Seaxes face uphill struggle after missed opportunity against Durham
10.09.26, 08:30 Updated 09.09.26, 22:50 2 Minute Read
Ben Kosky
Tom Helm admits Middlesex squandered a great opportunity to keep the pressure on champions-elect Durham after collapsing either side of lunch on day two at Chester-le-Street.
The visitors advanced to 131-3 but then lost five wickets for just 32, with three falling in quick succession to Ben Raine before Helm and Harry Duke staged a brief recovery as they added 40 for the ninth wicket.
Brydon Carse then dismissed Helm and Naavya Sharma in the space of three balls to finish Middlesex off for 203 – a first-innings deficit of almost 50 when hopes would have been high of securing a similar lead.
Instead, the Division Two champions-elect seized control, with the Seaxes’ bowlers made to toil second time around as opener Ben McKinney hit an unbeaten century to steer his side to 204-2 when bad light ended play.
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