Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Getty Images The recent Remaking Beamish project added areas including a 1950s town and farm An open-air museum in County Durham that features faithful recreations of old homes, shops, farms and a colliery has won the annual award for the UK’s museum of the year. Beamish, The Living Museum of the...
Resuming on 111-4 with a lead of 145, Simpson and Ibrahim were tested by Potts and Ben Raine. Sussex continued their plan of taking time out of the game, with the pair rarely letting their rearguard action slip in the first hour. Potts had a couple of lbw shouts against Ibrahim turned down as the...
Resuming on 249-5 and still 112 short of Sussex’s 361, Durham had seen Graham Clark go on to a half-century before he gloved behind a short ball from Ollie Robinson to be out for 51. But their chances of taking a first innings lead disappeared thanks to a series of rash strokes from the lower...
A half-century from Colin Ackermann helped Durham fight back on day two of their County Championship game with Sussex after Jofra Archer picked up a wicket on his return to red-ball cricket. James Coles picked up where he left off for Sussex in the morning and took his side to a competitive total of 361...
Coles started nicely to thwart Durham’s bowling attack, but the hosts struck back with Conners picking up his first Championship wicket of the season as Ibrahim was caught behind for five. Durham continued to pile on the pressure and they very nearly had their fifth wicket when wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson dropped a regulation catch down...
Having bowled the decisive super over in the World Cup final earlier that summer, Archer made a thrilling start to his Test career during the 2019 Ashes and was viewed as a generational talent. He took 22 wickets at 20.27 across four Tests and bowled an electric spell to Steve Smith at Lord’s, which resulted...
Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath has questioned his side’s mentality after they slipped to an “embarrassing” defeat at Durham in the T20 Blast. The White Rose’s 63-run defeat at Chester-le-Street leaves them with two wins from eight games in the competition. They are also struggling in Division One of the County Championship after winning promotion...
The match in Birmingham was a meeting of two in-form sides with both having won their previous three games. Bears opted to bat and made a fine start as Meg Austin and Davina Perrin put on 59 for the first wicket. But Netherlands batter Kalis played the anchor innings with 54 off 41 balls to...
Looking to win this competition for the first time, Surrey were always on top of Sussex from the moment Will Jacks (43) and Dom Sibley (45) hammered a 52-run opening stand from the opening five overs. Although the tournament’s third-highest run scorer, Jason Roy was out for a two-ball duck but Sam Curran took up...
Essex went into the game against Surrey having lost their previous two, but Scrivens and Winfield-Hill gave home followers cause for optimism with 13 boundaries between them before the former was caught at cover off Dani Gregory. Winfield-Hill – who was dropped on seven – followed in the next over when she tried to sweep...
At Chester-le-Street, opener Bates hit 12 fours for the hosts and shared a stand of 73 with Mady Villiers, who made 36 from 24 balls. The pair led their side to 80-2 in the 10th over before wicketkeeper Bess Heath hit six boundaries in amassing 45 runs from 27 balls to lift Durham to a...
Durham suffered a fourth defeat in five outings despite a T20 career-best 85 not out from England all-rounder Mady Villiers. After winning the toss and choosing to bat the home side were soon in trouble when they lost former New Zealand skipper Suzie Bates to the third ball of the innings – clean bowled by...
Emma Lamb was back in the Lancashire side against the Bears following England duty but it was not a happy return as she was bowled through the gate for five by Issy Wong in the first over. They struggled to 31-4, batting in a steady drizzle, before a 69-run partnership between Ailsa Lister and Australian...
At Edgbaston, Durham won the toss and took three wickets in the opening 17 balls of the game to set up a comfortable victory. Sam Hain was the only batsman to show for the Bears, making 45 in 28 balls, but New Zealand’s Jimmy Neesham took 3-34 as the hosts were bowled out for 143....
Big-hitting Australian Laura Harris gave an instant return on her Warwickshire Bears debut, smashing her way into the record books in a comfortable victory against Durham. Just six days after landing in the UK to take part in the T20 Blast campaign, and on her first appearance, Harris posted the joint-third fastest half-century in women’s...