innings 69/2 Closed (Overs 10)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
KJ Coetzer* not out   47 41 33 8 1
M Jones c J Ormandy b L Mulley 0 6 4 0 0
MM English   b GHI Harding 20 28 23 3 0
HG Munsey not out   0 5 0 0 0
MRJ Watt dnb            
DE Budge dnb            
TB Sole dnb            
SM Sharif dnb            
AC Evans dnb            
SJ Cameron dnb            
HG Carnegie+ dnb            
A Neill dnb            
CS Macleod dnb            
extras   (b0 lb1 w1 nb0) 2        
TOTAL   2 wickets for 69        
FOW
1-2(M Jones) 2-43(MM English)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
J Couglin 3 0 18 0 - -
L Mulley 5 1 44 1 1 -
GHI Harding 2 0 6 1 - -