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| Twenty20 name | Durham | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | ||||
| Captain | Scott Borthwick | |||
| One Day captain | Alex Lees | |||
| Coach | Ryan Campbell | |||
| Overseas player(s) | David Bedingham Peter Siddle Ashton Turner (T20) Ben Dwarshuis (T20) | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Founded | 1882 | |||
| Home ground | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | |||
| Capacity | 15,000 | |||
| History | ||||
| First-class debut | Leicestershire in 1992 at The Racecourse[1] | |||
| Championship wins | 3 | |||
| One-Day Cup wins | 2 | |||
| Twenty20 Cup wins | 0 | |||
| One-Day League (defunct) wins | 0 | |||
| Official website | Durham Cricket | |||
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Durham County Cricket Club (rebranded as Durham Cricket in February 2019)[2] is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Durham. Founded in 1882, Durham held minor status for over a century and was a prominent member of the Minor Counties Championship, winning the competition seven times. In 1992, the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to senior status as an official first-class team. Durham has been classified as an occasional List A team from 1964, then as a full List A team from 1992;[3] and as a senior Twenty20 team since the format's introduction in 2003.[4]
Durham CCC competes in the Specsavers County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup and in the North Group of the NatWest t20 Blast. They won the County Championship in 2008 for the first time, retained the trophy in the 2009 season, and then won it for a third time in 2013. In one-day competition, they won the 50-over Friends Provident Trophy in 2007 and the inaugural 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup in 2014. Having been relegated from Division One of the County Championship as part of the conditions for a package of financial support from the ECB, Durham has played in Division Two of the County Championship ever since the 2017 season.[5][6]
The club's limited overs kit colours are yellow and blue in the Royal London One-Day Cup, and also yellow and blue colours in the t20 Blast. Durham is currently sponsored by several companies including Emirates and Port of Tyne, as well as 188Bet as their betting partner.[7] The team was sponsored by Northern Rock prior to the bank's nationalisation in 2008. The club is based at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street, which is one of the newest additions to the English Test match circuit, hosting its first match – the second 2003 England v Zimbabwe Test – from 5 to 7 June.
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- ^ "Durham unveil new logo as part of county rebrand". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "List A events played by Durham". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Twenty20 events played by Durham". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "ECB and Durham agree financial package". ECB. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Durham relegated in return for ECB bailout, Hampshire stay up". ESPNcricinfo. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "188Bet lands deal with Durham County Cricket Club". slotsday.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.