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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 reportsRead

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

Flames fired up

BLUE Flames will look to keep their title hopes burning tomorrow with another win against tough opposition.Read

Turning up heat

RESURGENT Murton are hoping to take the championship race right to the wire.Read

Cook: This has been 15 years in making

FOR Durham to reach their first Lord’s final is extra special to the long-serving Geoff Cook, who replaced Martyn Moxon as head coach on the eve of the new season.Read

Benks backs Di Venuto to be hero

DURHAM captain Dale Benkenstein is confident his side can win the Friends Provident Trophy in their first Lord’s final tomorrow and is tipping prolific Australian Michael Di Venuto to steal the show.Read

Colonel is not worried over Warne

EBULLIENT Durham wicket-keeper Phil Mustard has discounted the threat of Australian spin king Shane Warne on the eve of Durham’s first Lord’s final.Read

Net gain for City

DURHAM City’s recent upsurge in form can be partly attributed to their superb new practice nets, according to club chairman David Allan.Read

Victory denied

AFTER an all-action first day, Durham’s rain-affected LV County Championship match against Surrey fizzled out to a tame draw at the Riverside yesterday.Read

You are Warned

LEGENDARY leg spinner Shane Warne is determined to captain Hampshire to their second Lord’s final victory in three years, having missed the 18-run win over Warwickshire in 2005.Read

Durham in with a chance

DURHAM ended another rain-affected day at the Riverside in a match-winning position against Surrey in the LV County Championship First Division.Read

Overseas stars are helping youth prosper

IT IS one of the less-heralded chapters of the Durham success story that so many overseas recruits have embraced the culture of their summer homes.Read

Harmison robbed of finest hour by injury

THERE was not going to be an open-top bus tour through the centre of London if he won and there was not going to be any awards from the Queen.Read

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