County DIV2 2026, GLO vs DUR 6th Match Match Report, 10 – 12 April 2026

Gloucestershire 168 for 8 (Raine 3-42, Roach 3-50) rout Durham 605 for 5 dec (McKinney 244, Lees 129, Bedingham 118) by 437 runs

The visitors began by extending their first innings total from an overnight 456 for two to 605 for five before declaring shortly before lunch. Ben McKinney was eventually dismissed for 244, while David Bedingham contributed 118, and the pair shared a third-wicket stand of 209 in 38.3 overs.

Roach (three for 50) and Raine (three for 42) then helped reduce Gloucestershire to 109 for seven in reply before Craig Miles and Matt Taylor resisted late on to guide their struggling side to 168 for eight at stumps.

McKinney was soon on the attack as he started the day unbeaten on 214 and produced some extraordinary tennis, advancing up the pitch to smash a delivery from Will Williams over the longer mid-wicket boundary for six.

Bedingham was also in positive mood and, from an overnight 76 not out, moved to a 126-ball hundred, with 13 fours and a six, when he clipped a ball from Miles to the square boundary.

McKinney brought up the 200 stand with a six-over long on Taylor and put another maximum in the same over mid-wicket. But the increasingly cavalier approach brought its undoing when Williams took a fine catch that ran in from mid-on to give Miles a first wicket.

McKinney batted for six hours and 29 minutes, hitting 36 fours and three sixes in an innings guaranteed to improve the 21-year-old left-hander’s prospects of an England call-up. His departure left Durham 520 for three and although Raine fell cheaply to a boundary catch, Graham Clark and Ollie Robinson had no trouble taking the total past 600.

The declaration left Gloucestershire with two overs to bat before lunch. Their misery deepened when skipper Cameron Bancroft shouldered Roach off the third ball of the innings and fell lbw as he clipped off the seam.

Lunch was taken with the scoreboard reading four to one. With six runs added, a heavy rainstorm halted play at 1:50 p.m. The action resumed at 3.30pm and soon Gloucestershire were 23 for two when Ben Charlesworth attempted to drive from Matthew Potts to Kasey Aldridge at second slip.

It was 43 for three when Raine forced a ball between bat and field to bowl Joe Phillips for 18 in his first over and 60 for four when Miles Hammond pushed a back-foot defending shot from Raine to wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson.

That was the score when tea was taken at 4.30 pm, Raine had figures of two for 10 from three overs. The final session was delayed for 20 minutes by another shower, but it failed to disrupt Durham or Raine, who struck again with the total on 90, James Bracey, on 14, taking a routine catch to Robinson.

The sun was now shining brightly and there were plenty of overs left for Durham to step up. They did just that when Graeme van Buuren threw the bat on a very wide delivery from Roach and went to second slip where Aldridge took a crisp catch.

At 100 for six, Gloucestershire were in disarray. Ollie Price struggled his way to 34 before chasing an even wider ball from Roach and giving Robinson his third catch behind the stumps.

It was a dismal batting effort by the hosts. Taylor hit Roach through the offside for a couple of defiant fours and Miles lifted a six over middle off the same bowler.

But their eight-wicket stand of 59 ended when Taylor was caught at cover for 28 attacking a ball from Aldridge at the end of another worrying day for head coach Mark Alleyne.