Durham keep cool in heat of cup battle

EXCELLENT performances from Katie Levick and Hollie Armitage helped Durham secure a comfortable six-wicket win in yesterday's Metro Bank One Day Cup clash with Surrey.

- THOMAS RIDLEY, ECB REPORTERS NETWORK SUPPORTED BY ROTHESAY

Surrey batted first on a scorching day in Chester-le-Street, but lost wickets at regular intervals, with their top four all dismissed in the 20s. The visitors never recovered from that as Mady Villiers (3-23) and Levick (4-31) tore through the rest of their batting line-up to bowl them out for 179.

Tasked with chasing 180, Durham fell to 81-4 with Bethan Miles their chief tormentor.