DURHAM COMMENT: Keaton Jennings' exit a consequence of the savage sanctions imposed by the ECB
THERE was another tearful farewell for Durham today as Keaton Jennings followed Graham Onions in expressing his love for the county he is leaving.
THERE was another tearful farewell for Durham today as Keaton Jennings followed Graham Onions in expressing his love for the county he is leaving.
FEARS that Keaton Jennings might join the Durham exodus rose yesterday when it emerged that he could follow Paul Coughlin to Trent Bridge.
THE sun shone, but it was a dark day for Durham as they were rocked by news of Paul Coughlin's defection and punished for choosing to field first at home to Sussex.
SIR IAN BOTHAM took a thinly-veiled swipe at Nottinghamshire's Director of Cricket Mick Newell yesterday after Paul Coughlin signed a three-year contract at Trent Bridge.
THERE was drama and celebrations at Emirates Riverside yesterday, but for the second time this season Kent hung on for a draw against Durham with nine wickets down.
FOR Graham Onions the joy of achieving the Durham record he cherished was tarnished by the agonising failure to snatch victory yesterday.
IT was an indication of how keen England are to keep Keaton Jennings in the frame that national selector James Whitaker was at Emirates Riverside to witness the last rites of a nine-wicket win against Derbyshire.
DURHAM have yet to light the blue touch paper in their NatWest T20 Blast campaign and stuttered to their fifth defeat from five in a depressingly one-sided contest at home to Nottinghamshire last night.
DURHAM were last night still hoping that Imad Wasim's passport would be returned in time for him to play in the next few NatWest T20 Blast games.
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