Durham Match Thread 2026

[captaincolly]

Kasey Jones has put down Hose in IBF's first over. It was very low down, but he did have it in both hands and it was almost identical to the catch he took this morning

Hose is on 28

Doesn't drop many but that could be a costly miss. Forecast for the weekend looks good.

[Durhamfootman]

Off for rain

Gives us a chance to reset after the dropped catch. Hose currently on 59

did indeed

both of them in the first 2 overs after the rain interval

we are still playing. Currently 203-7

[captaincolly]

Looks to have been a pretty good day apart from that dropped catch.

[Durhamfootman]

oh blimey, I thought we'd be batting by now. I'd hoped to have bowled them out for under 250, but the tail are contriving to find a way to double the score of their top 6 bats.

Stokes was apparently scheduled to bowl 20 overs in the match, but he's bowled 20 already thanks to Worcs stubborn resistance

[Durhamfootman]

still in play, so I presume we took the half hour with them 9 down

22 overs and we still haven't broken the final stand.... perhaps they'll break our bowlers first?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Durham are Home and Hosed...

[Durhamfootman]

44 over session and still a wicket short..... they'll be blooming tired, I know that

Worcs tail have taken them from 97 runs shy of any batting points to 2 batting points

Darley has faced 95 balls for his 5, so credit to him.... and he came in with the new ball 2 deliveries old

[Durhamfootman]

Durham are Home and Hosed...

I saw what you did there, btw

[captaincolly]

Really annoying- especially against the new ball. Even the extra half hour didn't work.
Unless the pitch is totally dead the bowling must have been ordinary.

[Durhamfootman]

another match, another 5fer for the IBR

we shipped 2 early wickets to the new ball.... currently 75-2 just after tea

[Durhamfootman]

Parky on as a night watcher, so we presumably aren't expecting this session to go to 7pm to catch up time lost. A good test for him

[Durhamfootman]

like last week, there is a marked difference in the team run rates. Worcs well under 3's and we are up around 4.

[Durhamfootman]

A good test for him

which he failed

we now have the ever reliable Robbo at the crease

what could go wrong?

[captaincolly]

Poor day. And now we need Robinson to find some form.
For some reason I have a feeling we will turn this game around- which probably guarantees we'll lose it!

[Durhamfootman]

well that went about as badly as it could have done. Their tail doubled their team score and ours fell in a heap very quickly

Robbo got his customary 5 runs