By Alex Smith

June 23-26, Chelmsford
Essex v Durham
Toss: Durham, who elected to bat

Doubling up: Ollie Robinson and Alex Lees both went big for Durham
PICTURE: Alamy

DEAN ELGAR composed his 50th first-class century as he and Tom Westley dropped anchor to secure a draw against Durham, who had hit a mammoth 587 in the first innings.
Former South Africa international Elgar batted the whole of the final day to make sure Durham didn’t have a sniff of victory.
The hosts needed 405 runs to win on the final day, a tough but not impossible task, but made no attempt to secure...