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Dale Benkenstein shines again for Durham CCC

THIRD in the Championship, semi-finalists in the CB40 and quarter-finalists in the Twenty20 Cup, 2011 was a nearly season for Durham.Read

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All to play for in final week

SIMON KERRIGAN’S final-over heroics have left Durham relying on others slipping up in a nail-biting final week of cricket’s County Championship season.Read

Durham head for Taunton in buoyant mood

HAVING rediscovered their mojo on a mini tour of the south, Dale Benkenstein insists Durham will be thinking only of themselves in today’s CB40 semi-final at Somerset.Read

Weather intervenes as Cook's men face tricky test

SO much for an Indian summer. September skies in Durham were always going to be a tricky opponents as England looked to transfer their dominance over India in the Test series into the shorter form of the game. Read

Durham look for change in fortune

DURHAM are ready to put a bad week behind them by qualifying for only the third semi-final in their short First-Class history.Read

Durham stars named in England one-day squad

DURHAM’S County Championship hopes were delivered another big blow yesterday when Ben Stokes, Scott Borthwick and Graham Onions were named in England’s one-day squad.Read

Bill Graham: I am glad the season is ending

NORTHUMBERLAND team boss Bill Graham admits he will not be sad to see the back of the current Minor Counties Championship season.Read

Phil Mustard insisting life begins at 40

PHIL MUSTARD admits Durham’s first trophyless season in four years was the inspiration behind their improved 40-over form.Read

County title race is back in balance

JUNE 29 seems a long time ago. That was the last time Durham played well in a County Championship game.Read

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Durham's treble ambitions are put to the test

IT’S Hampshire week for Durham, as the Riversiders’ treble ambitions are put to the test.Read

Durham have so Much to still play for

AS someone for whom the saying ‘the more (cricket) the merrier’ could have been coined, it is scarcely surprising Gordon Muchall has urged Durham to continue challenging on all fronts.Read

Selection headache as key men out for North

NORTHUMBERLAND boss Bill Graham has a selection headache ahead of today’s match against Suffolk.Read

Duo spur Durham on to fight back at Somerset

THERE is nothing like a follow-on to focus a batsman’s mind. When Durham were shot out for 220 yesterday they were in real danger of only their second County Championship defeat this season in a match they expected to control after winning the toss on a green-top. Read

Focus crucial to Durham glory quest

AS Durham double their load from 20-over to CB40 cricket today, Geoff Cook has called on his players to undergo a “big mental shift” in their ongoing pursuit of success.Read

Historic day for Durham in Twenty20 Cup

GEOFF COOK does like to be beside the seaside. He will like it even more if Durham can put themselves on the brink of the Twenty20 Cup quarter-finals this afternoon.Read

Geoff Cook not surprised by Worcester revival

DURHAM coach Geoff Cook says he has not been surprised by Worcestershire’s mid-season revival.Read

Ian Blackwell - this is the club where I feel I belong

IAN BLACKWELL signed a two-year contract extension at Durham because he thinks he has found a club going places and a dressing room in which he belongs.Read

Dynamos still looking for the right formula

GEOFF Cook insists Durham remain deadly serious about cracking Twenty20 cricket – as his Dynamos look to get their Friends Life t20 campaign back on track against Derbyshire Falcons today.Read

Rutherford is primed for return against Norfolk

NORTHUMBERLAND have drafted in David Rutherford to replace the injured Ian Hunter for today’s Minor Counties Championship opener against Norfolk at Osborne Avenue.Read

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