Durham pace keeps Tykes down

County Championship D2, Chester-le-Street, day three (stumps): Yorkshire 448 & 103/6 v Durham 327

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Shoaib Akhtar celebrates the wicket of McGrath

Pacemen Steve Harmison and Shoaib Akhtar shared five wickets for Durham to keep Yorkshire in check at the rain-hit Riverside.

In the 28 overs possible between a late start and an early close, county cricket's fastest pairing reduced the visitors to 103-6 in their second innings - a lead of 224.

Harmison started and finished proceedings with the wickets of opener Matthew Wood and wicket-keeper Simon Guy.

And Shoaib had Anthony McGrath, Michael Lumb and Yuvraj Singh all caught behind for single-figure scores to claim 3-23.

Only Stephen Fleming avoided the duo, making 38 before he was caught behind off veteran Vince Wells.

And first innings centurion Craig White reached the close at 30 not out.

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Durham: J J B Lewis (Capt), M A Gough, G J Muchall, G J Pratt, N Peng, V J Wells, P Mustard (Wkt), G D Bridge, Shoaib Akhtar, S J Harmison, N G Hatch.

Yorkshire: M J Wood, S P Fleming, A McGrath (Capt), M J Lumb, Yuvraj Singh, C White, S M Guy (Wkt), A K D Gray, D Gough, R J Sidebottom, S P Kirby.