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North battling to avoid the wooden spoon

NORTHUMBERLAND take on Suffolk at Mildenhall today with both county’s looking to avoid the Group Two wooden spoon in the MCCA Trophy.Read

Doug’s dream 2008 season

“A DREAM season” is how Doug Mulholland described the 2008 campaign, his first for his then new club Darlington in the NYSD League.Read

Fidel’s no comrade, but Jimmy is left puzzled by his hostility

JIMMY Anderson left the Riverside last night wondering what he had done to upset Fidel Edwards.Read

A testing time at the Riverside

WITH the weather on their side, England are well on course to keep up their 100 per cent record at Test cricket’s most northerly ground – but it is anything but a “lucky” venue.Read

Durham let it slip in Sussex

PERHAPS Durham should think about getting themselves a new hook because they have allowed yet another side to slide off it in another hugely frustrating County Championship draw.Read

Flower: Our fiery Onions is set to blossom

ENGLAND coach Andy Flower has signposted a successful international future for Graham Onions following his dazzling Test debut.Read

Cook and Colly remain Friends despite no-show

GEOFF COOK has refused to criticise Paul Collingwood’s decision not to ask for permission to play for Durham in the Friends Provident Trophy games against Gloucestershire and Sussex.Read

North pro-less for Trophy clash

NORTHUMBERLAND will be without a professional when they go in against Norfolk at Norwich in the MCCA Trophy today.Read

Harmy: We didn't betray Kevin Pietersen

STEVE HARMISON last night angrily denied that he and other senior England players stabbed former captain Kevin Pietersen in the back.Read

Durham win the Battle of Britain

STEVE HARMISON yesterday hailed Durham’s County Championship triumph as a close second in his career to winning the 2005 Ashes.Read

Cook issues a title challenge

DURHAM have been challenged to win today at Worcester and in their three remaining NatWest Pro40 games to challenge for the Division One title.Read

Yorkshire beware of Durham’s Springboks!

YORKSHIRE better beware the wounded Springboks . . . because Albie Morkel and Shaun Pollock are out to exorcise some serious pain tomorrow night.Read

Durham put in a spin by Notts

AN OLD foe and a recent one haunted Durham yesterday as Chris Cairns and Samit Patel burst their Twenty20 bubble.Read

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

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