County Championship: Durham beat Middlesex to seal promotion

Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Banks Homes Riverside (day four)

Durham 252 & 374 McKinney 184, Ackermann 48; Higgins 4-79

Middlesex 203 & 330: Duke 100*, Geddes 50; Parkinson 4-45, Carse 4-116

Durham (20pts) beat Middlesex (3pts) by 93 runs

Match scorecard

Durham sealed promotion back to Division One of the County Championship following last season’s relegation with a 93-run win over Middlesex at the Riverside.

Having set a distant target of 424 and taken two wickets last evening, they bowled the visitors out for 330, despite Harry Duke’s unbeaten 100.

Left-arm spinner Callum Parkinson and England’s Brydon Carse took four wickets each.

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