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DURHAM captain Dale Benkenstein is confident his side can refocus following their record-breaking exploits at Lord’s last weekend when they face a pivotal period in their NatWest Pro40 League campaign. Read

Superb North in a final flourish

NORTHUMBERLAND will play Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship play-off final – after they won the Eastern Division title for the first time after a final day of high drama. Read

Benk warns glory boys

DURHAM captain Dale Benkenstein is confident his side can refocus following their record-breaking exploits at Lord’s when they face a pivotal period in their NatWest Pro40 League campaign. Read

Caution key for star of the future

He is often seen as the jester in Durham’s dressing room but it is time people started taking Phil Mustard seriously as the wicketkeeper begins to push for international recognition. Read

Club must build on best ever campaign

NORTH-EAST cricket fans, not to mention the odd Durham player, will have woken yesterday morning nursing sore heads but feeling on top of the world after England’s newest first-class county romped to a stunning 125-run victory over Hampshire in the Friends Provident Trophy final. Read

North in run chase

NORTHUMBER-LAND were today looking to record another successful run chase and keep their slim title hopes alive by beating Bedfordshire at Jesmond, (writes JEFF BOWRON). Read

Threemendous Kyle Lords the occasion

ANCHORMAN Kyle Coetzer reckons his pivotal Lord’s innings mirrors his maiden first-XI season with a neat symmetry, (writes NICK PUREWAL). Read

Colly hails club's heroes

JUBILANT Paul Collingwood believes 15 years is no time to wait for Durham’s maiden first-class trophy, (writes NICK PUREWAL). Read

Payback time for Dynamos

PAUL Collingwood and Dale Benkenstein insisted Durham Dynamos’ amazing Friends Provident Trophy final victory was just reward for 15 years of hard work at the club. Read

Rain ruins day for frustrated North side

THE rain hit several games in the Foster’s Durham Senior League and while the two title contenders came out of the afternoon with the same points return, it was Burnmoor who were the happier on Saturday night with their 24-point lead intact and four games left to play. Read

Triumphant Durham no longer the underdogs

DURHAM have struggled as the underdog since they became a first class county, but every dog has its day and this was theirs. Read

Payback time for Dynamos

PAUL Collingwood and Dale Benkenstein insisted Durham Dynamos’ amazing Friends Provident Trophy final victory was just reward for 15 years of hard work at the club. Read

Durham rein supreme

IT MAY not have been a picture-postcard finish, but Durham realised 15 years of hard work at Lord’s this weekend. Read

North still in title shake-up

NORTHUMBERLAND are still in with an outside chance of the Minor Counties eastern division championship as they enter their last game of the season, writes JEFF BOWRON. Read

Hetton target leaders

WITH many eyes on Lord’s today it would be easy for attention to be diverted from the engrossing battle going on at the top of the Fosters Durham Senior League, but the two season-long contenders will be fully focused on their own task of taking another vital step towards the title. Read

Final classic

WITH the full league programme in the Foster’s Northumberland and Tyneside Senior League having been moved to Bank Holiday Monday because of Durham’s first-ever major final, Tynedale have the stage to themselves as they entertain Leadgate this afternoon in the Foster’s Trophy final. Read

Paul’s out to claim Pietersen prize

His ‘golden arm’ has already accounted for some of world cricket’s biggest names, but Paul Collingwood is hoping to add Kevin Pietersen to his collection today. Stuart Rayner reports Read

North put title hopes on line in season finale

NORTHUMBERLAND captain Phil Nicholson is hoping his side can come up on the rails to clinch the Minor Counties Eastern Division champion-ship, (writes JEFF BOWRON). Read

We'll defy odds - Collingwood

PAUL Collingwood has no problem if Durham are seen as the underdogs in their Friends Provident Trophy Final against Hampshire – because they have been defying the odds ever since they became a first-class county 16 years ago. Read

Durham left feeling flat

IF Steve Harmison was feeling flat following the news that a back injury will rule him out of tomorrow’s Friends Provident Trophy final, the mood was shared by the rest of Durham’s bowlers yesterday as Surrey comfortably held on for a draw in the County Championship. Read

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