Durham County Cricket Club

[Aidan11]

Well this has one downhill since I last checked the score.

All but over now.

 

[The Red Telephone]

That collapse was reminiscent of the old days.

 

[Aidan11]

89 for Notts to get with loads of overs left.

O'Neil and Tongue took 15 of the 20 wickets.

 

[danthemanDCCC]

We lost our first game of our title winning campaign in 2022, that turned out to be a good season.

 

[brandon]

All that effort from Ackermann and Clark only for us to lose the last 5 wickets for 21 runs. FFS.

 

[Aidan11]

Drissell gets his first wicket of the match.

 

[danthemanDCCC]

What’s cost us a draw is not finishing Notts off, they added another 140 runs from 437/8 to 579ao.

 

[mackembhoy]

Been a busy work day so haven't caught a delivery.

A disappointing defeat incoming, but we don't have a seamer like O'Neill and Tongue and that's been the difference in the game.

That being said on paper looks like an awful collapse from 268/5 to 279 all out.

But when you've got bowlers that can run through a side on a flatter pitch that's where you can win/lose the game.

Shame reading what @The Red Telephone via @SuperSub has said about De Leede not playing red ball this season!

Feels a bit of a slap in the face he wants to chase T20 coin when we've given him a platform as a domestic player.

 

[Durham Fan]

Can see why England like Josh Tongue. He’s lush anarl.

 

[Aidan11]

A few players in this match need to improve.

Very below-par performance.

 

[Aidan11]

Just seen that Worcestershire have got what seemed an unlikely draw.

Now that's digging in.

 

[The Red Telephone]

Just seen that Worcestershire have got what seemed an unlikely draw.

Now that's digging in.

200 overs - put Durham to shame (Ackermann and Clark excepted)

 

[The Red Telephone]

Wayne Entwistle No 9 has resigned his OP role after our opening defeat today so I've been dragged kicking and screaming out of retirement to do the Warwickshire game on SMB.

 

[brandon]

Just seen that Worcestershire have got what seemed an unlikely draw.

Now that's digging in.

They survived for 200 overs to secure a draw, we couldn’t manage to bat for that long in two innings.

 

[brandon]

Wayne Entwistle No 9 has resigned his OP role after our opening defeat today so I've been dragged kicking and screaming out of retirement to do the Warwickshire game on SMB.

I told you last season, WE decide when your time is up

I didn’t get chance to follow yesterday too closely, but caught up when I could, it’s hugely frustrating losing that game but in every key moment our lads were found wanting. I know it’s only one game and we have two players to come in who the club will envisage being our starters - but it’s a concern that we were soundly beaten by what in truth is a bang average outfit. O’Neill aside, their bowling was as vanilla as ours - I’m not buying the hype around Tongue, his spell yesterday broke the game open, but for the first three and a half days he was shite.

I’m trying to work out which part of our game was worse, the batting or bowling, McKinney and Robinson surrendered pretty meekly twice, Gay with a pair, nothing needs to be added to that, Ackermann is the only player who can take any credit away from the game. There will be better days, it’s a long season, but worse teams than us will make the scabs look average this season. The vanilla bowling I’ve already alluded to needs help, I don’t think three frontline seamers is the way to go and with our batting depth I think perhaps Campbell needs to find a way to get a fourth seamer involved. Based on a small sample size, I think Rhodes needs to be utilised as the fifth seam option, no more. Parky for Drissell next week too I would suspect.

 

[SuperSub]

I told you last season, WE decide when your time is up

I didn’t get chance to follow yesterday too closely, but caught up when I could, it’s hugely frustrating losing that game but in every key moment our lads were found wanting. I know it’s only one game and we have two players to come in who the club will envisage being our starters - but it’s a concern that we were soundly beaten by what in truth is a bang average outfit. O’Neill aside, their bowling was as vanilla as ours - I’m not buying the hype around Tongue, his spell yesterday broke the game open, but for the first three and a half days he was shite.

I’m trying to work out which part of our game was worse, the batting or bowling, McKinney and Robinson surrendered pretty meekly twice, Gay with a pair, nothing needs to be added to that, Ackermann is the only player who can take any credit away from the game. There will be better days, it’s a long season, but worse teams than us will make the scabs look average this season. The vanilla bowling I’ve already alluded to needs help, I don’t think three frontline seamers is the way to go and with our batting depth I think perhaps Campbell needs to find a way to get a fourth seamer involved. Based on a small sample size, I think Rhodes needs to be utilised as the fifth seam option, no more. Parky for Drissell next week too I would suspect.

I'm minded to drop Drissell, go with the extra seamer (Doggett is available on Friday) and use Ackermann as the spin option. It's not ideal but it's the only way I can see how we can strengthen the bowling attack without dropping a batter. Our red ball spin department simply hasn't performed well enough since 2023 and with no genuine all rounder this year it's going to be tough to get the right balance in the side.

 

[Aidan11]

No post match interview from Campbell which is strange.

Is this a new club rule or is he only going to talk when we win?

 

[The Red Telephone]

No post match interview from Campbell which is strange.

Is this a new club rule or is he only going to talk when we win?

Was thinking this myself

 

[danthemanDCCC]

DURHAM CC 2025 STATS AFTER NOTTS DEFEAT (A):


Most Runs - Colin Ackermann - 240 (+240)
Most Balls Faced - Colin Ackermann - 426 (+426)
Most Minutes at Crease - Colin Ackermann - 565 (+565)
Highest Strike Rate - Alex Lees - 74 (+74)
Highest Average - Colin Ackermann - 120 (+120)
Most 50s - Alex Lees & Graham Clark - 1 (+1)
Most 100s - Colin Ackermann - 2 (+2)
Most 4’s - Colin Ackermann - 33 (+33)
Most 6’s - Graham Clark - 2 (+2)
Most Overs Bowled - Matty Potts - 41 (+41)
Most Maidens - Ben Raine - 7 (+7)
Most Runs Conceded - George Drissell - 150 (+150)
Most Wickets - Matty Potts - 5 (+5)
Most Dot Balls Bowled - Matty Potts - 190 (+190)
Most No Balls Bowled - Will Rhodes - 4 (+4)
Most 4s Conceded - Paul Coughlin - 22 (+22)
Most 6s Conceded - George Drissell - 3 (+3)
12 Wickets - 5 Catches (42%) - 2 Bowled (16%) - 5 LBW (42%) - 0 Stumpings (0%) - 0 Run Outs (0%)
Highest Partnership - 6th Wicket v Notts (A) - Ackermann* & Clark = 145
Most Runs In a Game - Colin Ackermann - 240 v Notts (A)
Points Gained - 5 (+5)
Point Deductions - 0 (+0)
Runs Scored - 667 (+667)
Avg 1st inns Score - 378 (+0)
Results - Won 0 - Drew 0 - Lost 1
Declarations - 0 (+0)
Most Catches - Emilio Gay - 2 (+2)
Extras For - 70 (+70)
Extras Against - 27 (+27)
Fastest 50 - Alex Lees - 60 Balls (Strike Rate = 83)
Fastest 100 - Colin Ackermann - 174 Balls (Strike Rate = 57)
Tosses - Won 0 - Lost 1 - No Toss - 0


MILESTONES

• Colin Ackermann is the 8th Durham batsman to hit 2 centuries in 1 game
• Colin Ackermann is the 2nd batsman to score a century on the 1st day of the County Championship while celebrating their birthday
• Colin Ackermann’s 27th and 28th FC Century
• Colin Ackermann’s 3rd and 4th Durham Century

 

[brandon]

• Colin Ackermann is the 2nd batsman to score a century on the 1st day of the County Championship while celebrating their birthday

What a mental stat