The Latest Breaking News from Durham

Ben Stokes hails Test debutant Matthew Potts as ‘everything I expect from this England team’

Test captain Ben Stokes has described Matthew Potts as “everything I expect from this England team”, and revealed the moment he realised his Durham team-mate had to make his debut.

Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2022

Every England player has ‘blank canvas’ under Ben Stokes’ captaincy

Stokes will lead his country out against New Zealand on Thursday

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

England XI for first New Zealand Test revealed as Anderson and Broad return

England have recalled James Anderson and Stuart Broad for the first Test against New Zealand, while Matty Potts will make his Test debut

Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2022

England’s Matthew Potts backed to shine in Test arena after ‘deserved’ call-up

Potts has received his first international call-up for the squad to face New Zealand at Lord’s on June 2.

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Happy that my county performances have been recognized: Cheteshwar Pujara

MUMBAI: Hours after he was recalled into India's Test team for the rescheduled fifth Test against England from July 1-5 in Birmingham, Cheteshwar Pujara, who was dropped for the home Test series against Sri Lanka earlier this year due to poor form, thanked the selectors for recognizing his sizzling recent…

The Times of India · May 23, 2022

Zak Crawley rediscovers form as Kent’s clash with Northamptonshire is drawn

Crawley started the week averaging under 20 in this season’s LV= Insurance County Championship.

The Independent UK · May 22, 2022

UK universities union abandons national approach to marking dispute

UCU climbdown allows individual campuses to decide on strike action; 20 universities plan to go ahead

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

Surrey and Middlesex lead way before break: county cricket – as it happened

Surrey lead Division One while Middlesex are top of the second tier after beating Durham as we head into the white-ball break

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

Keith Barker blows away Somerset to help Hampshire to victory

The visitors needed just one run in their second innings to seal victory.

The Independent UK · May 21, 2022

Lancashire v Essex, Yorkshire v Warwickshire and more: county cricket – as it happened

Essex are on the verge of an emphatic win against Lancashire while Hampshire hammered Somerset

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2022