{"id":6816,"date":"2023-06-29T17:45:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T12:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=328824"},"modified":"2023-06-29T17:45:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T12:15:42","slug":"peter-handscombs-unbeaten-century-rescues-leicestershire-in-thrilling-draw-against-durham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/peter-handscombs-unbeaten-century-rescues-leicestershire-in-thrilling-draw-against-durham\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Handscomb\u2019s unbeaten century rescues Leicestershire in thrilling draw against Durham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Handscomb\u2019s unbeaten century saved Leicestershire as they secured a draw against Durham in the County Championship. Handscomb\u2019s magnificent knock of 136 not out, his second hundred for the county, led a rearguard action that prevented Durham from claiming victory. With Leicestershire standing at 259 for 8 when bad light ended play, Handscomb\u2019s resilient innings ensured his team held on.<\/p>\n<p>Durham had declared their innings at 343 for 4, setting Leicestershire a hypothetical target of 439 to win. However, Leicestershire faced early setbacks in their run chase, losing wickets quickly. Handscomb, along with Colin Ackermann, steadied the innings with a crucial partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the efforts of Durham\u2019s bowlers, Handscomb remained resolute, reaching his half-century and eventually completing his century. The match saw interruptions due to bad light and rain, but Handscomb\u2019s composure and well-timed boundaries were instrumental in securing the draw.<\/p>\n<div><strong>Brief Score: Leicestershire\u00a0422 (Ackermann 146, Mulder 56, Raine 4-114) and 259 for 8 (Handscomb 136*, Raine 4-55) drew with\u00a0Durham\u00a0517 for 6 dec and 343 for 4 dec (Lees 145, Bedingham 145)<\/strong><\/div>\n<p class=\"ds-text-comfortable-m ds-my-4 ci-html-content\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Handscomb\u2019s unbeaten century saved Leicestershire as they secured a draw against Durham in the County Championship. Handscomb\u2019s magnificent knock\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":29732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2167,3440,2306,2308],"class_list":["post-6816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-county-championship","tag-durham","tag-leicestershire","tag-peter-handscomb"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}