Durham County Cricket Club (rebranded as Durham Cricket in February 2019) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic

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structure of

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and

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. It represents the

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. Founded in 1882, Durham held minor status for over a century and was a prominent member of the Minor Counties Championship, winning the competition seven times. In 1992, the club joined the

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and the team was elevated to senior status as an official first-class team. Durham has been classified as an occasional List A team from 1964, then as a full List A team from 1992; and as a senior

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team since the format's introduction in 2003. Durham CCC competes in the Specsavers County Championship, the

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and in the North Group of the

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. They won the

in 2008 for the first time, retained the trophy in the 2009 season, and then won it for a third time in 2013. In one-day competition, they won the 50-over

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in 2007 and the inaugural 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup in 2014. Having been relegated from Division One of the County Championship as part of the conditions for a package of financial support from the ECB, Durham has played in Division Two of the County Championship ever since the 2017 season. The club's limited overs kit colours are yellow and blue in the

, and also yellow and blue colours in the

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. Durham is currently sponsored by several companies including

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and

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, as well as 188Bet as their betting partner. The team was sponsored by

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prior to the bank's nationalisation in 2008. The club is based at the

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, which is one of the newest additions to the English

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circuit, hosting its first match – the second 2003 England v Zimbabwe Test – from 5 to 7 June.

Honours

First XI honours

: 3 **

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* Gillette/NatWest/C&G/Friends Provident Trophy: 1 ** 2007 *

: 1 **

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* Sunday League/Pro 40/National League (2nd Division): 1 ** 2007 * Minor Counties Championship: 7 ** 1895 (shared), 1900 (shared), 1901, 1926, 1930, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1984 * MCCA Knockout Trophy: 1 ** 1985

Second XI honours

* Second XI Championship: 3 ** 2008, 2016, 2018 * Second XI Trophy: 0

History

Earliest cricket in Durham

Cricket probably did not reach Durham until the 18th century. The earliest reference is a game at Raby Castle on or soon after 5 August 1751 between the Earl of Northumberland's XI and the Duke of Cleveland's XI. The game was commemorated by a ballad which starts: :::''Durham City has been dull so long,'' :::''No bustle at all to show;'' :::''But now the rage of all the throng'' :::''Is at cricketing to go.'' As it happens, there was a return game soon afterwards at Stanwick, near Richmond, and that is the earliest reference to cricket in

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. The first recorded match of representative cricket in the county took place in 1848 at Sunderland, between an All England XII and a Bishopwearmouth 22. Despite their extra numbers the cricketers of Bishopwearmouth were comprehensively outplayed as All England's scores of 129 and 143 dwarfed their own 56 and 59. The first team to carry the name of 'Durham County' played an MCC team in 1876 and went on to take on the touring

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in 1878, winning by 71 runs, and again in 1880, losing by an innings and 38, with the great

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taking 17 wickets for 66.

Origin of club

Durham CCC was founded as an official entity on 23 May 1882, and the nascent club played its first competitive match on 12 June of that year, beating

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by 4

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s at the Ashbrooke Ground, Sunderland. The club established an enviable record as a

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: becoming the first minor county to beat a first-class county in the Gillette Cup (defeating Yorkshire in round one in 1973, and then in 1985 beating Derbyshire at the same stage); winning the Minor Counties Championship a record-equalling seven times between 1901 and 1984; and putting together a record of 65 matches without defeat between 1976 and 1982 that remains unbroken.

Durham as a first-class county

Early in 1989, the club began the process of applying to become a first-class cricketing county and join the

. First-class status was awarded on 6 December 1991, with Durham becoming the first new first-class county for 70 years. Their first season in the County Championship was the 1992 season. For over a decade after gaining their status, Durham were not distinguished by marked success as a first-class county. In the 2004 season they finished bottom of the two-division County Championship, sixth out of ten teams in the one-day National Cricket League and fifth out of six teams in the Northern Division of the

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. However, in 2005 under the captaincy of Australian

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Durham finished second and achieved promotion in both the

and the one-day National Cricket League. Hussey was prevented from returning to the Riverside in 2006 as he was contracted to the Australian international team; and with vice-captain

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away on English international team duty Dale Benkenstein was captain for 2006. Durham had mixed success in the 2006 season, finishing second in the North Division of the

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. However, Durham were poor in the Twenty20 cup, finishing last in the North Division and only managing 2 victories, both against Lancashire. The

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campaign started fairly well, with Durham taking 4 points from the first 4 games with a win, a loss, a tie and a no result. However, several defeats left them needing a win against the champions elect,

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, in the final game of the season. They managed the victory, but other results did not go their way and they ended up being relegated in 8th place. The Championship season also began with success, but mediocre results in the middle of the season left Durham hanging above the relegation zone by just half a point going into the last game of the season. Durham needed more points than their rivals

, but looked in trouble when

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hit a career-best 339 in the first innings. Achieving just one bowling bonus point meant that Durham needed to score 400 without losing more than 5 wickets and then draw the game. However, one other team could also be relegated.

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needed just 3 points to avoid the drop at the start of the matches, but only managed 1 point as they were soundly beaten by Sussex. This meant that Durham needed only to score 400 (for maximum batting points) and force a draw. At 191–6 this looked unlikely. But a record-breaking stand of 315 between Benkenstein and

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made it possible. Gibson was out for 155, the highest first-class score in his career. Durham then collapsed again to 518 all out, needing work to be done in the second innings. This was provided by Garry Park, who hit a maiden first-class century (100*) as Durham played out a draw, leaving themselves and Yorkshire in the first division. In recent times, Durham has seen a number of their top players make an impact on the England side. Collingwood (who is the first Durham CCC player to hit a Test century and double century), Steve Harmison and Liam Plunkett have all established themselves in the national squad with Phil Mustard also representing England in the one day format. Graham Onions was added to the test side for the home series against the West Indies in 2009. Both Ben Stokes and Scott Borthwick made their England ODI debuts in August 2011. For the 2011 season, Durham County Cricket Club wished to return to a more traditional arrangement and have insisted on a smart dress code including jackets for gentlemen at all games.

Friends Provident Trophy 2007

During the 2007 season the club won its first major trophy, the

, by beating the 2005 winners Hampshire Hawks in a game which started on 18 finishing a day later due to rain. The toss between

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and

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was won by the latter who sent Durham into bat. Fellow Aussie Michael Di Venuto and

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opened the batting. Mustard looked strong from ball 1 but Di Venuto was a little shaky and was dismissed by Hampshire's

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international Daren Powell and caught by

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. Ex-Scotland u-19 captain

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and Shiv Chanderpaul made significant contributions (61 and 78 respectively), the latter being run-out. Captain Benkenstein made a quickfire 61 off 43 deliveries. Durham finished their innings on 312–5. Michael Lumb and ex-captain

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opened for the Hawks, the former departing for a golden duck, caught at second slip by Di Venuto.

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was next in, immediately edging to second slip in identical fashion leaving

on a

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survived that ball, but was soon back in the pavilion with 12.

managed a resilient 68 but was bowled by

who was to finish with 3–33. The rain came down and play was delayed until the following day. With the fall of Nic Pothas (47) and Dimitri Mascarenhas (12) the tail was exposed and was quickly disposed of with Hampshire finishing on 187, handing Durham a historic win. Veteran

was named man of the match for his spell of 3–24 at the start of the Hampshire innings, which included wickets with his first two deliveries.

County Championship wins

In September 2008, Durham claimed their first County Championship by winning their final match of the season at Canterbury, against

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. Durham won the match by an innings, condemning Kent to be relegated, and moving 8 points clear of runners up,

. Twelve months later they retained their title defeating Nottinghamshire by an innings and 52 runs at a sun soaked Riverside Ground in front of 5,000 jubilant supporters. In September 2013 they won the Championship for a third time, beating Nottinghamshire by 8 wickets at Chester le Street.

Ground history

The club's acceptance into

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was made conditional on the building of a new Test match-standard cricket ground. Work began on the new ground at the Riverside, a spectacular location overlooked by

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, in 1990, and the ground hosted its first game, Durham v

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, on 18 May 1995. Development of the Riverside Ground has continued until the present day, and in 2003 the Riverside Ground was raised to Test match status. The ground has been used for six England Test matches, against

in 2003,

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in 2005, two against

in June 2007 and May 2009, an Ashes Test Match against Australia in 2013, and against Sri Lanka in 2016. England have won all six of these tests. As part of the conditions of a package of financial support announced in October 2016, the ECB imposed a number of sanctions on Durham County Cricket Club, including removal of the club's eligibility to bid to stage Test cricket at the Riverside Ground. The club will still be eligible to bid to host one-day and Twenty20 international matches. This following table gives details of every venue at which Durham have hosted a first-class or

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match: * Located in

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, historically part of

Players

Since Durham's induction as a first-class county, each player has been allocated a unique squad number. The first 11 numbers were allocated in batting order from the club's first game, and subsequent numbers have been allocated in order of appearance.

Current squad

* No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. * denotes players with international caps.

Lists of players and club captains

List of Durham CCC players This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Durham County Cricket Club in top-class matches since December 1991 when the team was elevated to official first-class status, the club joining the County Championship in 199 ...

List of Durham cricket captains Durham County Cricket Club was officially founded on 23 May 1882. Durham's team was elevated to first-class status in 1992 when the club joined the County Championship. It is one of eighteen county teams in England and Wales that play first- ...

Durham players with international caps

Durham county cricketers who have during their career also represented their national team in

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or One Day International cricket. England * Ian Blackwell *

Scott Borthwick Scott George Borthwick (born 19 April 1990) is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who captains Durham. He was born in Sunderland. Borthwick played in the North East Premier League for Philadelphia during the ...

* Ian Botham * Simon Brown *

Geoff Cook Geoffrey Cook (born 9 October 1951) is a former English cricketer, who played in seven Test matches and six One Day Internationals from 1981 to 1983. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, stated "A player held in great respect by his fellow professi ...

Graeme Fowler Graeme "Foxy" Fowler (born 20 April 1957) is an English former professional cricketer and cricket coach, who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England, and later for Durham. He appeared in 21 Test matches and 26 One Day Internationa ...

* Gavin Hamilton *

Steve Harmison Stephen James Harmison, (born 23 October 1978) is an English former first-class cricketer, who played all formats of the game. Primarily a fast bowler, he represented England in 63 Tests, 58 ODIs, and 2 T20s. He also played county cricket for ...

Keaton Jennings Keaton Kent Jennings (born 19 June 1992) is a South African-born English cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club and has represented England. He is a left-handed opening batsman who also bowls right-arm medium-fast. He made his in ...

Wayne Larkins Wayne Larkins (born 22 November 1953) is an English former cricketer, who represented Northamptonshire, Durham and Bedfordshire as an opening batsman throughout his career. He was selected to play for England as Graham Gooch's opening partner ...

* John Morris *

Graham Onions Graham Onions (born 9 September 1982) is an English former cricketer. He played for Durham, Lancashire and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman. After a successful start to the 2009 cricket season, Onions ...

* Paul Parker * Liam Plunkett * Martin Saggers * Ben Stokes *

Mark Stoneman Mark Daniel Stoneman (born 26 June 1987) is an English cricketer who plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club and for England. He made his international debut for England in August 2017. He bats left handed and normally plays as an opening bats ...

* Vince Wells * Mark Wood * Alex Lees Australia *

Cameron Bancroft Cameron Timothy Bancroft (born 19 November 1992) is an Australian cricketer contracted to Western Australia in Australian first class cricket, Durham in English first class cricket, and the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League. He made his T ...

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* Michael Di Venuto * John Hastings * Brad Hodge *

Michael Hussey Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former international cricketer, who played all forms of the game. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname 'Mr Cricket'. Hussey was a relative la ...

* Dean Jones *

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Mick Lewis Michael Llewellyn Lewis (born 29 June 1974) is an Australian cricketer. Grade career and state career Born in Greensborough, Victoria, Lewis was a grade cricketer who played for Northcote and the Victorian Bushrangers gave him his first-clas ...

* Martin Love * Jimmy Maher * Ashley Noffke *

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* Brad Williams Canada *

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India *

Varun Aaron Varun Raymond Aaron (born 29 October 1989) is an Indian cricketer from Jamshedpur. A right-arm fast bowler, he first played for Jharkhand U-19 followed by Jharkhand Ranji team. He played his first One Day International (ODI) for India in Octo ...

Axar Patel Axar Rajeshbhai Patel, also spelled as Akshar Patel, (born 20 January 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team in all formats of the game as a bowling All-rounder. He also plays for Gujarat in domestic cr ...

Manoj Prabhakar Manoj Prabhakar (born 15 April 1963) is a former Indian cricketer and Coach, who recently coached Nepal National Cricket Team. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a lower-order batsman, and has also opened the innings sometimes for the I ...

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Ireland *

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Barry McCarthy Barry John McCarthy (born 13 September 1992) is an Irish cricketer. He made his first-class debut in 2015, and plays for the Ireland cricket team, and previously the English side Durham. Primarily a right-arm medium pace bowler, he also bats ri ...

* Stuart Poynter Italy * Michael Di Venuto New Zealand * Nathan Astle * Tom Latham * Scott Styris *

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Pakistan *

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Scotland * James Brinkley *

* Gavin Hamilton * Michael Jones * Calum MacLeod *

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* Moneeb Iqbal South Africa *

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* Aiden Markram * David Miller *

Albie Morkel Johannes Albertus Morkel (born 10 June 1981), better known as Albie Morkel, is a former South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm medium fast and bats left-handed. He was earmarked as the new Lance Klusener from an earl ...

Dewald Pretorius Dewald Pretorius (born 6 December 1977) is a South African cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler who debuted for the South Africa national cricket team in the second Test against Australia during the 2001/2002 series. He has not featured re ...

Imran Tahir Mohammad Imran Tahir ( pa, ; born 27 March 1979) is a South African former international cricketer. A spin bowler who predominantly bowls googlies and a right-handed batsman, Tahir played for South Africa in all three forms of cricket, but ...

Sri Lanka *

Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and the ...

West Indies *

Gareth Breese Gareth Rohan Breese (born 9 January 1976) is a West Indian cricketer. Born in Montego Bay, St James, Jamaica, he attended Wolmer's Boys School in Kingston. Breese played as a right arm offspinner. Career He played one Test match in 2002, a ...

Sherwin Campbell Sherwin Legay Campbell (born 1 November 1970) is a former Barbadian cricketer who played 52 Tests and 90 One Day Internationals for the West Indies, and also a former ODI captain for Windies. Domestic career Campbell played a total of 177 fi ...

Shivnarine Chanderpaul Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul (born 16 August 1974) is a Guyanese people, Guyanese cricket coach and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. Considered one of the greatest batsmen of his era, Chanderpaul is the first Indo-Caribbean to pla ...

Reon King Reon Dane King (born 6 October 1975) is a former West Indian cricketer who has played 19 Test matches and 50 One Day Internationals for the West Indies. An athletic paceman from Guyana with a slinky run sometimes compared to Michael Holding's, ...

Zimbabwe * Andy Blignaut

Records

Notes

References

External sources

Official Durham County Cricket Club website

BBC Wear – Riverside Cricket Ground interactive 360° Panorama

BBC Wear – DCCC celebrate with the County Championship Trophy 2008

{{English first-class cricket clubs History of County Durham English first-class cricket teams Cricket in County Durham Cricket clubs established in 1882 1882 establishments in England