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....
Graham Clark scored a career-best 160 as Durham made 511 on a Utilita Bowl batting paradise in the County Championship. Batter Clark continued Durham’s heavy run-scoring in the sun, with George Drissell scoring 69 and Codi Yusuf 44 not out. Wisden Cricketer of the Year Liam Dawson toiled away for 48 overs and was rewarded...
Graham Clark celebrated his fifth County Championship century with a pristine innings to put Durham in charge against Hampshire. Batter Clark led Durham’s run surge from a perilous 82-4 with partnerships of 124 with Ollie Robinson (76) and an unbroken 124 with George Drissell – who reached the close on 58 not out. Clark –...
Durham beat Worcestershire by six wickets inside two days in a bowler-dominated County Championship match at New Road. After 16 wickets fell on the first day, 14 fell in the first two sessions of the second on a pitch which the seamers would like to carry round in their kit bag. Durham trailed by 26...
Pamela Tickell BBC News, North East and Cumbria Jake Brooker / Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust Chimpanzees consoled each other by embracing, holding hands, and touching, researchers found Chimpanzees comfort each other when in distress, despite typically being referred to as “violent” and “despotic” when compared to other apes. Researchers at Durham University found that chimpanzees...
Somerset loanee Jake Ball took five wickets on his Durham debut to help his new team take the early honours in their County Championship match at New Road. But Worcestershire struck back before the close on a day when 14 wickets fell in the Division One clash. Ball took 5-47 as the Pears were dismissed...
Right-arm seamer Yusuf, 27, recently took 26 wickets in seven games in his domestic first-class competition for Lions in his best-ever season. With South Africa batter David Bedingham suffering a fractured toe against Warwickshire, Yusuf can play as a second overseas player alongside Australian Brendan Doggett. Ball, 34, who played four Test for England, has...
Durham, Somerset and Lancashire all won in the One-Day Cup as the revamped top flight of the women’s domestic season got under way. Meanwhile a dramatic game at Edgbaston saw Warwickshire tie with Hampshire following a last-ball run out for the Bears. Another match that went down to the final delivery was between Surrey and...
Captain Jonny Bairstow posted an unbeaten 86 as Yorkshire thwarted a depleted Durham attack to secure a County Championship draw at the Riverside. Bairstow shared half-century partnerships for the fifth and sixth wickets with all-rounders George Hill and Matthew Revis during the morning session as Yorkshire, who started the day on 132-4 in their second...
Durham will hope the threat of fourth afternoon weather does not ruin their chances of claiming a County Championship victory over Yorkshire at the Riverside. Yorkshire can lay claim to having the better of day three thanks to taking the last nine first-innings wickets for 126 through until early afternoon, limiting the hosts to 427...
Alex Lees excelled against his former county as he and fellow centurion Emilio Gay ensured Durham dominated day two of their County Championship match against Yorkshire at the Banks Homes Riverside. At the halfway stage of this Division One fixture, Durham have control having replied strongly to a first-innings 307 with 264-1 from 63.2 overs,...
James Wharton, George Hill and Dom Bess all hit half-centuries at Chester-le-Street as Yorkshire had the better of a hard-fought opening day against Durham. Durham’s Australian overseas seamer Brendan Doggett impressed with 4-69, but Yorkshire closed on 295-8 when bad light ended play 15 overs early. Number three Wharton made 69 at the start of...
Ed Barnard’s century, aided chiefly by vital knocks from Kai Smith and Michael Booth, inspired Warwickshire to a hugely dramatic one-wicket win over Durham in their County Championship Division One match at Chester-le-Street. Chasing 339 to win, after the early loss of Rob Yates, skipper Alex Davies looked in good touch for his 50, but...
Ben Raine’s vital knock led a Durham fightback with the bat after a four-wicket blitz from Warwickshire’s Michael Booth had given his side the upper hand on day three of their County Championship encounter. After frustrating Durham in the morning, the Bears were bowled out for 325, 62 runs behind the hosts’ total. Durham’s second...