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Archer tears through Foxes, as Sussex bide their time with captaincy decision

19 June 2017 1 comment

…100 for the season. “He scored 258 at Hove against Durham, but in certain respects that undefeated 90 was a better innings, under huge pressure on a difficult pitch against…

Neil Manthorp column – Players must embrace what is a special tour

30 May 2017 0 comments

…entire lives up until three years earlier believing that international cricket would never happen in their lifetimes. Durham had only been a First-Class county for two years and they provided…

Peter Hayter column – Let’s have more of this magic – and free to air, too

9 May 2017 0 comments

…them were later knighted, Sir Ian Botham, Sir Vivian Richards and Marcus Trescothick. Fast forward to Headingley on Thursday and Yorkshire’s match against Durham that produced 674 runs, and another…

Jake aiming to have a Ball Down Under!

9 May 2017 0 comments

…his first three County Championship appearances, playing a key role in polishing off Leicestershire, Durham and Sussex in the Outlaws’ sprint to the top of the Division Two table following…

Hastings relishes a comeback battle

8 May 2017 0 comments

…break via the County Championship. A total of 83 wickets came across his 2014 and 2015 campaigns with Durham. He was reborn. After a spate of injuries to the Australian…

Rest assured, I’ll be ready now says Root

2 May 2017 0 comments

…welcome addition is Mark Wood, the Durham fast bowler who has returned from his third major ankle operation. If he can stay fit, Root knows Wood could make all the…

Pattinson, fast and furious with the Ashes on the horizon

25 April 2017 0 comments

…hasn’t got himself in strife, issued a ‘please explain’ over excessive appealing. When he dismissed Durham captain Paul Collingwood shortly thereafter, he gave him a spray. “I just said ‘come…

Simon Sweetman column – As Gayle nears another milestone, who’s interested?

19 April 2017 0 comments

…– until beaten by Brian Lara in 1994 for Warwickshire. After two days Durham had declared on 556-8 and Warwickshire were 210-2 with Lara 111. The third day was lost…

Afghans have edge now but don’t write off Irish

11 April 2017 0 comments

…of Trent Johnston and John Mooney, there are a coterie of seam bowlers who hold out the promise of a brighter future. Barry McCarthy, who performed well for Durham last…

Where are they now? Shropshire – 1973 Minor Counties champions

7 March 2017 0 comments

…the only blips on their record. Durham, Bedfordshire and Devon were beaten home and away while they also won the return match with Staffs to clinch the title. Seam bowler…

Derek Pringle column – Let’s toast forgotten men from Botham’s summer

28 February 2017 0 comments

…hardest to remember, like Vince Wells, an all-rounder who represented Kent, Leicestershire and Durham, and who played nine one-day internationals for England in 1999. Curiously, for a cricketer whose bowling…

County Archives – Northamptonshire 1976

22 February 2017 0 comments

…when a side containing three players from Durham, two Pakistanis, one Indian and cricketers hailing from five other English counties took on Lancashire in the final of the Gillette Cup….

Stokes not guaranteed to captain in Root’s absence

16 February 2017 0 comments

…a target of over 400 runs while he led the side, has claimed he will seek the advice of former captains. Stokes, the Durham all-rounder, has even less experience as…

Finn replaces injured Willey for West Indies tour

15 February 2017 0 comments

…(Nottinghamshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Chris Woakes…

Diamond guy Grayson gets his KSL calling card

14 February 2017 0 comments

…July 2007, but left by mutual consent eight years later and although he joined Durham MCC University, his schedule for the summer of 2016 was disconcertingly open once term had…

Fast-learner Gubbins isn’t getting into a spin

14 February 2017 0 comments

…with Compton against Durham at Lord’s as a highlight, saying: “That was one of the most special days for me, having worked with him and having known what he’d gone…

Peter Hayter column – Ben hits the right notes in stirring comeback

31 January 2017 0 comments

…potential. This week at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, however, the Durham all-rounder could not have chosen a more appropriate venue in which to deliver as close to the perfect 50-over game…

England leave Hales out of ODI squad for West Indies tour

27 January 2017 0 comments

…Buttler (Lancashire) Liam Dawson (Hampshire) Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) Captain Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire) Adil Rashid (Yorkshire) Joe Root (Yorkshire) Jason Roy (Surrey) Ben Stokes (Durham) David Willey (Yorkshire) Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)…

England’s Bowling Issues Could Stop their Way to the Top

26 January 2017 0 comments

…has struggled with injuries since making his breakthrough in 2015. The 27-year-old has been dogged with ailments throughout his career with Durham and it appears hit fitness could limit his…

Counties seek path to success as the Kolpak charge rises…

10 January 2017 0 comments

…Hampshire’s philosophy is based on the same premise (avoiding relegation), but involves a slightly different approach. Having survived relegation only by dint of Durham being sent down due to financial…

When Harmy had them on the hop at Sabina Park

13 December 2016 0 comments

…a handful. Bequeathed many of the gifts almost every fast bowler would pick were they asked to choose from a menu, the Durham man was often a frightening prospect. He…

Paul Nixon column – Jennings and Daws sensible picks for England

6 December 2016 0 comments

…of runs he did, at Durham of all places where everybody knows that it’s as challenging as anywhere early in the season, is remarkable. I feel for Ben Duckett though….

County archives – Durham 2013

6 December 2016 0 comments

…relegation. Yet other factors have played a part in Durham’s current troubles: the ECB’s own insistence that Durham build a Test match ground as a condition of being awarded first-class…

Botham to be appointed Durham chairman

3 November 2016 0 comments

…two of Durham’s England players, have stated they will continue to play at the club where they made their name. Durham were relegated from the County Championship to Division One…

England name unchanged squad for India tour

27 October 2016 0 comments

…The Durham fast bowler Mark Wood remains unavailable after undergoing another ankle operation and has been ruled out of the Test series in India. The 26-year-old fractured his left ankle…