A WEEK after telling The Journal how much he learned from playing against Chris Gayle, Durham captain Phil Mustard has been given the chance to open with the former West Indies skipper in the latest addition to cricket's Twenty20 calendar.Read
THE Colonel is on a mission. In the space of a month, he hopes to do his bit to revitalise a failing cricket nation, improve his captaincy and coaching skills, and put some money away for the family.Read
IT was the talk of Press boxes and probably quite a few cricket clubhouses in the final months of last season: Paul Collingwood was going to be Durham’s next captain.Read
BEN Stokes is hoping to be fit for the start of the 2012 county cricket season, but the Durham all-rounder will not be involved in England’s winter schedule.Read
THE prospect of facing world champions India on dusty, turning pitches has temporarily cost Ben Stokes his place in England’s one-day squad, but earned Durham team-mate Scott Borthwick a call-up.Read
DURHAM chairman Clive Leach has argued for a reduction in the amount of England Lions cricket after seeing the damage it did to his county’s Championship bid.Read
FOR Durham and Worcestershire, Wednesday was decision day. The destination of the County Championship trophy will be decided today, but it will not be residing in the Chester-le-Street cabinet.Read
SOMETIMES the determination can only be one or two percent down and it makes all the difference,” said coach Geoff Cook in the build-up to Durham’s game with Worcestershire.Read