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THE eagerly-awaited inaugural Cricket First 20/20 grand finals day takes place tomorrow at Norton when the four teams who have won through to the semi-final stage battle it out in a day-long festival of calypso cricket. Read

County Durham leagues preview

IN today’s Warmseal Durham Senior League programme the top four go head to head with both title contenders facing real tests of their championship credentials as Burnmoor entertain old rivals Whitburn, and Hetton Lyons travel to take on triple Armbrister winners Boldon. Read

'Unflashy' Dale is setting the standard

GEOFF Cook has paid tribute to Dale Benkenstein’s role in turning Durham from perennial strugglers into one of the best sides in English county cricket. Read

Durham pay the price for Yorkshire’s big mistake

DURHAM will be competing for a place in one of the most lucrative competitions in domestic cricket history at Southampton’s Rose Bowl tomorrow and they could do with the money after having to foot the bill for their aborted Twenty20 Cup quarter-final. Read

Durham so close after early collapse

WILL Smith has not got much wrong recently but when he moaned “Oh no!” as the ball left the edge of his bat, he thought Durham’s Pro40 League match against Somerset was effectively over with 32 overs left. Like most in the ground, he was totally wrong. Read

Jubilant Durham are aiming high

DURHAM are one game away from the most lucrative competition in domestic cricket history but one of the men who got them there, Liam Plunkett, claimed his team-mates’ sights are set higher than merely playing in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. Read

Smith plays decisive role in Durham’s drive to final

WITH a name like Will Smith, Durham’s 24-year-old batsman is a marketing dream for the self-styled “Men in Black”. Yet in a team packed with star names in truth he is something of an afterthought to most spectators. Read

North fall just short in run chase

NORTHUMBERLAND were asked to chase a target of more than 400 in order to win their first Minor Counties Championship match this season, but failed by just 13 runs – instead drawing the game. Read

Durham unleash the big guns

DURHAM will have two in-form England internationals, Test cricket’s most prolific batsman and one of the most effective performers in the history of Twenty20 cricket at the Riverside this evening. Read

Minor Counties Championship

NORTHUMBERLAND staged a late fightback to put themselves back into contention for their first Minor Counties Championship victory over the season against league leaders Suffolk at Jesmond. Read

Dynamo duo put Durham in driving seat

HALF-CENTURIES from Paul Collingwood and Shivnarine Chanderpaul ensured Durham Dynamos got their Pro40 campaign under way with a comfortable seven-wicket win over the Middlesex Crusaders at Uxbridge yesterday, writes JACK PICKERING. Read

County Durham leagues round-up

HORDEN and Marsden were the only sides in the Warmseal Durham Senior League to gain more than five points – but even they had to give in to the rain in the end. Read

Minor Counties Chapionship

NORTHUMBERLAND enjoyed the better of the exchanges on the opening day of their Minor Counties championship clash against leaders Suffolk at Jesmond yesterday. Read

Northumberland leagues review

AFTER a mopping up effort by the Ryton groundstaff, the club’s home Wellstream Northumberland and Tyneside League fixture with Benwell and Walbottle was one of the few in the North-East to get any decent amount of play. While the game was a draw, both sides gained a reasonable points tally. Read

Northern Rock North East premier league

ON another rain-interrupted weekend only one game in the Northern Rock North East Premier League enjoyed a reasonable amount of play – yet it produced a dramatic ending. Read

Riverside crowd set to roar for delayed match

DURHAM are aiming to fill the Riverside for a game they still do not believe should go ahead. Read

Northern Rock North East Premier League

THERE may be a chink of light for beleaguered Newcastle ahead of their match starting this morning at Jesmond against Durham Academy. Read

County Durham Leagues Preview

IT could be a case of fortune favouring the brave today as the leading sides take on the strugglers in the Warmseal Durham Senior League. Read

Moxon backing exiles to return

THE Second Test between England and South Africa is the first time since December 2003 that Durham have not been represented at that level following the decision to drop Paul Collingwood yesterday. Read

Northumberland Leagues

PERCY Main’s popular professional Mohtashim Ali wrote his name into the Wellstream Northumberland and Tyneside League record books last weekend when he made a blistering 134 against Alnwick. Read