Durham's bowlers hit back against Derbyshire

Durham's bowlers hit back to leave the Division Two match against Derbyshire at Chesterfield in the balance at lunch on the third day.
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Chris Rushworth struck twice and Paul Coughlin followed his unbeaten 73 by bowling Billy Godleman to leave Derbyshire 60 for 3 at the interval, a lead of127.

Coughlin and Barry McCarthy took their ninth wicket stand to 90 in 26 overs before Gurjit Sandhu took the last two wickets to finish with 3 for 60 on his Derbyshire debut.

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The home side started their second innings with a lead of 67 but Rushworth struck with his third ball by having Ben Slater caught at first slip for 2 before Coughlin knocked out Godleman’s off stump.

When Wayne Madsen was caught behind off Rushworth, Derbyshire were 31 for 3 but Luis Reece and Alex Hughes batted through to the interval.