Two rounds into Division Two, Adam Hopkins seems again on the front-runners and early motion
Durham sit atop the County Championship Division Two desk, two factors forward of James Anderson’s Lancashire after a win and a draw from their opening fixtures.
After shaking palms with Kent at Chester-le-Road, they put in a dominant show of their second spherical match at Gloucestershire, successful by an innings and 225 runs because of a glowing Ben McKinney double-ton.
The left-handed opener hit a profession finest 244 from 272 balls, sharing a gap stand of 305 with Alex Lees (129) as Durham racked …
