Charlie Harmison, son of 2005 Ashes winner Steve, has signed a two-year deal with Durham. Harmison, 18, is a fast bowler like his father, who made 63 Test appearances for England between 2002 and 2009. He is the fourth son of members of the team which won the Ashes urn back after an 18-year wait
Ryan Campbell is to become the director of cricket and high performance coaching at Durham, therefore vacating his role as head coach. Campbell will step into the role that fellow Australian Marcus North had before he became England’s new national selector earlier this summer. The 54-year-old has been in charge of the men’s team for
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Old Trafford (day four) Durham 493: Gay 141; Ali 6-166 Lancashire 397-6: Bohannon 190*; Parkinson 4-92 Lancashire (11 pts) drew with Durham (13 pts) Match scorecard Josh Bohannon made an unbeaten 190 to ensure Lancashire ended a disappointing County Championship campaign with a draw against Durham on a rain-affected last
Resuming on ten without loss, Lancashire scored only 66 runs and lost three wickets in 32 overs during the morning session. And the manner of the dismissals epitomised the county’s travails with the bat this season. Having made 17 in 110 minutes Keaton Jennings swept Parkinson to Shaf Ghafari at deep square leg; two overs
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Old Trafford (day two) Durham 493: Gay 141; Ali 6-166 Lancashire 10-0: Jennings 8* Lancashire (2 pts) trail Durham (4 pts) by 483 runs Match scorecard Lancashire’s Noman Ali took 6-166 on the second day of the County Championship match against Durham at Emirates Old Trafford but the Pakistan slow
The shape of the day was already clear by lunch, when the visitors were 112-1 with McKinney unbeaten on 64. Alex Lees was caught behind off Tom Bailey for three in the third over of the morning but McKinney and Gay had put on an unbroken 102 by the first interval, hitting 17 boundary fours
