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Jubilant Durham are aiming high

DURHAM are one game away from the most lucrative competition in domestic cricket history but one of the men who got them there, Liam Plunkett, claimed his team-mates’ sights are set higher than merely playing in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. Read

Smith plays decisive role in Durham’s drive to final

WITH a name like Will Smith, Durham’s 24-year-old batsman is a marketing dream for the self-styled “Men in Black”. Yet in a team packed with star names in truth he is something of an afterthought to most spectators. Read

North fall just short in run chase

NORTHUMBERLAND were asked to chase a target of more than 400 in order to win their first Minor Counties Championship match this season, but failed by just 13 runs – instead drawing the game. Read

Durham unleash the big guns

DURHAM will have two in-form England internationals, Test cricket’s most prolific batsman and one of the most effective performers in the history of Twenty20 cricket at the Riverside this evening. Read

Minor Counties Championship

NORTHUMBERLAND staged a late fightback to put themselves back into contention for their first Minor Counties Championship victory over the season against league leaders Suffolk at Jesmond. Read

Dynamo duo put Durham in driving seat

HALF-CENTURIES from Paul Collingwood and Shivnarine Chanderpaul ensured Durham Dynamos got their Pro40 campaign under way with a comfortable seven-wicket win over the Middlesex Crusaders at Uxbridge yesterday, writes JACK PICKERING. Read

County Durham leagues round-up

HORDEN and Marsden were the only sides in the Warmseal Durham Senior League to gain more than five points – but even they had to give in to the rain in the end. Read

Minor Counties Chapionship

NORTHUMBERLAND enjoyed the better of the exchanges on the opening day of their Minor Counties championship clash against leaders Suffolk at Jesmond yesterday. Read

Northumberland leagues review

AFTER a mopping up effort by the Ryton groundstaff, the club’s home Wellstream Northumberland and Tyneside League fixture with Benwell and Walbottle was one of the few in the North-East to get any decent amount of play. While the game was a draw, both sides gained a reasonable points tally. Read

Northern Rock North East premier league

ON another rain-interrupted weekend only one game in the Northern Rock North East Premier League enjoyed a reasonable amount of play – yet it produced a dramatic ending. Read

Riverside crowd set to roar for delayed match

DURHAM are aiming to fill the Riverside for a game they still do not believe should go ahead. Read

Northern Rock North East Premier League

THERE may be a chink of light for beleaguered Newcastle ahead of their match starting this morning at Jesmond against Durham Academy. Read

County Durham Leagues Preview

IT could be a case of fortune favouring the brave today as the leading sides take on the strugglers in the Warmseal Durham Senior League. Read

Moxon backing exiles to return

THE Second Test between England and South Africa is the first time since December 2003 that Durham have not been represented at that level following the decision to drop Paul Collingwood yesterday. Read

Northumberland Leagues

PERCY Main’s popular professional Mohtashim Ali wrote his name into the Wellstream Northumberland and Tyneside League record books last weekend when he made a blistering 134 against Alnwick. Read

County inneed of a win overthe leaders

NORTHUMBERLAND need to end a run of three draws with victory over current leaders Suffolk if they are to win the Minor Counties eastern division championship for the second consecutive season. Read

Chanderpaul the answer for Durham

DURHAM have found the perfect solution to their recent batting problems with the world’s most prolific run-scorer joining them for today’s game at Surrey. Read

Outplayed Durham escape with a draw

A FIFTH half-century of the season for captain Dale Benkenstein was the only highlight for Durham on the final day of their County Championship draw with Somerset. Read

Northumberland leagues review

WITH the weather wiping out nine of the 12 games in the top two divisions of the Wellstream Northumberland and Tyneside Senior League, the undoubted star of the day was Percy Main’s popular professional Mohtashim Ali. Read

North East premier leauge

ON another weather-blighted day Sunderland were the only team to emerge with a victory, two games failed to start and the others ended in rain-affected stalemates which meant little material change to the standings. Read

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