PAUL Collingwood’s best four-day haul since 2008 helped to wrap up the Nottinghamshire innings for 188, but when they looked like taking command Durham slipped from 51 without loss to 83 for five in their second innings.

They lead by 148 but will need runs from captain Collingwood if they are not to surrender the initiative totally.

He had previously taken only one championship wicket this season, just as he had in each of the previous two years, but finished with three for 26, while John Hastings had four for 64.

Obviously determined to give Durham full value before departing after next week’s match at Lord’s, the Australian bowled nine overs in the morning, spent much of the lunch break bowling on a practice strip, and continued until he took the final wicket.

He should have had it with the total on 174 when Ajmal Shahzad hooked to long leg, where debut boy Peter Chase came in two strides when the ball would have gone straight down his throat had he stood still. He ended up palming the ball for six.

Resuming on 66 for four, Riki Wessels and James Franklin added 35 in the first eight overs before Wessels was squared up by Chris Rushworth and edged to Calum MacLeod at gully.

Chase bowled a tidy spell before Collingwood came on and struck with his fifth ball as Franklin edged a swinger to give Scott Borthwick the second of his three catches at second slip.

Hastings had Chris Read caught at deep backward square leg for 21 before Luke Fletcher and Jake Ball both fell to edges catches off Collingwood.

Shahzad went for his shots and made 30 before he tried an upper cut off Hastings and lobbed a return catch.

Durham had 50 on the board in the 11th over in their second innings before veteran left-arm spinner Gary Keedy removed both openers.

His first ball had Mark Stoneman caught behind for 28 and having got away once with an ill-advised paddle sweep Keaton Jennings tried it again and gloved a catch to Read.

Michael Richardson was run out for three when Borthwick declined a third run to long-off and, as in the first innings, MacLeod did not look comfortable. Franklin’s left-arm seam has not troubled anyone else but MacLeod went close to playing on once before getting a big inside edge into his leg stump.

In the last over before tea Borthwick fell for 19 when he sat back to cut a ball from Keedy which turned sharply and bowled him.