Under-19s County Championship.

Yorkshire under-19s v Durham under-19s.

Marske CC staged a two-day under-19s county championship game for the first time. Blessed with fine weather, a good crowd viewed some entertaining cricket.

Zubair Raje showed a lot of promise for Yorkshire with a fine 50 off 82 balls and Gary Newton with 64 off 174 balls steadied the innings as Durham showed signs of gaining the upper hand. David Wigley (37) and Christopher Elstob (25no) gave Yorkshire runs late in the innings and helped to set a first innings target of 318.

Durham's Gary Pratt celebrating what he hoped to be a first class debut at Old Trafford the following day failed to impress when beaten by the pace of Elstob. Skipper Ian Pattison was the player to catch the eye, with a fine 89 off 153 balls and Paul Mustard survived a nervous start and scored an impressive 82 off 108 balls. Christopher Elstob completed two fine days with two catches and five wickets for 56 off 15 overs as Durham's late order collapsed to 244 all out.

With less than an hour's play remaining both sides decided no further bonus points could be gained and the game ended with Yorkshire claiming a victory on the first innings play.