Durham Match Thread 2024

[Durhamfootman]

Wagner making his debut with 2 of the early wickets

[captaincolly]

69/6. And thankfully Keith Barker isn't playing.

[Durhamfootman]

3 in consecutive overs

all taken on ball 5 of the over

[Durhamfootman]

useful knock too from Wagner, helping to lift us from 183 to 245 in 7 overs

Ackers showing his importance in this comp

[Durhamfootman]

comprehensive win

gives us half a chance of making the semi's, but we start behind the 8 ball thanks to our customary negative run rate. In white ball cricket we often win narrowly and lose disastrously for some reason

Not today though. Today all the bowlers cashed in and the batters gave us what turned out to be a good total to defend

[Durhamfootman]

looks as though Kent might help us out by beating Derbys, although they aren't there yet and it could still go wrong, but we are going to have to win our last 2 days to have any chance at all and I'm not sanguine that we can ever win 3 white ball matches in a row

[captaincolly]

looks as though Kent might help us out by beating Derbys, although they aren't there yet and it could still go wrong, but we are going to have to win our last 2 days to have any chance at all and I'm not sanguine that we can ever win 3 white ball matches in a row

Kent have won. Other possible issue is Ackermann's wife is about to give birth to twins so he could well miss one or both games.
I share your doubts about stringing results together in white ball cricket. I'll miss the last home game - away in Stanley dogsitting!

[captaincolly]

No Coughlin today - Campbell suggested on Friday it's tricky to get his workload right and that he might miss this game, made a good point that in the past he has been either playing or out injured and now they're giving him games off.
Younger bowlers in the firing line! Not yet though because Kent have won the toss and decided to bowl.

[captaincolly]

Glover and Bushnell playing! Let's hope de Leede's radar is working- to be fair he has bowled well enough so far.

[captaincolly]

No Coughlin today - Campbell suggested on Friday it's tricky to get his workload right and that he might miss this game, made a good point that in the past he has been either playing or out injured and now they're giving him games off.
Younger bowlers in the firing line! Not yet though because Kent have won the toss and decided to bowl.

Now says we won the toss and chose to bat!

[Durhamfootman]

first run out of the season for Glover?

[Durhamfootman]

perhaps I haven't worded that very well

first appearance of the season for glover?

[captaincolly]

perhaps I haven't worded that very well

first appearance of the season for glover?

Think so.
Wonder where Ben Raine is?

[Durhamfootman]

don't know. Having a rest, perhaps. Let's hope he doesn't have an injury

50 up for McKinney. 102-2

[Durhamfootman]

100 for McKinney

188-3