Bedingham and Stokes help Durham see off Somerset

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A fourth consecutive century for David Bedingham and eight wickets from Ben Stokes saw Durham beat Somerset inside two days at the Riverside, to claim their second win of the County Championship season, and their first at home. Daniel Wales reports.

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00:00 Being applauded off the field after a win inside two days was quite the way to

00:04 conclude the first block of county championship matches for Durham.

00:07 Captain Scott Borthwick reflected on the emphatic win against Somerset and the

00:12 batting of David Beddingham.

00:14 Look, I probably wasn't on my radar this morning,

00:18 especially to win today, but I thought the partnership this morning with

00:22 with Rainey and Sid was outstanding and we mentioned that in the dressing room

00:26 there. We pride ourselves on lower order runs from the guys batting from

00:30 seven downwards, but that partnership this morning was incredible and I think that

00:34 almost won us the game because we went into that little session before lunch

00:38 with momentum and then we got two wickets before lunch which was amazing.

00:42 To win in a day and a half is incredible. I think it's as good as I've seen.

00:47 We obviously had Leazy last year who churned them out and was just incredible.

00:52 But I honestly think with the way Bedders is playing right now,

00:56 I've been lucky to play with some very good players. Kumar Sangakkara down at Surrey

01:00 was incredible, but I honestly think Bedders is as good as I've seen for a long time.

01:06 He's going to go and play for South Africa in August, I think it is, and he'll

01:12 do well there because he's just an extraordinary player.

01:16 We're so lucky to have him in the side.

01:20 It's a surprise when he misses a ball.

01:22 Bedingham set a new Durham record by scoring four consecutive centuries

01:26 in the county championship, but was keen to praise the whole team despite his achievement.

01:31 I think the main thing out of this game is I think we got a win.

01:36 I don't want to make it about me. I think the way our bowlers bowled,

01:40 the whole game was quite special and I'm glad we could come away with a win.

01:44 I've worked hard for a long period of time, so I don't expect it to

01:49 happen because you can't guarantee runs, but I think the way that we've all

01:54 worked hard, obviously, so I don't want to make it about myself again,

01:57 but I think I've worked really hard over the last three or four years,

02:00 so to have that hard work payoff is quite cool and special.

02:04 England Test captain Ben Stokes made his second appearance of the season,

02:08 taking a wicket. Bedingham and Borthwick both spoke about his ability.

02:12 Really cool, I think I'd almost hate to be captain because I think after six overs

02:16 I think Scott was trying to take him off, but Stokes was just like, "No."

02:20 So I think the effort that he gives to any team he plays for is probably the reason

02:27 why he's a world-class player. So I think we're very lucky to have him.

02:31 When he's bowling as well as that, he can bowl all day.

02:34 We all know what he's like as a character. He's incredible to have.

02:38 When he's on, he's on. You can't get the ball out of his hand because

02:43 he's a competitor, he's a match-winner, and he wants to do it all.

02:47 When he's bowling well, he can bowl 10, 12 other spells.

02:50 That spell today was just incredible. It was fast, it was swinging.

02:55 Just another level, really.

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