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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

Champions need a miracle after loss

DEFENDING champions Tynedale were the first to blink in the three-way race for the title.Read

Kirkwood enjoys Cup that cheers

KIRKWOOD are the new holders of the League Cup after looking at one stage as if they were not even going to reach the final against YAARS.Read

Vale relish their fight for survival

AGAINST almost all the odds, Clara Vale are still fighting for their lives – and loving every minute of it.Read

Burn-ing ambition about to be realised

BURNMOOR stand on the brink of glory after turning on the championship style to defeat strong opposition on Saturday.Read

Course sets a Shining example!

STEVE HARMISON bowled over youngsters at the last junior cricket coaching week of 2007 at his hometown club Ashington.Read

Cricket kids kings of the castle

MORE than 100 boys and girls took part in an under-11 cricket competition against the towering backdrop of Bamburgh Castle.Read

Durham playing like real top Pros

DURHAM moved to the top of the NatWest Pro40 League’s Second Division after they cruised to a seven-wicket win in their penultimate one-dayer at Chesterfield.Read

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