Deon Kruis became the first Yorkshire bowler to take 50 wickets this season as the second half of Durham's first innings was swept aside for 26 runs in 41 balls at Scarborough Cricket Festival yesterday.

The collapse began the ball before lunch and it continued after a 16-over break for rain, the last Durham wicket going down at 414. Yorkshire resumed today on 129 for two.

Kruis finished with five for 106, his second five wicket haul in consecutive innings. He has taken 51 wickets, the most in a season for Yorkshire since Steve Kirby's 67 wickets two years ago.

Tim Bresnan supported well with four for 101, which takes him to 42 wickets so far this season.

Gordon Muchall and Dale Benkenstein took their partnership to 167 in 44 overs and Benkenstein went on to his century off 155 balls, with 15 fours and a six.

Benkenstein was out for 126 after he had faced 216 balls and hit 16 fours and two sixes. He drove hard at Kruis and was taken at second slip by Matthew Wood.

When Yorkshire batted, Wood survived a return catch to Neil Killeen on 17, but apart from that he and Sayers encountered few problems in taking their opening stand on to 73 before Paul Collingwood struck twice in consecutive overs.

He pinned Wood lbw for 47 and and then had Sayers caught at second slip by Mike Hussey from a sharply rising delivery.

Frizzell County Championship

(Day 4 of 4 today)

Division Two

Yorkshire v Durham

(at Scarborough)

Durham First Innings

Hussey lbw b Bresnan 92

Scott c Guy b Kruis 14

Collingwood c McGrath b Kruis 33

Muchall c Blain b Bresnan 64

Benkenstein c Wood b Kruis 126

Breese c Guy b Kruis 13

Mustard c McGrath b Harvey 21

Plunkett c Guy b Bresnan 0

Thorp c Sayers b Kruis 10

Killeen not out 3

Williams c McGrath b Bresnan 6

Extras (b1 lb9 w2 nb20) 32

Total (115.5 overs) 414

Fall: 1-56 2-140 3-152 4-319 5-360 6-388 7-389 8-402 9-405.

Bowling: Kruis 36-9-106-5 Blain 19-0-97-0 Bresnan 30.5-6-101-4 Harvey 17-5-54-1 McGrath 10-5-28-0 Dawson 3-1-18-0.

Yorkshire first innings

Wood lbw b Collingwood 47

Sayers c Hussey b Collingwood 31

McGrath not out 25

Jaques not out 18

Extras (lb6 nb2) 8

Total 2 wkts (44 overs) 129

Fall: 1-73 2-78

Bowling: Williams 10-2-28-0 Plunkett 10-2-22-0 Killeen 6-0-22-0 Thorp 6-2-12-0 Collingwood 6-1-25-2 Breese 6-1-14-0

Division Two continued:

Colchester (last day of 4): Essex 400-6 dec (Foster 107no, Jefferson 93, Irani 86) v Somerset 112-2 (Hildreth 76no).

Blackpool (day 3 of 4): Lancashire 562-8 dec (Loye 187, Law 143, Chapple 82, North 60) v Worcestershire 111-3.

Leicester (last day of 4): Leicestershire 390-6 (Robinson 139, Gibson 63no, Wright 4-83) v Northamptonshire.

Division One

Bristol (last day of 4): Glamorgan 382 (Cherry 166) & 151-5 v Gloucestershire 133 (Wharf 6-59, Harrison 4-59).

Canterbury (day 3 of 4): Middlesex 400-8 dec (Weekes 128no, Shah 105, Trego 51, Khan 4-83) v Kent 290-2 (Key 142, Fulton 110).

The Oval (last day of 4): Surrey 378 (Batty 124, Butcher 75, Newman 71) & 7-0 v Hampshire 361-6 dec (Pothas 100no, Watson 88)

Edgbaston (last day of 4) Warwickshire 475 (Trott 210, Knight 69) v Sussex 244-3 (Goodwin 103no, Yardy 75).

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Edinburgh: Scottish Saltires 179-7 (Watts 71no), Derbyshire Phantoms 146-6 (Stubbings 59no) Derbyshire won by 6 runs (D/L Method).

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Worcester (last day of 4): Australia 131 (Brunt 5-47) & 179-7 (Blackwell 72no, Nitschke 60no), England 289 (Brunt 52, Liddell 4-57).

Updated: 10:50 Saturday, August 27, 2005