Durham have signed Somerset all-rounder Kasey Aldridge on loan for the T20 Blast. Aldridge will be available for the first eight group games to cover for Durham’s extensive injury list in their bowling attack. The 24-year-old was part of the Somerset side that won the competition in 2023 and took 13 wickets last season as...
A superbly judged unbeaten century by Tom Lammonby helped Somerset maintain their excellent form with a seven-wicket defeat of Durham in the County Championship match at the Riverside. The victory moves Lewis Gregory’s side up to fourth in the Division One table, although most of the other games in this round have yet to finish....
The County Championship match between Durham and Somerset looks set for a absorbing three-day finish after 18 wickets fell on the second day of the game at the Banks Homes Riverside. Replying to Durham’s 277, Somerset mustered only 172 but then dismissed the home side for 159, leaving the visitors with a victory target of...
Matt Henry took four wickets for Somerset but 20-year-old Mitch Killeen’s late strike helped Durham just shade the first day of their County Championship Division One match. Despite Ollie Robinson’s 52 and a half-century stand for the last wicket, the home side were dismissed for 277 in their first innings in a match between teams...
Nearly 100 older people living in a town’s last remaining high-rise block of flats have been told they could lose their homes and treasured community. Durham Court, in Hebburn on Tyneside, which was built in 1974, is now “beyond its original intended lifespan”, South Tyneside Council said. The 18-storey block needs repairs costing about £12m...
Durham have signed New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham for this season’s T20 Blast competition. The 34-year-old left-hander is a veteran of 83 T20 internationals and 76 ODI games for the Black Caps. Neesham, who also bowls right-arm seam, will play for his sixth county after previous stints with Derbyshire, Essex, Kent, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire as...
An excellent team bowling effort and a vital fifty from Colin Ackermann helped Durham pick up a seven-wicket win against Nottinghamshire in the County Championship, despite a brilliant century from Joe Clarke. It was Durham’s morning as the hosts picked up three of the nine wickets they needed including the vital scalp of Ben Slater,...
Centuries from Emilio Gay, Ollie Robinson and Graham Clark put Durham in a strong position on a record-breaking day in their County Championship match with Nottinghamshire. Gay and Robinson dominated the morning session as they pushed Durham beyond Nottinghamshire’s total, with Gay notching up a second consecutive home century. Robinson was then joined by Clark...
Lees went to his fifty soon after, with the milestone coming from 96 deliveries and he was joined in the middle by England Lions man Ben McKinney, who looked good in the early stages of his innings. McKinney continued to underline his attacking intentions as he plundered a McCann ball straight down the ground to...
Yusuf struck again to remove Joe Clarke, with the South African forcing the Nottinghamshire man to chop one on to his off stump and Carse then produced a moment of brilliance to remove Jack Haynes for one, as the former Worcestershire man chipped one up and the England bowler made an excellent one-handed return catch....
England fast bowler Brydon Carse is set to make his first appearance of the summer when he returns for Durham. Carse has been included in their squad for the County Championship match at home to leaders Nottinghamshire on Friday. The 29-year-old has not played since injuring his toe while playing in the Champions Trophy in...
Despite losing Tammy Beaumont for eight, The Blaze maintained a healthy scoring rate against Surrey, thanks to Jones, Elwiss and Kathryn Bryce who made 56. But the innings was also lit up by a full-length diving catch by keeper Kira Chathli to remove Sarah Bryce for 34, from the bowling of Alexa Stonehouse (2-65). The...
Carse made his England Test debut in October against Pakistan, going on to play five of the six Tests there and in New Zealand. The South Africa-born bowler made a strong impression with his ability to generate pace on batter-friendly wickets, taking 27 wickets across those Tests. With a five-match home series against India starting...
Ben Brown reached his third-highest County Championship score as Hampshire and Durham’s match inevitably ended in a draw. Brown ended up on 162, three shy of his first-class best, as Matthew Potts and Codi Yusuf shared seven wickets to bowl Hampshire out with a deficit of 41. Alex Lees and Emilio Gay put on 61...
Ben Brown scored his first century as Hampshire captain to eliminate fears of an innings defeat by Durham in the County Championship. Hampshire were still 92 runs away from avoiding the follow-on when Toby Albert was the sixth man to depart, but Brown and Felix Organ ticked through the required runs with a 164 stand....