Cameron Bancroft has been announced as Durham captain for the County Championship and the One Day Cup for 2019. The Australian opener has recently returned from a nine-month ban for his part in Australia’s ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in 2018. The batsman has won eight test caps, has represented […]
Lead High Performance Coach James Franklin has named his 17 man squad to tour South Africa. The squad will spend 11 days there in the high-class facilities of North West University Sports Village in Potchefstroom. Former Leicestershire wicket-keeper Ned Eckersley has been on trial at the Riverside and the 29-year-old has been […]
Durham have signed Australian batsman D’Arcy Short for the 2019 T20 Blast. Short will join up with Durham before their opening game in July against the Northants Steelbacks. He is Durham’s second overseas signing of the season after his fellow countryman, Cameron Bancroft, was announced earlier in the year. The […]
Durham County Cricket Club will now be known as Durham Cricket and will use a new badge for their limited overs teams. The restructuring of the board combined with the new coaching staff has prompted the change as the club looks to build a new era. The changes see the […]
Oman v Ireland, T20 International, Al Almerat Cricket Ground, Muscat: Netherlands – 182-9 (20 overs; T Visee 78, M O’Dowd 38; S Thompson 4-18, B Rankin 2-27) Ireland – 183-9 (20 overs; A Balbirnie 83, K O’Brien 46; P van der Meekeran 4-38, F Klaassen 3-31) Ireland won by 1 […]
Bedlington darts player Chris Dobey witnessed the week of his career, after his Premier League draw and nine-darter. Dobey sealed his first Unibet Premier League appearance with a draw against Austrian and world number eight Mensur Suljović. A clash that Dobey’s agent Tommy Gilmour described as ‘entertaining darts.’ Tommy Gilmour MBE […]
Third Test, Daren Sammy Stadium, St Lucia (day four of five) England – 277 (Stokes 79, Roach 4-48) & 361-5 dec (Root 122, Denly 69) West Indies – 154 (Wood 5-41, Moeen 4-36) & 252 (Chase 102*, Anderson 3-27) England won by 232 runs, West Indies win series 2-1 Durham […]
The Northumberland Vikings are on the lookout for new gridiron talent ahead of the 2019 National League season. The Newcastle-based American football outfit reached the division one semi-finals last season and are looking to go one better this time out. With Tom Brady and the New England Patriots picking up […]
Whitley Bay Warriors will be looking to push out their win streak to five games as they face division leaders Telford Tigers 1. With Warriors 8-5 victory over Solihull Barons at home last week, they will be in for a fight going into this game in an attempt to make […]
North Sheilds Catholic Club beat The Anson 6-4 to climb to 9th position in the league just one point behind 8th placed, The Bush. The biggest talking point of this game was before the first break had begun. The Anson almost had to start 4-0 down due to lack of players. […]
