Ottis is Durham's top man 9:42am Tuesday 2nd October 2007 OTTIS Gibson, who had already won the Professional Cricketers' Association award, was last night named Northern Rock Player of the Year at Durham's end of season dinner at the Newcastle Gosforth Park Marriott Hotel. Mustard 8:56am Monday 1st October 2007 Paul Collingwood will hope to encourage Durham colleague Phil Mustard as much today as on the wicketkeeper's first-class debut. The season Durham were champs for a day 10:51am Friday 28th September 2007 DURHAM'S annus mirabilis ended with player of the season, Ottis Gibson, observing: "It's great to be champions for a day." Triumph emerged from 2004 disaster 10:51am Friday 28th September 2007 THE seeds of Durham's outstanding season were sown very much in adversity towards the end of a disastrous 2004 campaign. Being dropped the catalyst for Gibson's outstanding year 10:51am Friday 28th September 2007 IT is not quite beyond dispute that Ottis Gibson will be voted Durham's Player of the Year because in any other season Phil Mustard, Dale Benkenstein and Michael Di Venuto would have done enough to win it. Greatest day in history of Durham 10:51am Friday 28th September 2007 Cricket writer Tim Wellock looks back on a glorious 2007 for Durham in which they lifted their first silverware on a memorable day at Lord's last month, were just pipped for the county championship, and won promotion to Pro 40 Division One. Durham's title hopes brought to an end 2:04pm Saturday 22nd September 2007 DURHAM'S chances of winning the County Championship ended this afternoon when Sussex completed a win over already relegated Worcestershire. Gibson facing dilemma 11:04am Saturday 22nd September 2007 OTTIS Gibson will leave for his role as England bowling coach in Sri Lanka on Tuesday with no idea how he will resolve the dilemma if he is offered the West Indies coaching job on his return. Durham hoping for miracle to complete title hat-trick 11:04am Saturday 22nd September 2007 DURHAM began the season by demolishing Worcestershire and ended it hoping that division one's bottom club could summon unaccustomed resistance against Sussex at Hove. Sussex likely to pip Durham to title 6:02pm Friday 21st September 2007 Kent v Durham : Day Three (County Championship) More ...

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