Durham County Cricket Club 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;and as a senior Twenty20 team since the format's introduction in 2003.
James Edward Charles Franklin is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer,who played all forms of the game internationally.
Robert Walter Vivian Robins was an English cricketer and cricket administrator,who played for Cambridge University,Middlesex,and England. A right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break and googly bowler,he was known for his attacking style of play. He captained both his county and his country;after the Second World War,he served several terms as a Test selector.
The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.
Iain Edward O'Brien is a former New Zealand cricketer,who played 22 Tests,10 ODIs and 4 T20Is. A pace bowler,he took 73 test wickets with best figures of 6 for 75 against West Indies in 2008. He played first class cricket for Wellington,Leicestershire County Cricket Club and Middlesex County Cricket Club.
Anthony John Ireland is a former cricketer from Zimbabwe. A fast bowler,he performed consistently during his tenure with Zimbabwe,taking 38 wickets in 26 matches at an average of 29.34. He was one of many talented white Zimbabweans to leave the team due to the situation of the ZCU and the country,to pursue careers in English domestic cricket,where he represented Gloucestershire and Middlesex before joining Leicestershire for the 2013 season,retiring from professional cricket at the end of the 2014 season.
Dale Martin Benkenstein is a former South African cricketer who was an all-rounder. He is currently first-team coach at Gloucestershire,having previously held the same role at Hampshire. Benkenstein was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy,the only ICC trophy the country has won till date.
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Hertfordshire.
Jonathan Luke Clare is an English cricketer who formerly played for Derbyshire. An all-rounder,he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
David Alexander Burton is a first-class cricketer,who has played county cricket for Gloucesteshire,Middlesex and Northamptonshire.
Edmund John Holden Eckersley,is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was a core player of Leicestershire from 2011 to 2018. After his release from Leicestershire he signed for Durham
Mark Frost is a former English cricketer. Frost was a right-handed batting who bowled right-arm medium-fast. His main role in a team was a bowler. He was born at Barking,Essex.
The 2017 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches were a series of first-class cricket matches played between the eighteen County Championship teams and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams (MCCU) of England and Wales. Each county side played one fixture against a MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2017 County Championship. Following Leicestershire's match against Loughborough MCCU,bowler Charlie Shreck was found guilty of using obscene language or gestures. This was Leicestershire's fifth fixed penalty in 12 months,resulting in them being deducted 16 points for the 2017 County Championship season.
Mohammad Hassan Azad is an English cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire. He is a left handed opening batsman and an off-break bowler.
The 2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches were a series of cricket matches that were played between the eighteen County Championship teams and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams (MCCU) of England and Wales. The first two rounds of fixtures were classed as first-class matches. Each county side played one fixture against an MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2019 County Championship.
The 2020 Bob Willis Trophy was a first-class cricket tournament held in the 2020 English cricket season,and the inaugural edition of the Bob Willis Trophy. It was separate from the County Championship,which was not held in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The eighteen county cricket teams were split into three regional groups of six,with the two group winners with the most points advancing to a final held at Lord's. The maximum number of overs bowled in a day was reduced from 96 to 90,and the team's first innings could be no longer than 120 overs.
The 2021 County Championship was the 121st cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. For the first phase of the tournament,the teams were split into three groups of six,with each side playing ten matches. The top two teams from each group progressed into Division One for the second phase of the competition,with the other teams progressing to Divisions Two and Three. The team that finished top of Division One became the county champions;and the top two teams from Division One contested a five-day match at Lord's for the Bob Willis Trophy. On 17 December 2020,the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed all the fixtures for the tournament. After completion of the group stage on 14 July 2021,the ECB confirmed the fixtures for the division stage on 22 July 2021.
The 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2021 English cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side,having List A cricket status,with all eighteen first-class counties competing in the tournament. The tournament started on 22 July 2021,with the final taking place on 19 August 2021 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Somerset were the defending champions winning the 2019 tournament,with no tournament taking place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joshua Michael de Caires is an English cricketer,and the son of former England cricket captain Michael Atherton. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021,for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship. His debut came after he had earlier that season scored an unbeaten century at Headingley against a Yorkshire attack that included David Willey in a non-first class fixture.
The 2022 County Championship was the 122nd cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. The season began on 7 April and ended on 29 September 2022. Warwickshire were the defending champions.
