DURHAM continued their hectic schedule by travelling straight from last night's Twenty20 match at Old Trafford to Nottingham for the Specsavers County Championship match starting today.

After fielding the same side in back-to-back wins against Lancashire and Warwickshire they are likely to resist the temptation to recall Chris Rushworth after his buttock muscle injury.

He played in a second X1 T20 match in midweek, but that is a far cry from the prospect of having to spend a full day in the field at Trent Bridge.

“We don't have to rush him back because our three young seamers have surprised me with how well they have performed,” said skipper Paul Collingwood.

“Equally, we have to look after them. We have learnt from experience not to push young bodies too hard.

“Brydon Carse has played in every game so far and has got some top batsmen out, including Jonathan Trott in both innings at Edgbaston. James Weighell and Barry McCarthy have come in for the last two games and both had a five-for.

“James doesn't need any prompting from me when he goes round the wicket. He's a very intelligent cricketer who works batsmen out and uses his different angles very cleverly.”

Durham will not be carried away by their success in overturning a 123-run first innings deficit at Edgbaston because they were on the receiving end of a bigger turnaround at Trent Bridge last September.

They led by 168, but a century by Samit Patel left them needing 213 to win and Brett Hutton's five for 29 skittled them for 161.

Despite his ten wickets in that match, Hutton is not certain to play today as Jake Ball will be available after being released by England.

Nottinghamshire have Australian seamer Jackson Bird as their overseas man, while Luke Fletcher and left-armer Harry Gurney are in good form.

Skipper Chris Read suffered a broken hand in the defeat by Hampshire, so former England coach Peter Moores' son, Tom, could make his debut, although Riki Wessels and Brendan Taylor can also keep wicket.