By Thomas Williams

Long serving: Gordon Muchall

DURHAM have endured some tough times in the last 18 months but saying goodbye to Keaton Jennings, Paul Coughlin and Graham Onions in the space of a week ranks among the toughest.
They follow Mark Stoneman and Scott Borthwick, who made their farewells to the county a year ago, with Coughlin off to Notts and Jennings and Onions heading to Lancashire after Surrey had pulled off last year’s double swoop.
However, while the loss of a quartet of England prospects will hurt Durham’s long-term future, long-time middle-order batsman Gord...