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Australia A 373-9 dec: Patterson 137, Philippe 120*; Cook 3-58, Baker 3-60
England Lions 116 all out: Hurst 33; Sutherland 3-7 & 116-2 (f/o): McKinney 67*; Buckingham 2-19
Durham batter Ben McKinney hit a second-innings half-century after Lancashire pair Matty Hurst and Rocky Flintoff top-scored in the first innings as England Lions were made to follow on against Australia A in Sydney.
After resuming on their overnight score of 262-3, the hosts assumed control as Josh Phillipe matched Kurtis Patterson’s first-day century before Australia declared on 373-9.
Patterson was lbw for 120 to Sam Cook, the second of two wickets in successive overs for the Essex seamer who finished with a tidy 3-58, before Phillipe powered his way to an unbeaten 120 from 121 balls.
Somerset paceman Sonny Baker took 3-60 on his first-class debut.
The Lions were immediately in trouble with the bat as they slumped to 30-3 and never recovered, being bowled out for 116, only reaching three figures thanks in the main to a fifth-wicket stand of 47 between Hurst (33) and 16-year-old Flintoff (29).
Yorkshire’s new signing Will Sutherland, last into the home attack, took three wickets in the space of eight balls to remove Hurst, Nottinghamshire’s Josh Tongue for a third-ball duck and Somerset’s England spinner Shoaib Bashir, while Brendan Doggett took 3-17.
Durham opener McKinney, who made 26 in the first innings, then reached the close unbeaten on 67 as the Lions made a better fist of it second time around.
He and his skipper, Warwickshire captain Alex Davies, began the repair job with a 106-run first-wicket partnership.
But Jordan Buckingham claimed two late wickets to reinforce the home advantage as the visitors closed on 116-2, still trailing by 141 runs.
This is the last of the Lions’ three four-day games down under.
They lost the first by seven wickets in Brisbane despite 94 for McKinney, before rallying to draw the second thanks to a first-innings ton from Flintoff, abetted by half-centuries for Davies, his second in successive matches, and Nottinghamshire’s Freddie McCann, as well as second-innings fifties for Hurst and Sussex’s James Coles.
