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Durham Cricket
Twenty20 nameDurham
Personnel
CaptainScott Borthwick
One Day captainAlex Lees
CoachRyan Campbell
Overseas player(s)David Bedingham
Team information
Founded1882
Home groundRiverside Ground,Chester-le-Street
Capacity15,000
History
First-classdebutLeicestershire
in 1992
atThe Racecourse[1]
Championshipwins3
One-Day Cupwins2
Twenty20 Cupwins0
One-Day League(defunct)wins0
Official websiteDurham Cricket

First-class

One-day

T20

Durham County Cricket Club(rebranded asDurham Cricketin February 2019)[2]is one of eighteenfirst-classcounty clubswithin the domesticcricketstructure ofEnglandandWales.It represents thehistoriccounty of Durham.Founded in 1882, Durham heldminor statusfor over a century and was a prominent member of theMinor Counties Championship,winning the competition seven times. In 1992, the club joined theCounty Championshipand the team was elevated to senior status as an officialfirst-classteam. Durham has been classified as an occasionalList Ateam from 1964, then as a full List A team from 1992;[3]and as a seniorTwenty20team since the format's introduction in 2003.[4]

Durham CCC competes in theSpecsavers County Championship,theRoyal London One-Day Cupand in the North Group of theNatWest t20 Blast.They won theCounty Championshipin 2008 for the first time, retained the trophy in the 2009 season, and then won it for a third time in 2013. In one-day competition, they won the 50-overFriends Provident Trophyin 2007 and the inaugural 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup in 2014. Having been relegated from Division One of the County Championship as part of the conditions for a package of financial support from theECB,[5][6]Durham played in Division Two of the County Championship from 2017 to 2023, when they won promotion back to Division One.[7]

The club's limited overs kit colours are yellow and blue in theRoyal London One-Day Cup,and also yellow and blue colours in thet20 Blast.Durham is currently sponsored by several companies includingEmiratesandPort of Tyne,as well as 188Bet as their betting partner.[8]The team was sponsored byNorthern Rockprior to the bank's nationalisation in 2008. The club is based at theRiverside GroundinChester-le-Street,which is one of the newest additions to the EnglishTest matchcircuit, hosting its first match – the second2003 England v Zimbabwe Test– from 5 to 7 June.

History

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Earliest cricket in Durham

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Cricket probably did not reach Durham until the 18th century. The earliest reference is a game at Raby Castle on or soon after 5 August 1751 between the Earl of Northumberland's XI and the Duke of Cleveland's XI. The game was commemorated by a ballad which starts:

Durham City has been dull so long,
No bustle at all to show;
But now the rage of all the throng
Is at cricketing to go.

As it happens, there was a return game soon afterwards at Stanwick, near Richmond, and that is the earliest reference to cricket inYorkshire.

The first recorded match of representative cricket in the county took place in 1848 atSunderland,between an All England XII and a Bishopwearmouth 22. Despite their extra numbers the cricketers of Bishopwearmouth were comprehensively outplayed as All England's scores of 129 and 143 dwarfed their own 56 and 59.

A cricket match being played inHartlepool,County Durham in 1955

The first team to carry the name of 'Durham County' played anMCCteam in 1876 and went on to take on the touringAustraliansin 1878, winning by 71 runs, and again in 1880, losing by an innings and 38, with the greatFred Spofforthtaking 17 wickets for 66.

Origin of club

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Durham CCC was founded as an official entity on 23 May 1882, and the nascent club played its first competitive match on 12 June of that year, beatingNorthumberlandby 4wicketsat theAshbrookeGround, Sunderland.

The club established an enviable record as aminor county:becoming the first minor county to beat a first-class county in theGillette Cup(defeating Yorkshire in round one in 1973, and then in 1985 beating Derbyshire at the same stage); winning the Minor Counties Championship a record-equalling seven times between 1901 and 1984; and putting together a record of 65 matches without defeat between 1976 and 1982 that remains unbroken.

Durham as a first-class county

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1989 - 2005

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Durham County Cricket Club former logo.

Early in 1989, the club began the process of applying to become a first-class cricketing county and join theCounty Championship.First-class status was awarded on 6 December 1991, with Durham becoming the first new first-class county for 70 years. Their first season in the County Championship was the 1992 season.

For over a decade after gaining their status, Durham were not distinguished by marked success as a first-class county. In the 2004 season they finished bottom of the two-division County Championship, sixth out of ten teams in theone-dayNational Cricket Leagueand fifth out of six teams in the Northern Division of theTwenty20 Cup.

However, in 2005 under the captaincy of AustralianMike HusseyDurham finished second and achieved promotion in both theCounty Championshipand theone-dayNational Cricket League.

2006 - 2015: One Day Trophy and County Championship victories

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Hussey was prevented from returning to the Riverside in 2006 as he was contracted to the Australian international team; and with vice-captainPaul Collingwoodaway on English international team duty Dale Benkenstein was captain for 2006.

Durham had mixed success in the 2006 season, finishing second in the North Division of theC&G Trophy.However, Durham were poor in the Twenty20 cup, finishing last in the North Division and only managing 2 victories, both against Lancashire. ThePro40campaign started fairly well, with Durham taking 4 points from the first 4 games with a win, a loss, a tie and a no result. However, several defeats left them needing a win against the champions elect,Essex,in the final game of the season. They managed the victory, but other results did not go their way and they ended up being relegated in 8th place. The Championship season also began with success, but mediocre results in the middle of the season left Durham hanging above the relegation zone by just half a point going into the last game of the season. Durham needed more points than their rivalsYorkshire,but looked in trouble whenDarren Lehmannhit a career-best 339 in the first innings. Achieving just one bowling bonus point meant that Durham needed to score 400 without losing more than 5 wickets and then draw the game.

However, one other team could also be relegated.Nottinghamshireneeded just 3 points to avoid the drop at the start of the matches, but only managed 1 point as they were soundly beaten bySussex.This meant that Durham needed only to score 400 (for maximum batting points) and force a draw. At 191–6 this looked unlikely. But a record-breaking stand of 315 between Benkenstein andOttis Gibsonmade it possible. Gibson was out for 155, the highest first-class score in his career. Durham then collapsed again to 518 all out, needing work to be done in the second innings. This was provided byGarry Park,who hit a maiden first-class century (100*) as Durham played out a draw, leaving themselves and Yorkshire in the first division.

Until the 2014 season the team was known as Durham Dynamos in limited overs tournaments.

During the 2007 season the club won its first major trophy, theFriends Provident Trophy,by beating the 2005 winnersHampshire Hawksin a game which started on 18 finishing a day later due to rain. The toss betweenDale BenkensteinandShane Warnewas won by the latter who sent Durham into bat. Fellow AussieMichael Di Venutoandwicket-keeperPhil Mustardopened the batting. Mustard looked strong from ball 1 but Di Venuto was a little shaky and was dismissed by Hampshire'sWest IndiesinternationalDaren Powelland caught byMichael Carberry.Ex-Scotland u-19 captainKyle CoetzerandShiv Chanderpaulmade significant contributions (61 and 78 respectively), the latter being run-out. Captain Benkenstein made a quickfire 61 off 43 deliveries. Durham finished their innings on 312–5.

Michael Lumband ex-captainJohn Crawleyopened for the Hawks, the former departing for a golden duck, caught at second slip by Di Venuto.ZimbabweanSean Ervinewas next in, immediately edging to second slip in identical fashion leavingOttis Gibsonon ahat-trick.Kevin Pietersensurvived that ball, but was soon back in the pavilion with 12.John Crawleymanaged a resilient 68 but was bowled byPaul Collingwoodwho was to finish with 3–33. The rain came down and play was delayed until the following day.

With the fall ofNic Pothas(47) andDimitri Mascarenhas(12) the tail was exposed and was quickly disposed of with Hampshire finishing on 187, handing Durham a historic win. VeteranOttis Gibsonwas named man of the match for his spell of 3–24 at the start of the Hampshire innings, which included wickets with his first two deliveries.

In September 2008, Durham claimed their firstCounty Championshipby winning their final match of the season at Canterbury, againstKent.Durham won the match by an innings, condemning Kent to be relegated, and moving 8 points clear of runners up,Nottinghamshire.[9]

Twelve months later, Durham retained theirCounty Championshiptitle defeating Nottinghamshire by an innings and 52 runs at a sun soaked Riverside Ground in front of 5,000 jubilant supporters.

For the 2011 season, Durham County Cricket Club wished to return to a more traditional arrangement and have insisted on a smart dress code including jackets for gentlemen at all games.

In September 2013 Durham won theCounty Championshipfor a third time after beating Nottinghamshire by 8 wickets at Chester le Street.

Durham won the2014 One-Day Cup,defeating Warwickshire by three wickets in the final atLord'son 20 September 2014.[10]

During this period of success Durham saw a number of homegrown players go on to make an impact on theEnglandside. Players such asPaul Collingwood(who was the first Durham CCC player to hit a Test century and double century and captained England to victory at the2010 ICC World Twenty20),Steve Harmison,Liam Plunkett,Graham Onions,Ben Stokes(who became England Test captain in 2022) andMark Woodformed part of successful England sides of the 21st Century, including the2005 Ashes series,2009 Ashes series,2010 ICC World Twenty20,2010–11 Ashes seriesand2015 Ashes series.Other Durham players to feature for England during this time includedPhil Mustard,Scott Borthwick,Keaton JenningsandMark Stoneman.

2016 - 2022: Financial issues and relegation

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Following a series of financial "bailout" payments made by theEngland and Wales Cricket Boardto Durham during the 2016 season, the county, which had finished fourth inDivision Oneat the end of the season, were relegated to Division Two in place of the eighth place team,Hampshire.Durham were also placed under a salary cap administered by the ECB until 2020 and started the2017 Championship seasonwith a deduction of 48 points.[citation needed]The club's eligibility to bid to stage Test cricket at the Riverside Ground was also removed[5][6]although club will still be eligible to bid to host one-day and Twenty20 international matches.

The decision led to a number of first team players leaving the club, including Borthwick and Stoneman (to Surrey) and Jennings (to Lancashire). However, some players who left following the relegation would later return as the club rebuilt, including Borthwick,Ben RaineandPaul Coughlin

Ben StokesandMark Woodwere part of the England team which won the2019 Cricket World Cup,with Stokes playing a starring role in thefinalin which he was named man of the match. The Riverside Ground hosted 3 games of the tournament.

Durham reached the final of the2021 One-Day Cupbut lost by 58 runs in the final toGlamorgan.[11]

Stokes and Wood were also part of the England squad which won the2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.Other Durham players to earn England call ups in these years includedAlex Lees,Matthew PottsandBrydon Carse.

On 28 April 2022, Stokes was named as England's newTestcaptain,[12]replacingJoe Root.[13]

On 6 May 2022, in Stokes' first match since becoming England's captain, he hit 17 sixes againstWorcestershire,setting a new record for sixes hit in a single innings of a match in the County Championship.[14]Stokes scored 161 runs from 88 balls, which included the fastest century in first-class cricket by aDurhamplayer.[15]

2023 - present: Return to Division One

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In December 2022, former Australia cricketer andNetherlands cricket teamcoachRyan Campbellwas appointed head coach of Durham on a three-year contract to the end of the 2025 season, succeedingJames Franklin.[16]Under Campbell Durham won the2023 Division Twotitle to secure a return to Division One for the first time since the 2016 relegation.

Ground history

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Main article:Riverside Ground
The Riverside Ground,Chester-le-Street.Lumley Castlecan be seen in the background

The club's acceptance intofirst-class cricketwas made conditional on the building of a new Test match-standard cricket ground.[17][18][19]Work began on the new ground at the Riverside, a spectacular location overlooked byLumley Castle,in 1990, and the ground hosted its first game, Durham vWarwickshire,on 18 May 1995.

Development of the Riverside Ground has continued until the present day, and in 2003 the Riverside Ground was raised to Test match status. The ground has been used for six England Test matches, againstZimbabwein 2003,Bangladeshin 2005, two againstWest Indiesin June 2007 and May 2009, an Ashes Test Match againstAustraliain 2013, and againstSri Lankain 2016. England have won all six of these tests.

As part of the conditions of a package of financial support announced in October 2016, the ECB imposed a number of sanctions on Durham County Cricket Club, including removal of the club's eligibility to bid to stage Test cricket at the Riverside Ground.[5][6]The club will still be eligible to bid to host one-day and Twenty20 international matches.

The Riverside hosted 3 games of the2019 Cricket World Cup.

This following table gives details of every venue at which Durham have hosted afirst-classorList A cricketmatch:

Name of ground Location Year FC
matches 		LA
matches 		T20
matches 		Total
Riverside Ground Chester-le-Street 1995–present 182 176 70 428
Feethams Darlington 1964–2003 10 14 0 24
Grangefield Road Stockton-on-Tees 1992–2006 12 11 0 23
The Racecourse Durham City 1992–1994 8 7 0 15
Park Drive Hartlepool 1992–2000 8 9 0 17
Ropery Lane Chester-le-Street 1967–1994 3 7 0 10
Eastwood Gardens GatesheadFell 1992–1994 4 3 0 7
Roseworth Terrace Gosforth1 2014–2016 0 2 0 2
Green Lane Durham City 1979 0 1 0 1
Osborne Avenue Jesmond1 1992 0 1 0 1
Source:cricketarchiveArchived10 May 2017 at theWayback Machine
Updated: 5 October 2016
  • ^^Located inNewcastle upon Tyne,historically part ofNorthumberland.

Players

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Since Durham's induction as a first-class county, each player has been allocated a unique squad number. The first 11 numbers were allocated in batting order from the club's first game, and subsequent numbers have been allocated in order of appearance.

Current squad

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  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • ‡ denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
7 Graham Clark England (1993-03-16)16 March 1993(age 31) Right-handed Right-armleg-break
9 Ben McKinney England (2004-10-04)4 October 2004(age 20) Left-handed Right-armoff break
15 Will Rhodes England (1995-03-02)2 March 1995(age 29) Left-handed Right-armmedium
16 Scott Borthwick‡ England (1990-04-19)19 April 1990(age 34) Left-handed Right-armleg-break Club captain
19 Alex Lees‡ England (1993-04-14)14 April 1993(age 31) Left-handed Right-armleg-break LA/t20 captain
24 Emilio Gay Italy (2000-04-14)14 April 2000(age 24) Left-handed Right-armmedium
48 Colin Ackermann‡ Netherlands (1991-04-04)4 April 1991(age 33) Right-handed Right-armoff break
All-rounders
23 Paul Coughlin England (1992-10-23)23 October 1992(age 32) Right-handed Right-armfast-medium
27 Bas de Leede‡ Netherlands (1999-11-15)15 November 1999(age 25) Right-handed Right-armfast-medium
38 Ben Stokes‡ England (1991-06-04)4 June 1991(age 33) Left-handed Right-armfast-medium England test captain;
England central contract
44 Ben Raine England (1991-09-14)14 September 1991(age 33) Left-handed Right-armfast-medium
Wicket-keepers
5 David Bedingham‡ South Africa (1994-04-22)22 April 1994(age 30) Right-handed — Overseas player
21 Ollie Robinson England (1998-12-01)1 December 1998(age 25) Right-handed —
52 Haydon Mustard England (2006-07-12)12 July 2006(age 18) Right-handed Right-armmedium
Bowlers
8 George Drissell England (1999-01-20)20 January 1999(age 25) Right-handed Right-armoff-break
11 Mitchell Killeen England (2004-09-29)29 September 2004(age 20) Right-handed Right-armfast-medium
12 Luke Robinson England (2003-10-12)12 October 2003(age 21) Left-handed Right-armfast-medium
17 Callum Parkinson England (1996-10-24)24 October 1996(age 28) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
22 Daniel Hogg England (2004-12-19)19 December 2004(age 19) Right-handed Right-armfast-medium
28 Stanley McAlindon England (2004-04-28)28 April 2004(age 20) Right-handed Right-armfast-medium
33 Mark Wood‡ England (1990-01-11)11 January 1990(age 34) Right-handed Right-armfast England central contract
35 Matthew Potts‡ England (1998-10-29)29 October 1998(age 26) Right-handed Right-armfast-medium England central contract
59 Sam Conners England (1999-02-13)13 February 1999(age 25) Right-handed Right-armfast-medium
72 Nathan Sowter Australia (1992-10-12)12 October 1992(age 32) Right-handed Right-armleg break UK passport
77 James Minto England (2007-11-26)26 November 2007(age 16) Left-handed Left-armfast-medium
99 Brydon Carse‡ England (1995-07-31)31 July 1995(age 29) Right-handed Right-armfast-medium England central contract

Lists of players and club captains

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Durham players with international caps

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Durham county cricketers who have during their career also represented their national team inTest cricketorOne Day Internationalcricket.

Honours

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See also:List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales

First XI honours

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Division Two(1) -2023

Second XI honours

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  • Second XI Championship: 3
    • 2008, 2016, 2018
  • Second XI Trophy: 0

Records

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For Durham County Cricket Club'sfirst-classrecords, seeList of Durham first-class cricket records.
For Durham County Cricket Club'sList Arecords, seeList of Durham List A cricket records.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Hamilton represented both Scotland and England in international cricket.
  2. ^Di Venuto represented both Australia and Italy in international cricket.
  3. ^Cummins represented both the West Indies and Canada in international cricket.
  4. ^Di Venuto represented both Australia and Italy in international cricket.
  5. ^Hamilton represented both Scotland and England in international cricket.
  6. ^Cummins represented both the West Indies and Canada in international cricket.

References

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  2. ^"Durham unveil new logo as part of county rebrand".ESPN Cricinfo.Archivedfrom the original on 28 February 2019.Retrieved27 February2019.
  3. ^"List A events played by Durham".CricketArchive.Archivedfrom the original on 10 December 2015.Retrieved8 December2015.
  4. ^"Twenty20 events played by Durham".CricketArchive.Archivedfrom the original on 10 December 2015.Retrieved8 December2015.
  5. ^abc"ECB and Durham agree financial package".ECB. 3 October 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 5 October 2016.Retrieved4 October2016.
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  7. ^"County Championship: Durham promoted after Leicestershire fail to earn batting points".BBC. 11 September 2023.Retrieved11 September2024.
  8. ^"188Bet lands deal with Durham County Cricket Club".slotsday.Archived fromthe originalon 2 August 2017.Retrieved2 August2017.
  9. ^"A Kiwi bazooka".ESPNcricinfo. 27 September 2007.Retrieved27 September2017.
  10. ^"One-Day Cup final: Durham beat Warwickshire at Lord's".BBC Sport. 20 September 2014.Retrieved21 September2014.
  11. ^"One-Day Cup: Glamorgan beat Durham at Trent Bridge to win first knockout trophy".BBC Sport.Retrieved19 August2021.
  12. ^"Ben Stokes named new Test captain of England".International Cricket Council.Retrieved6 April2022.
  13. ^"Ben Stokes: England name all-rounder as new Test captain to succeed Joe Root".BBC Sport.Retrieved6 April2022.
  14. ^"Ben Stokes smashes record-breaking 17 sixes on return to County Championship".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved6 May2022.
  15. ^"County Championship: England Test captain Ben Stokes hits 64-ball century on Durham return".BBC Sport.Retrieved6 May2022.
  16. ^"Ryan Campbell named as Durham head coach on three-year deal".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved17 January2023.
  17. ^Dobell, George (3 October 2016)."Brutal Durham punishment reflects poorly on ECB".ESPNcricinfo.Archivedfrom the original on 4 October 2016.Retrieved4 October2016.
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  19. ^Wigmore, Tim (30 June 2016)."How Durham Became A First-Class County".The Nightwatchman.Archived fromthe originalon 6 October 2016.Retrieved4 October2016.

Further reading

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