Harmison and Hoggard firmly in selectors’ minds 8:43am Tuesday 22nd April 2008 THE England Performance Squad announced yesterday offers reassurance to a clutch of recent discards that they remain in the selectors' plans this summer. Sidebottom backs dropped duo 8:43am Tuesday 22nd April 2008 ENGLAND seamer Ryan Sidebottom expects team-mates Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison to be back and firing soon. Durham eye Pollock 9:11am Saturday 19th April 2008 AS DURHAM begin their defence of the Friends Provident Trophy at home to Yorkshire tomorrow, their search for more silverware has seen them make contact with Shaun Pollock. Gibson’s boots could prove a big pair to fill for Durham’s pacemen 9:06am Friday 18th April 2008 The cricket season is upon us, with Durham and Yorkshire both aiming to improve on last summer. Wiseman takes his chance 9:12am Friday 18th April 2008 NEW Zealander Paul Wiseman, who had little opportunity to show his prowess with the bat for Durham last season, grabbed the chance to make his top score for the county yesterday. Harmison misses out on easy early pickings 9:40am Thursday 17th April 2008 WHILE Durham began the season full of hope yesterday, the greatest optimist at Riverside was the ice cream man. Reader comment (1) Harmison can expect rivalry from Onions 10:45am Wednesday 16th April 2008 FOR much of the forthcoming cricket season, Durham's first team will resemble an England selection trial. Plunkett injury blow for Durham opener 10:46am Wednesday 16th April 2008 DURHAM'S plans to field virtually a full-strength four-day lineup in their opening first-class fixture against Durham University have been hit by an injury to Liam Plunkett, writes TIM WELLOCK. Benkenstein arrives to skipper Durham in warm-up game 4:12pm Tuesday 15th April 2008 DURHAM head coach Geoff Cook has named the team that will face Durham UCCE at the Riverside tomorrow in a three-day match (Wednesday 16 - Friday 18 April). Stoneman aiming to make a bigger Mark 9:44am Monday 14th April 2008 HE has scored a 50 against Shane Warne and claimed a century off Mushtaq Ahmed. But this winter Durham batsman Mark Stoneman experienced something far more frightening than facing two of the best spinners in the world. More ...

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