Ben Stokes makes his mark for Durham with rapid 95: county cricket day two – as it happened

England’s Test captain found form with the bat against Northamptonshire in front of national selector Marcus North

“Vasconinconsolable?” ask Tim Maitland.”You’d think that Ricardo Vasconsalos had just made a king pair judging from the utterly defeated funeral march that took him off the pitch after losing his wicket for a career best 187.

”Despite making two centuries in April, it’s not as if he’d been in sparkling form since. A T20 knock of 34 was his best effort since the start of May. I hope he cheers up eventually.”

Ben Raine replaces Stokes after a good hour of charging in.