Last ball agony for Durham after suffering another group defeat

9:19am Monday 5th May 2008

DURHAM need to complete a Friends Provident double over Yorkshire at Headingley today, otherwise their defence of the trophy will lie in ruins.

Harmison may quit cricket

9:05am Monday 5th May 2008

STEVE Harmison claims he would probably retire from cricket altogether if he felt the chance to regain his England place had gone.

Four set the early pace in NYSD League

9:24am Monday 5th May 2008

FOUR clubs - Richmondshire, Normanby Hall, Middlesbrough and Guisborough - have set themselves up as the pacesetters after the first three games.

Yorkshire secure patchy draw thanks to dogged resistance

9:25am Monday 5th May 2008

"APATCHY performance", that's how Yorkshire director of cricket Martin Moxon described the County Championship draw with Nottinghamshire at Headingley, after some timely resilience from the tail dragged the home side over the line with Notts pressing for an unlikely last-gasp victory.

The South Northumberland victory bandwagon keeps on rolling

9:27am Monday 5th May 2008

FEW teams can match the power of Northern Rock ECB North-East Premier League champions South Northumberland and for a second week they dominated the programme.

Vettori short of practice

9:25am Monday 5th May 2008

DANIEL Vettori fears his untimely finger injury may leave him short of bowling form for the first Test against England at Lord's.

Durham begin defence of trophy with defeat at Derby

9:24am Saturday 3rd May 2008

CRICKET was plunged further into the realms of farce last night as Durham lost their Friends Provident Trophy match at Derby by one run.

Absent pros causing early-season worries

9:45am Saturday 3rd May 2008

CLUBS in the Darlington Building Society North Yorkshire and South Durham Premier League head into the Bank Holiday progamme with a number still sweating on the first appearance of their overseas professional.

Collingwood to cushion Plunkett blow

9:54am Friday 2nd May 2008

HOLDERS Durham today head into the first of three Friends Provident Trophy matches in four days knowing they could be without Liam Plunkett for a further five weeks.

Rudolph’s hard graft is rewarded with ton

9:55am Friday 2nd May 2008

A SUPERB century on a difficult pitch from Jacques Rudolph helped Yorkshire to a competitive total in their first innings against Nottinghamshire at Headingley yesterday.

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