By Jon Steer
May 6 2004
After a draw in the championship Durham were looking to build on their winning start to the national league campaign. Derbyshire won the toss and never looked back, good contributions again from Breese and Andy Pratt made our total competitive but it wasn't good enough.
| Durham innings (45 overs maximum) | Runs | Mins | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| N Peng | c Sutton b Walker | 28 | 55 | 41 | 5 | 0 |
| MJ North | lbw b Welch | 5 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| JJB Lewis (c) | c Sutton b Welch | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| GJ Pratt | c Bassano b Welch | 11 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| I Pattison | run out | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| GR Breese | c Sutton b Welch | 49 | 72 | 64 | 3 | 0 |
| A Pratt (wk) | b Mohammad Ali | 53 | 97 | 78 | 1 | 1 |
| LE Plunkett | c Rogers b Hewson | 12 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| GD Bridge | not out | 15 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| M Davies | c Sutton b Mohammad Ali | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| N Killeen | b Dumelow | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 8, w 19) | 29 | ||||
| Total | (all out, 44.5 overs) | 207 | ||||
Fall of Wickets:
1-11 (North), 2-19 (Lewis), 3-54 (GJ Pratt),
4-57 (Pattison), 5-63 (Peng), 6-157 (Breese),
7-177 (Plunkett), 8-200 (A Pratt), 9-204 (Davies),
10-207 (Killeen).
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Mohammad Ali | 8 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| Welch | 9 | 2 | 26 | 4 |
| Hewson | 7 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| Dumelow | 8.5 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Walker | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Botha | 9 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Derbyshire innings (target: 208 runs from 45 overs) | Runs | Mins | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| CJL Rogers | b Killeen | 14 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| AI Gait | c Pattison b Bridge | 49 | 97 | 70 | 5 | 0 |
| CWG Bassano | c A Pratt b Breese | 41 | 65 | 55 | 6 | 0 |
| Hasan Adnan | not out | 50 | 66 | 64 | 0 | 1 |
| LD Sutton (c)(wk) | c Pattison b Plunkett | 23 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| DR Hewson | not out | 23 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 1) | 8 | ||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 42.3 overs) | 208 | ||||
Did not bat:
G Welch, AG Botha, NRC Dumelow, NGE Walker, Mohammad Ali.
Fall of Wickets:
1-20 (Rogers), 2-100 (Bassano), 3-112 (Gait),
4-163 (Sutton).
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Killeen | 7 | 2 | 23 | 1 |
| Plunkett | 9 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Davies | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Pattison | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Breese | 8.3 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Bridge | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 |