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Specsavers County Championship Division Two, Sedbergh School (day one):
Lancashire 275-5: Vilas 67*, Jones 52, Davies 38; Rushworth 2-50
Durham: Yet to bat
Lancashire 2 pts, Durham 1 pt
Scorecard
Lancashire captain Dane Vilas hit his fourth half-century of the season to help his side bat through the day against Durham at Sedbergh School.

Vilas finished the day unbeaten on 67, out of 275-5, having so far shared an unbroken 47-run stand with former Lancs skipper Steven Croft, who is on 29.

All the home batsmen got starts - and Rob Jones was a key contributor, with 52 in three and a quarter hours.

Chris Rushworth spearheaded the Durham attack with 2-50 from 21 overs.

Rushworth should have had a third victim too, but Croft was put down by Alex Lees at first slip.

Lancashire captain Dane Vilas and opposite number Cameron Bancroft shake hands before the off at Sedbergh
Lancashire captain Dane Vilas and opposite number Cameron Bancroft shake hands before the off at Sedbergh
Bryson Carse, Nathan Rimmington and last week's matchwinner Ben Raine all weighed in with a wicket each as the visiting bowlers generally did a good job on the first day of first-class cricket at this spectacular setting in the Cumbrian fells.

After being put in by Durham, Lancashire will be happy at having only lost five wickets. But their scoring rate was kept down all day by the Durham bowlers, who limited them to just two batting points.

With 14 overs left in the morning, Lancs will be eyeing a third, possibly even a fourth batting point, while Durham are just one wicket away from a second bowling point.