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Know the Pro: Greg Todd, Guisborough CC

GREG TODD joins NYSD side Guisborough aiming high – he wants to notch 1000 runs this season! Read

McKenzie hoping for Durham runs

SOUTH AFRICA batsman Neil McKenzie is determined to carry his scintillating Test form to Durham’s Riverside this summer. Read

Colonel is living the Test dream

THERE are good days to bury bad news. For Phil Mustard, Friday was the opposite. Read

Benk: It could’ve been a treble

PRIDE more than outweighed disappointment as Dale Benkenstein reflected on a season which denied Durham its ultimate prize on its final day. Read

I’m so proud of my Durham

THEY fell just short of an astonishing Treble, but Durham at long last have a team to match their magnificent home. Read

Cool Mustard ready to impress

THERE are some in cricket who believe excellence is achieved through the use of sports science, the application of new technology and the mental preparation of careful psychology. Phil Mustard is the proof that raw talent is all that is really needed. Read

Phil still has to learn – Benkenstein

A MONTH after expressing his unease at the rush to push Phil Mustard into the England squad, Dale Benkenstein has endorsed the Durham gloveman’s international call-up. But the 33-year-old is adamant his team-mate is not ready for Test cricket yet. Read

Michael loves to win in style

MICHAEL Di Venuto was delighted to bring a winning culture with him to Durham this season, but he is starting to wish he had not brought the same emphasis on celebrating each triumph. Read

Silverware is not everything

GEOFF Cook watched Durham lift their second trophy this season and could yet see them add a third, but insisted the county’s best first-class season should not be judged in silverware. Read

Dale asks fans to get noisy

DALE Benkenstein has urged Durham fans to make the difference today as the Riversiders push for the second trophy of a remarkable season. Read

Windies loss is Durham’s gain

SHIVNARINE Chanderpaul could make a dramatic return for Durham’s final County Championship game of the season against Kent but Dale Benkenstein is just relieved he has something to dash back for after seeing his side do to Sussex what the champions have made a habit of doing to them. Read

Injury overshadows Stoneman’s century

SOME prefer a different approach but to go about your business so quietly as to be virtually unnoticed is no bad thing for an opener – which is just as well for Durham’s Mark Stoneman. Read

Durham's title bid still alive

MANY a cricket captain can panic or get over-excited when the covers come off a first-day pitch but Durham played the conditions rather than appearances to keep their outside chances of a first County Championship pennant alive. Read

Bridge rally too late to help County

NORTHUMBERLAND lost their Minor Counties play-off final against Cheshire in the first session of the penultimate day as they slipped to an innings and four runs defeat, writes JEFF BOWRON. Read

Cook hopes Ottis will stay

DURHAM coach Geoff Cook is still hoping today’s game against Sussex will not be Ottis Gibson’s last County Championship appearance at the Riverside. Read

Muchall aims to leave on a high

PAUL Muchall fears he could play his last game for Northumberland against Cheshire tomorrow, but the Durham Academy prospect is aiming to go out in style in the Minor Counties Championship Final. Read

Stoneman has big shoes to fill

MARK Stoneman will have the difficult task of stepping into Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s sizeable shoes when Durham take on Lancashire at Blackpool today. Read

Tower-ing test awaits Durham

A SEASIDE rendezvous with Lancashire may well determine Durham’s chances of clinching the LV County Championship Division One title – and a glory treble for the season. Read

It’s all set for grand finish

THE championship will be decided on Saturday in the final game of the season when leaders Murton take on second-placed Castle Eden. Read

Pressure on in race for the title: Graham

SOUTH Northumberland skipper John Graham admitted his side were facing a journey into the unknown in this weekend’s final countdown to the season following their slip-up against Newcastle at the weekend. Read

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