Liam Patterson-White claimed a five-wicket haul as Nottinghamshire continued an arm-wrestle with Durham on Day Three at Banks Homes Riverside.

Having taken a singular wicket yesterday, Patterson-White added four further scalps throughout the day as Durham established a healthy lead on a placid pitch.

The hosts, having resumed on 320-4, were eventually dismissed midway through the evening session for 664, before Ben Slater helped see the visitors through to stumps on 67-1.

Emilio Gay, Ollie Robinson, and Graham Clark all hit centuries for the hosts, who established a lead north of 200.

Following the former’s dismissal for 104, Robinson was joined by Clark in the afternoon and the pair profited on the docile surface.

Gay’s innings came to an end as Patterson-White bowled him for 104 while attempting a reverse sweep, but that brought Clark to the crease and he hauled his side into the lead.

He passed fifty in quick time, with it coming from 56 deliveries, and another milestone came soon after as Robinson reached his first century of the season from 141 balls with a lovely boundary through third.

Robinson’s innings came to an end at 141 when a leading edge from a Lyndon James delivery was caught by Freddie McCann at backward point.

Wickets then came like buses for the visitors as England’s Brydon Carse was bowled by the resilient Patterson-White without troubling the scorers.

Clark was left on 99 not out at tea, but he reached his second century of the season in the first over after tea and he took his side over the 600 mark.

The runs continued to flow for Clark and George Drissell, but Clark handed Patterson-White a fourth wicket of the day as he chopped on for 121.

Ben Raine notched the single that gave Durham the record of their highest First-Class score, but he became Patterson-White’s fifth victim when he was caught by Rob Lord in the deep for 10.

The Durham innings came to an end when Codi Yusuf was run out by Joe Clarke, as Kyle Verreynne completed the job at the striker’s end with Yusuf comfortably short.

First-innings double centurion Haseeb Hameed picked up an early boundary, while Ben Slater got off the mark with a nice shot through the covers.

Just before close, Carse bowled Hameed for 13, but Slater, who has looked in good touch, and nightwatcher Lord saw Nottinghamshire to close without further loss.