Tag: Durham

Martin Johnson column – ‘Sorry, you will have to write it in office. I can’t cope’

29 May 2016 0 comments

It’s not difficult to conjure up the scene in the Sri Lankan dressing room just before the start of the […]

Durham’s plight a cautionary tale…

4 May 2016 0 comments

Derek Pringle suggests that the county’s request to be bailed out is symptomatic of deeper problems that face the game […]

Martin Johnson column – 1,000 runs in May? No just 1,000 Goose pimples!

4 May 2016 0 comments

This has not been the most convenient time for the junior doctors to be kicking up a fuss, just when […]

ICP Young Gun – Gavin Main

7 April 2016 0 comments

‘I got Broad with a yorker on my first-class debut’ After four T20 outings for Scotland, Gavin Main has more […]

ICP Young Gun – Ollie McGee

30 March 2016 0 comments

English cricket has produced its fair share of world-class left-arm spinners in recent years, and Durham and Northumberland hotshot Ollie […]

David Balcombe retires from professional cricket

16 February 2016 0 comments

DAVID Balcombe has hung up his spikes with immediate effect and will now take up a role with the Kevin […]

Where are they now? Durham – 1992 County Championship debutants

9 February 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler David Graveney might have been born in Bristol and played the vast majority of his cricket in […]

Looking back – South Africa v England in Cape Town 2010

5 January 2016 0 comments

Joshua Peck looks back to the nerve-shredding excitement of the Cape Town Test in 2010 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, […]

Where are they now? Lincolnshire – 1974 Gillette Cup giant-killers

5 January 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Martin Maslin admits that Lincolnshire just wanted to avoid embarrassing themselves when they were drawn away to […]

Where are they now? Essex – NatWest Trophy finalists 1996

29 December 2015 1 comment

By Neil Fissler Paul Grayson admits that Essex thought that they had one hand on the NatWest trophy after restricting […]

Yorkshire groundsman picks up top award

1 December 2015 0 comments

YORKSHIRE have picked up another County Championship accolade as groundsman Andy Fogarty was awarded the main prize at the Groundsman […]

Where are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1980

24 November 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Peter Crane believes that the seeds for Durham becoming a first-class county and joining the County Championship […]

County Championship Division One fixtures

4 November 2015 0 comments

Sunday April 10 – April 13 Durham v Somerset, Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Hampshire v Warwickshire, The Rose Bowl, Southampton Nottinghamshire […]

Club spotlight – South Northumberland CC

6 October 2015 0 comments

By James Gray THE SUMMER of 1882 will be best remembered for the events at the Oval at the end […]

Where are they now? Yorkshire – Sunday league winners 1983

6 October 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Raymond Illingworth had a long history in the game of winning trophies, but nobody had expected that […]

County Championship Division One – Team of the Year

6 October 2015 0 comments

The Cricket Paper’s experts offer their team of the season from Division One

Where are they now? Leicestershire – NatWest Trophy finalists 1992

30 September 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Justin Benson admits that he won’t ever forget Leicestershire’s first Lord’s final for seven years – but […]

Morrant Young Gun – Cameron Steel, Durham MCCU and Middlesex batsman

21 July 2015 0 comments

History was the reason why Cameron Steel ended his Australian exile but he insists his future lies in English cricket […]

Key Ashes battles

7 July 2015 0 comments

We look at some of the key battles that could decide the location of the urn.

Paul Nixon: It’s been great so far but Ballance is a worry

1 July 2015 0 comments

The best one-day international series I can ever recall in England may have ended but that has only whetted the appetite for the months ahead.

Bairstow: I’m a perfect fit for ‘new’ England

22 June 2015 0 comments

IF Jonny Bairstow is on the outside looking in as far as England are concerned, his sheer weight of runs will almost certainly batter the front door down before long.

Paul Nixon: Leicestershire Must Leave Grace Road To Improve

10 September 2014 1 comment

There have been some trying times for Leicestershire in the last couple of years but this week has been a particularly tough one to take – on and off the pitch – and something has to change.

Yorkshire Can Put The Rest In A Spin Thanks To Dizzy

9 April 2014 0 comments

IT’S THAT time of year again where I make myself look silly by giving my predictions for the summer ahead. It’s been a winter to forget but I can’t remember the last time there was this much excitement and anticipation for a county season.