LIGHTNING doesn't strike twice, and after being set a remarkably similar target to last week's at Taunton, Durham slumped to a three-day defeat against Glamorgan at Riverside.

Somerset's declaration required them to score 451 off 139 overs, this time it was 439 in 144 overs when Glamorgan halted their second innings on 265 for nine.

Considering the assistance available to bowlers from the Lumley End, Durham had no chance and when last week's hero Gareth Breese edged to third slip for four, 25 of the 29 wickets taken by seamers had fallen at that end.

Andrew Pratt became the 26th when he pulled Alex Wharf to deep square leg after top scoring with 59, Wharf finishing with five for 91.

The score was 224 for nine when the overs ran out at 7pm, but Glamorgan exercised their right to claim the extra half hour and Durham were all out for 237 to lose by 201 runs.

Injury-hit Durham have not had the bowling to exploit the pitch and they badly need a fit Shoaib Akhtar at Trent Bridge on Tuesday against a Nottinghamshire side going great guns. They are still hopeful he will recover from his rib injury.

After winning the toss, Glamorgan effectively won this match by making 393, with which they were more than happy.

Without Michael Kasprowicz, their bowling has been nothing special, but the extra height of Wharf and David Harrison gave them an advantage.

They also had some help from umpire Nigel Cowley. Marcus North looked on in disbelief when he was given out lbw to Harrison in the third over, while skipper Jon Lewis was well forward when his battling innings of 51 was ended by Cowley raising his finger after lengthy deliberation.

Although he took three wickets, it was not a good day for Paul Collingwood, who may have seen Andrew Strauss leapfrog him in the England pecking order after his century at Lord's.

One-day centuries are fine, but Collingwood needs first-class runs, and with his chances limited by a combination of injuries and England duty he has not had a championship century for Durham since the last match of the 2001 season against Worcestershire.

As planned when he was released by England shortly before 9.30am on Thursday, only to spend the day in a traffic jam, Collingwood took over from Ian Pattison in the Durham team.

He held an excellent catch, diving forward at deep cover, to get rid of the dangerous Michael Powell, and took three for 49. But he was out for 14, trying to withdraw his bat from a ball by David Harrison, only to edge it to the wicketkeeper.

Gordon Muchall, on the other hand, realised too late that he needed to play at a ball from Darren Thomas which cut in to rattle his off stump.

Muchall had hit six fours in making 27 off only 22 balls, but no batsmen have suggested they could dig in for a four-hour vigil on this pitch.

When Glamorgan resumed on 77 for two yesterday after a 20-minute rain delay, Durham's first success came courtesy of Mark Wallace risking a single to Gary Pratt at cover.

Perhaps he had heard that Pratt's shies have been off target so far this season, but this time he hit the stumps and Wallace was out for 36.

Collingwood was brought on first change at the Lumley End and persuaded left-hander David Hemp to clip a catch to mid-wicket then removed Adrian Dale first ball.

This was a good one, forcing the batsman to play at it and doing just enough to take the edge and give Muchall a comfortable catch at second slip.

The hat-trick ball was shorter and wider, allowing Robert Croft to leave it, but four overs later Collingwood moved one in to trap Croft on the crease.

Lewis's decision to allow Pavell Kumar to try to exploit the variable bounce at the danger end proved fruitless.

Powell decided to attack the debut boy and hit him for six fours in two overs - four driven, one pulled and one edged.

This was a shame as Kumar's first few overs were very respectable, but he had to suffer more punishment in his second spell, with Harrison slogging him over long-on for six.

Leading wicket-taker Mark Davies was required to bowl at the Finchale End and picked up a wicket when Powell drove him to Collingwood.

But the combination of class and experience allowed Matthew Maynard to look more comfortable than any batsman in the match in making an unbeaten 54 off 79 balls.

Harrison and Wharf helped him in stands of 46 and 54 before both perished going for big hits off Gareth Breese.

The Jamaican must have had a strong sense of dj vu when he found himself back at the crease for the second successive Friday evening, although this time Durham were ten runs better off at 115 for five.

He couldn't do much about the ball which dismissed him.