Date-stamped : 13 Sep97 - 06:08 New role for Boon By Tim Wellock at Chester-le-Street First day of four: Somerset (75-1) trail Durham (230) by 155 runs DAVID BOON`S all embracing responsibilities extended to keep- ing wicket as Martin Speight`s suspected broken finger con- tributed to Durham`s difficulties as they failed to test the lack of depth in the Somerset attack. Andrew Caddick and Mushtaq Ahmed shared the bulk of the work- load and posed most of the questions without due reward. But with Gra- ham Rose chipping in with three wickets, the mediocrity of the back-up was not exposed. Caddick, who inflicted the damage on Speight, struck with the third ball of the day, but then came second best during a glada- tori- al exchange with John Morris as Durham rattled along at five an over for the first hour. Quick to punish any error in length, Morris reached 50 off 67 balls before becoming more circumspect against Rose, who had him lbw working to leg for 79. Robin Weston survived the best of Caddick and Mushtaq to reach 29 in two hours, but then fell to a donkey drop from Peter Bowler. Boon made one acrobatic stop to the delight of the crowd, but the accuracy of the Durham bowling spared him from further leap- ing about while prompting a measured approach from the Somerset batsmen. Rob Turner never looked totally at ease and played on in Mike Foster`s first over, but Mark Lathwell spiced his hour of com- fortable survival with several glimpses of his latent talent. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Durham derailed by Rose By Tim Wellock at Chester-le-Street Second day of four: Durham (230 & 132-7) lead Somerset (217) by 145 runs SOMERSET dominated the first hour and, more importantly, the last to regain the initiative from Durham who had worked hard to earn a scent of their third championship win of the season. An opening stand of 66 put Durham 79 in front, but Graham Rose underlined his inestimable value to Somerset with his 500th first-class wicket in his 11th season. With Kevin Shine suffering from back trouble, Somerset were looking a little threadbare but the opening provided by Rose was then exploited by Andrew Caddick and Mushtaq Ahmed. They both took three wickets as Durham slumped to 108 for sev- en after Jon Lewis had reached his seventh championship half-century of the season only to fall to Mushtaq, who had the remarkable figures of three for four in 13 overs. In fading light Caddick made way for the off-spin of Peter Bowler and Mike Foster prof- ited with 27 not out. Mark Lathwell had made batting look a simple pastime in the first hour, hitting 10 fours in his 57, but Somerset then sub- sided from 130 for one to 217 all out. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Rose nips Durham in the bud By Tim Wellock at Chester-le-Street Somerset (217 & 152-2) bt Durham (230 & 135) by 8 wkts DURHAM were as powerless as King Canute to repel the tide which had turned decisively in Somerset`s favour in the last hour on Thursday. A contest of absorbing ebb and flow thus al- lowed the visitors to coast to their third championship win. In the space of 64 overs, Durham went from likely winners at 66 for nought in their second innings to demoralised losers. Mike Foster edged the day`s second ball from Andrew Caddick to third slip, then three overs later successive balls from Graham Rose brought a raised finger from Jack Bond to take the lbw tal- ly to 14 in three innings. Two impassioned appeals against Rob Turner were turned down, however, before Foster removed him and Piran Holloway after a stand of 76. Simon Ecclestone finished the match with a flurry of bound- aries, reaching 54 not out off 58 balls with nine fours. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)