DURHAM will be hoping for more of the same from Phil Mustard when they attempt to complete a swift double against Nottinghamshire under the Trent Bridge floodlights tonight.
With 210 runs from four innings Mustard is the second highest run scorer in the Friends Life t20 competition, 17 behind the Outlaws' Adam Voges, who has had one more innings.
Mustard's 75 in Tuesday's 33-run home win against tonight's hosts was the third highest Twenty20 score by a Durham player behind Ross Taylor's 80 and Ian Blackwell's 79, both made last year.
Blackwell is also going well this season with 138 runs from four innings and with two not outs his average is 69, compared with Mustard's 70.
After inflicting Nottinghamshire's first defeat in six games, Mustard said: "Now we have to build on it. There are still plenty of games to be played, and we need to kick on and keep climbing the table.
"We're delighted with the win. We said before the game that 180 could be a very good total, but we were a little bit disappointed because the way we started we could have got about 210. But we worked hard and managed to post what turned out to be a very good total."
Durham travel on tomorrow to face Leicestershire at Grace Road, where Blackwell thrashed 98 in a 69-run CB 40 League win last month.
The Foxes have been strengthened for the T20 by former Pakistani Test all-rounder Abdul Razzak, who hit five sixes in reaching 62 not out off 30 balls in a five-wicket win at Old Trafford.
As Leicestershire have also won at Northampton they are not to be taken lightly in this competition.
Durham have added Mark Stoneman, Scott Borthwick and Will Smith to the 11 who won on Tuesday.
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