📲 BRYDON CARSE makes return as Alex Lees smashes 80 in big Durham win | FOXES HIGHLIGHTS

Durham thrashed Leicestershire Foxes by eight wickets at Uptonsteel Grace Road as skipper Alex Lees hammered a superb 80 off just 44 balls with nine fours and four sixes. Chasing 157 to complete a fourth win of a frustratingly inconsistent season, the visitors eased home with a yawning 30 balls to spare as the Foxes sunk to a fourth straight defeat and a seventh in total. Graham Clark made 38 from 23, sharing an opening stand of 114 with Lees – Durham’s quickest opening stand across all formats. Earlier, having opted to bat first, Leicestershire rallied from 101 for seven to 156 for eight, Josh Davey top-scoring with 37 not out off 24 balls batting at nine after Ashton Turner’s 33 from 16 and Rishi Patel’s 20 off 17. There were two wickets each for Durham pace bowler Matthew Potts (2-41) and spinners Callum Parkinson (2-23) and Nathan Sowter (2-30). Brydon Carse, who was England’s leading wicket-taker in last winter’s Ashes drubbing in Australia, returned from a six-month injury absence to take a wicket with his third ball, finishing with 1-17.