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Durham 457 for 8 dec (Bedingham 156, Clark 119, Borthwick 63) beat Leicestershire 143 (Raine 5-51, Fernando 4-40) and 173 by an innings and 141 runsDurham sealed an emphatic victory over Leicestershire by an innings and 141 runs, ensuring the LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two champions ended their magnificent campaign on the highest of notes at Seat Unique Riverside.The home side required 10 wickets to secure their seventh victory of the campaign, and they needed only 42.5 overs to tear through the Leicestershire batting line-up. The Durham bowlers shared the wickets around the attack as Vishwa Fernando and Matt Parkinson claimed three wickets apiece, while Matthew Potts, Ben Raine and Jonathan Bushnell also struck.The Foxes briefly held up the Durham charge in the afternoon ...

Leicestershire 96 for 6 (Raine 4-44) trail Durham 457 for 8 dec (Bedingham 156, Clark 119, Borthwick 63) by 361 runsDavid Bedingham passed 1000 runs for the season before Ben Raine and Vishwa Fernando ran through Leicestershire's top-order to leave them in a perilous position on Day 2 of their LV = Insurance County Championship game at Seat Unique RiversideDurham pushed the tempo early looking to secure maximum batting points and declare with Storm Agnes threatening to ruin prospects of play in the afternoon and, after resuming on 409 for 5, Bedingham moved to 1000 first-class runs for the season.He then went to 150 in the game with a six and an all-run four as Durham looked to accelerate towards a declaration.Jonathan Bushnell and Paul Coughlin were out slogging as Durham declared on 457...