By Martin Smith
September 8 -11, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford
Durham 333 (McKinney 121, Lees 94, Porter 4-77, Bracewell 3-70) & 173-7 (Raine 42*, Potts 34*, Porter 3-36, Harmer 3-64)
Essex 457-8 dec (Elgar 150, Critchley 129, Potts 3-95, Raine 2-103)
Match Drawn
Toss: Durham won the toss and decided to bat Officials: Ian Blackwell, James Middlebrook, Phil Whitticase
DAY ONE
BEN MCKINNEY played with textbook orthodoxy and mature assurance in helping Durham frustrate Essex for much of a sun-kissed day at Chelmsford with the second first-class century of his burg...
