Durham v Nottinghamshire: Durham justify captain's decision to bowl first by dismissing Notts for 161 Although his only wicket in seven overs came when Samit Patel gave wicketkeeper Mustard a leg-side catch, he returned to finish with three for 33. Ben Stokes bolstered his growing reputation by taking two for 42 then batting with great assurance in the evening gloom as play went on until 6.50pm. He was on 18 at the close, having survived with relative comfort against Andre Adams. While Nottinghamshire picked three 6ft 6in seamers in Luke Fletcher, Ben Phillips and Andy Carter, it was the more skiddy offerings of Adams which posed the greatest threat. Their top wicket-taker of the last two seasons had both Will Smith and Mark Stoneman caught in the slips, the latter coming into the Durham team in place of Paul Collingwood, who has a virus. The other man out was Michael Di Venuto, who skied a pull off Phillips to midwicket. Wickets always looked likely in the early overs as Callum Thorp swung the ball and Onions found some movement off a pitch which also offered good pace and bounce. Thorp struck first, having left-hander Neil Edwards lbw on the front foot in the eighth over, but that was his only wicket. Taylor top-scored with 32, although he was lucky to survive early in his innings. A Claydon delivery lobbed off the shoulder of his bat just over gully, then the same bowler was convinced he had the former Leicestershire batsman caught behind. Taylor was beginning to flourish when he slashed Stokes behind point for his third four, but in attempting something similar off the next ball he edged to third slip. In the next over Read was pinned lbw by a delivery from Claydon which nipped back - and the recovery had stalled.