By Charlie Talbot-Smith
THERE is some good news for Durham to take into the new season.
Sir Ian Botham is back as chairman. Ben Stokes, Mark Wood and Keaton Jennings did not jump ship. And Stephen Cook and Tom Latham look like good bits of overseas business at the top of the order.
But really that is where any optimism ends for cricket fans in the north east, who can expect a long and probably futile summer in 2017.
Financial woes last season saw the ECB come down hard on the three-time County Champions. They were relegated, docked 48 red-ball points for 2017 and will also ca...