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BEN STOKES finished with four wickets at Lord’s in his final appearance for Durham before beginning his England captaincy era at the same ground next week, although Middlesex — who head the promotion chase from Division Two — forced him to bowl 21.2 overs for those rewards as they opened up a useful 72-run lead on first innings.

Durham then made a poor start to their second innings, as Toby Roland-Jones removed the visitors’ top three batsmen, to leave them still 47 behind Middlesex’s first-innings total going into the final day.