Tag: Durham

Mustard joins Gloucestershire on loan for rest of season

26 July 2016 0 comments

Durham wicketkeeper Phil Mustard has joined Gloucestershire on loan for the rest of the 2016 season. Mustard, 33, is due […]

Mark Wood added to England Lions squad

12 July 2016 0 comments

Mark Wood has been added to the England Lions squad for the Tri-Series against the A-teams of Sri Lanka and […]

Where are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1976

5 July 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Neil Riddell admits Durham weren’t unhappy that it was the rain which enabled them to claim their […]

Room 101 – Calum MacLeod

13 June 2016 0 comments

Traffic jams I hate anything which delays me getting somewhere but, more specifically, 50 mph speed restrictions bother me. Going […]

Martin Johnson column – There’d be no fun if Geoffrey’s mum was at No.11

6 June 2016 0 comments

There are one or two instances in which Wisden’s claim to be cricket’s unimpeachable bible fails to stand up to […]

Umpires are unsung heroes of our game

6 June 2016 0 comments

Neil Bainton, in his tenth season as a first-class umpire, reveals to Rob Johnstone that the growth of T20 means […]

Where are they now? Glamorgan – National League winners 2002 & 2004

30 May 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Mike Powell believes that the key strength of Glamorgan at the turn of the millennium was that […]

Martin Johnson column – ‘Sorry, you will have to write it in office. I can’t cope’

29 May 2016 0 comments

It’s not difficult to conjure up the scene in the Sri Lankan dressing room just before the start of the […]

Durham’s plight a cautionary tale…

4 May 2016 0 comments

Derek Pringle suggests that the county’s request to be bailed out is symptomatic of deeper problems that face the game […]

Martin Johnson column – 1,000 runs in May? No just 1,000 Goose pimples!

4 May 2016 0 comments

This has not been the most convenient time for the junior doctors to be kicking up a fuss, just when […]

ICP Young Gun – Gavin Main

7 April 2016 0 comments

‘I got Broad with a yorker on my first-class debut’ After four T20 outings for Scotland, Gavin Main has more […]

ICP Young Gun – Ollie McGee

30 March 2016 0 comments

English cricket has produced its fair share of world-class left-arm spinners in recent years, and Durham and Northumberland hotshot Ollie […]

David Balcombe retires from professional cricket

16 February 2016 0 comments

DAVID Balcombe has hung up his spikes with immediate effect and will now take up a role with the Kevin […]

Where are they now? Durham – 1992 County Championship debutants

9 February 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler David Graveney might have been born in Bristol and played the vast majority of his cricket in […]

Looking back – South Africa v England in Cape Town 2010

5 January 2016 0 comments

Joshua Peck looks back to the nerve-shredding excitement of the Cape Town Test in 2010 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, […]

Where are they now? Lincolnshire – 1974 Gillette Cup giant-killers

5 January 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Martin Maslin admits that Lincolnshire just wanted to avoid embarrassing themselves when they were drawn away to […]

Where are they now? Essex – NatWest Trophy finalists 1996

29 December 2015 1 comment

By Neil Fissler Paul Grayson admits that Essex thought that they had one hand on the NatWest trophy after restricting […]

Yorkshire groundsman picks up top award

1 December 2015 0 comments

YORKSHIRE have picked up another County Championship accolade as groundsman Andy Fogarty was awarded the main prize at the Groundsman […]

Where are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1980

24 November 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Peter Crane believes that the seeds for Durham becoming a first-class county and joining the County Championship […]

County Championship Division One fixtures

4 November 2015 0 comments

Sunday April 10 – April 13 Durham v Somerset, Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Hampshire v Warwickshire, The Rose Bowl, Southampton Nottinghamshire […]

Club spotlight – South Northumberland CC

6 October 2015 0 comments

By James Gray THE SUMMER of 1882 will be best remembered for the events at the Oval at the end […]

Where are they now? Yorkshire – Sunday league winners 1983

6 October 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Raymond Illingworth had a long history in the game of winning trophies, but nobody had expected that […]

County Championship Division One – Team of the Year

6 October 2015 0 comments

The Cricket Paper’s experts offer their team of the season from Division One

Where are they now? Leicestershire – NatWest Trophy finalists 1992

30 September 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Justin Benson admits that he won’t ever forget Leicestershire’s first Lord’s final for seven years – but […]

Morrant Young Gun – Cameron Steel, Durham MCCU and Middlesex batsman

21 July 2015 0 comments

History was the reason why Cameron Steel ended his Australian exile but he insists his future lies in English cricket […]

Tag: Durham

Mustard joins Gloucestershire on loan for rest of season

Mark Wood added to England Lions squad

Where are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1976

Room 101 – Calum MacLeod

Martin Johnson column – There’d be no fun if Geoffrey’s mum was at No.11

Umpires are unsung heroes of our game

Where are they now? Glamorgan – National League winners 2002 & 2004

Martin Johnson column – ‘Sorry, you will have to write it in office. I can’t cope’

Durham’s plight a cautionary tale…

Martin Johnson column – 1,000 runs in May? No just 1,000 Goose pimples!

ICP Young Gun – Gavin Main

ICP Young Gun – Ollie McGee

David Balcombe retires from professional cricket

Where are they now? Durham – 1992 County Championship debutants

Looking back – South Africa v England in Cape Town 2010

Where are they now? Lincolnshire – 1974 Gillette Cup giant-killers

Where are they now? Essex – NatWest Trophy finalists 1996

Yorkshire groundsman picks up top award

Where are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1980

County Championship Division One fixtures

Club spotlight – South Northumberland CC

Where are they now? Yorkshire – Sunday league winners 1983

County Championship Division One – Team of the Year

Where are they now? Leicestershire – NatWest Trophy finalists 1992

Morrant Young Gun – Cameron Steel, Durham MCCU and Middlesex batsman

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