Durham Match Thread 2026

[Durhamfootman]

well, we've gone full second string bowling attack and 2 spinners

No Raine, no Stokes, no Potts, no Rhodes. Carse plays along with Sir Laurence and Kasey Jones on the cannonball express

[Durhamfootman]

Gay comes in at 3

Ealry loss of Lees, but Gay and McK put on 100 before McK fell. 124-2

[captaincolly]

Century for Gay and another century partnership. Lancs looking demoralised and no sign of Jennings after he got hit on the knee this morning.

[Durhamfootman]

What t20 comp is Lees and Raine playing in?!

I don't know, but Mady Villiers and Bess Heath are off to Toronto which starts next week. Maybe that?

yes.... Canada Super 60

It's a 6 day T10 league featuring 6 teams

Raine has signed for Brampton Blitz captained by Young Johnny Blameless..... not his fault

Lees for the Mississauga Masters

[captaincolly]

Fell away a little after Gay got out but I think the 3 batting points means - if we win- it'll be the record points for a season- and the current record ( can't remember the team!) was when it was 16 games.
Bowling is a lot weaker without Potts, Stokes and Raine but I still fancy our chances. Certainly shouldn't lose from here.

[captaincolly]

It's increasingly hard to tell if news is genuine or a parody-'but there's a FB post claiming Lancs have cancelled the end of season awards ceremony to avoid having to deal with irate members!

[Durhamfootman]

their members are very irate, so it wouldn't surprise me

[Durhamfootman]

Never mind. The match situation looks excellent and McK has another 2 matches in which to find 84 runs to bring up 1,000 runs for the season, which would be a big achievement for him

and, of course, it would be remiss of me were I not to mention that McK's 70 runs today took him past 1000 CC runs for the season. 1044 to be precise

[Durhamfootman]

4 hundreds in 10 innings for Gay in a Durham shirt at an average of 86. not too shabby, is it?

[captaincolly]

Excellent from McKinney and Gay. With Ben you could quibble about some silly dismissals but he's got the thousand runs. I wonder if he could be a potential captain- did it for the Under 19s - and might actually help him develop.

[andy]

What t20 comp is Lees and Raine playing in?!

I don't know, but Mady Villiers and Bess Heath are off to Toronto which starts next week. Maybe that?

Too many to keep up with now! Gone are the days of playing some red ball in OZ in winter!

[Durhamfootman]

Excellent from McKinney and Gay. With Ben you could quibble about some silly dismissals but he's got the thousand runs. I wonder if he could be a potential captain- did it for the Under 19s - and might actually help him develop.

I think Lees is safe for another year. McK will play in next year's ashes, I reckon

[Durhamfootman]

Durham can't play spin.... who knew?

7fer is on for their SLA

at least we've got 400 runs and 2 spinners. Has to be a decent chance of bowling them out twice without troubling Messrs Gray and Nicholls further

[captaincolly]

I think so. Raining now though and looked gloomy early on. Hopefully there will be enough time to try and win.
Another good innings from Robinson who is returning to form just as the season is ending!

[captaincolly]

Slightly puzzled by these tactics. Batting on but with no real intent. 486/9 so maybe they want 500.