By Dan Barnes

Holding out promotion hope: Chris Rushworth

WHENEVER a sportsman reaches a new landmark, enquiries are immediately made to discover if they were aware of the impending milestone beforehand or not.
In Chris Rushworth’s case, the answer is technically ‘no’ but the 32-year-old Durham seamer did only realise that he was on the cusp of his 450th first-class wicket when he decided to check his statistics midway through his side’s recent clash with Northants. Rushworth, who is in his testimonial year at Durham having been released as a youngster and then re...