Date-stamped : 19 Jul97 - 06:18 Roseberry`s insult adds to injury By Andrew Collomosse at Scarborough First day of four: Yorkshire (137-2) trail Durham (152) by 15 runs DURHAM opener Mike Roseberry doubtless feared it might not be his day when he was floored by a delivery from Craig White in the the 15th over and retired for 144 minutes with double vision. On returning at the fall of the seventh wicket, Roseberry was given out caught behind from the first ball he received. He stood his ground for several seconds before ripping off his hel- met in disgust en route to the pavilion and is now likely to be reported for dissent. His fate summed up a miserable day for Durham who, after electing to bat on a two-tone pitch, never came to terms with the York- shire seam attack. Only Jon Lewis, with a plucky 50 from 130 balls, resisted un- til Hartley had him well caught at slip. The early demise of Martyn Moxon induced fears that the festi- val`s four-day showpiece might suffer the same two-day outcome as last season`s September game against Notts. But, aided by some moderate bowling, a fluent partnership of 89 in 18 overs between Anthony McGrath and captain David Byas, whose 48 included 11 fours, established White Rose control with McGrath passing 50 for the fourth time in as many innings. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Lehmann leaves Durham on ropes By Andrew Collomosse at Scarborough Second day of four: Durham (152 & 61-5) trail Yorkshire (372) by 159 runs YORKSHIRE inexorably tightened their grip on the piece of sporting silverware they have never lost, the Durham Light Infantry Trophy. Since its inception in 1992, Yorkshire captains have lifted - if that term is applicable to the world`s largest sporting trophy - the mighty cup four times and the other game was drawn. Only rain, and plenty of it, can prevent David Byas making it five after a day that began and ended with the White Rose in com- mand. That state of affairs can be attributed in the first instance to some splendid batting by Darren Lehmann and Bradley Parker and, in the second, to an evening of hostile seam bowling from Darren Gough, Chris Silverwood and Peter Hartley. In 26 overs they removed Jon Lewis, John Morris, Michael Fos- ter, Nick Speak and captain David Boon, leaving Durham needing another 159 to make Yorkshire bat again. Interest over the first two days inevitably has focused on the North Marine Road pitch, shaved at both ends but left uncut in the middle. Boon has expressed severe dissatisfaction and his side have shown little relish for the fight. The wicket will not be reported, though, and Lehmann and Park- er showed why. The Australian shrugged aside the discomfort of a badly- bruised hand to lay on a glorious exhibition of stroke- play, cruising to 86 from 112 balls with two sixes and 12 fours. The further 59 runs he needed to win the race to 1,000 looked a formality until he unaccountably shouldered arms and was bowled by Michael Foster. Parker`s unbeaten 74 from 112 balls was no less impressive as he shepherded his side into a match-winning position. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Boon sounds out of tune with new two-tone pitch By Andrew Collomosse at Scarborough Yorkshire (372) bt Durham (152 & 164) by an innings and 56 runs YORKSHIRE wrapped up their first 24-point victory of the sea- son with five sessions remaining, despite sturdy resistance from the Durham late order. Inevitably, captains David Byas and David Boon held different views on the new North Marine Road wicket that in two seasons has pro- duced three straight results after a long series of high-scoring draws. As Boon watched the uncut central area of the two-tone pitch being shaved within minutes of his side`s demise, he said: "That`s what should have been done on the first morning. It is the most extraordinary pitch I have seen. It gives bowlers a false sense of their worth and undermines batsmen`s confidence, which can`t be good for English cricket." His counterpart was in no mood for conciliation. "It was a good cricket pitch," said Byas. "It looked worse than it played and you haven`t seen anything fly off a length or grub. People have been telling me for years that we would never get a result here. Now we have had three in a row, one of which we have lost. "That`s far better for the players and the spectators who come to see some decent cricket, not a boring draw. I`m not saying it`s the way forward for English cricket as a whole but it has to be the way to play county cricket here." The pitch will not be reported and, of course, it was the same for both sides. But Yorkshire had far more firepower in Dar- ren Gough, Chris Silverwood, Peter Hartley and Crag White and their bats- men greater conviction. In fact, Durham`s most prolonged resistance came from their late order yesterday as Melvyn Betts defied the Yorkshire attack for 78 minutes and 20 overs for 35 and James Boiling com- pleted a champi- onship-best 40 that occupied 80 minutes and 61 balls. The last three wickets had added 86 when Boiling swept Darren Lehmann`s first ball to Martyn Moxon at deep square-leg for the Australian`s first championship wicket. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)