Durham beat Surrey by 59 runs

Surrey's jubilant supporters on the Family Day at Foster's Oval saw the presentation of the trophy to the 'Lions' for winning the Norwich Union National League Division Two.

It's been a most successful season for the London team having already gained promotion, prior to today's match, to the first division of the League and will, no doubt, be completing the formality of gaining the one required point to clinch the Championship title from their match at Old Trafford next week.

As such, their last league match today was simply of academic interest to them and for their opponents, Durham, the victory by 59 runs would be a little consolation. They have had a poor season, they will still be finishing towards the bottom of the league's second division points table and have been relegated to the second division of the championship. However, they will be pleased with their fourth victory of the season today in the League.

Surrey, having been obliged to bat second, made a spirited reply with Ian Ward showing glimpses of the form that brought him the big hundred in that record-breaking stand with Mark Butcher earlier in the week in the championship match. Ward and Alistair Brown hit freely with the latter reaching his half-century from as few as 36 balls, having hit seven of those to the boundaries and a six.

They put up 87 on the scoreboard before Brown became the first of Ian Hunter's three victims. When he claimed the next two wickets, he had taken 3 for 7 in a 12-ball spell. Surrey's next stand of 38 was the highest of their innings and when that was broken with the dismissal of Gareth Batty for 20, Surrey were unable to make a recovery. The only score of note after that was 37 by Gary Butcher as Durham's bowlers took control and off-spinner Nick Phillips with 4 for 30 produced his best figures in the League. It took Durham 40.3 overs to dismiss Surrey for 192.

Durham had begun their innings poorly, losing two wickets for 31 within half an hour to the bowling of Carl Greenidge. But in distinct contrast to that start came the third wicket stand between Jimmy Daley and Paul Collingwood.

They put on 177 runs which is a Durham record for the third wicket in the National League. It was a weakened Surrey attack with none of the bowlers who were in the championship match which ended the previous day, included in this team of five changes. But, nevertheless, Daley and Collingwood batted well, playing some fine strokes during their 196-ball partnership.

By the time Collingwood had his off-stump uprooted by Tim Murtagh in the 40th. over, he had 86 to his name from 97 balls with eight boundaries and a six which he hit over long-off in the previous over from the same bowler. It had been an expensive over conceding 14 but not quite as expensive as Greenidge's first over when he returned for a second spell, that went for 16.

Jon Lewis hit a quick 25 from 19 balls before being caught at long-off from a lofted drive and in the meantime Daley reached his maiden century in limited-over's cricket, he has three in first-class. Having opened the batting, he was the last to be dismissed, off the final ball of the innings for 105 from 134 balls.It had been a brilliant innings with 46 of his runs coming from boundaries. He had taken Durham to 251 for 5, their highest total this season in one-day cricket.