Durham Match Thread 2025

[Durhamfootman]

Rhodes has his 150

we need 3 runs for max bat pts

so I reckon we'll shake hands in a few minutes

[Durhamfootman]

by the close, Somerset will have bowled 175 overs in the match and Leach and Vaughan will have bowled all but about 30 of them

makes a mockery of the game, imo

[Durhamfootman]

there we go

450, shake hands

loads of work to do next week

[Durhamfootman]

although I say it like this stuff matters

[Durhamfootman]

Somerset have bowled the min overs required and Hants are 8 down

they are still playing, so presumably they have to keep going until 5.30

a nervy 10 mins for Hants

[Durhamfootman]

Barker gets Hants over the line

I look at the 10 points separating 5 and 9 in the table with one game to go and I keep thinking about the overly optimistic declaration, with Pottsy set, against Warks in the second game of the season. Those 8 points we threw away, might well play a huge part in sending us down if the weather next week leads to a load of draws

[captaincolly]

At least we got the maximum out of today with the 5 points.
You'd expect Surrey to beat Hampshire ( famous last words!) so we might just get away with it.

According to George Dobell the vote on the Championship structure for next season is next week and the result should leak out ahead of the last round of matches! It's apparently on a knife-edge, so there's a chance that no one will end up getting relegated.