Record-breaking Chris finds it so emotional

By Sam Dalling

“IT means everything to be honest,” admits Durham seamer Chris Rushworth, talking candidly 48 hours on from becoming the club’s leading firstclass wicket taker.
Rushworth’s first-innings five-for during the demolition of Worcestershire last weekend saw him surpass Simon Brown and draw him level with Graham Onions on 527 red-ball victims.
And when Jack Haynes edged to David Bedingham at slip in the second dig, the record had been broken.
“It’s been very emotional and hasn’t really sunk in yet,” Rushworth tells The Cricket Pa...

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