Durham County Cricket Club
| Durham County Cricket Club | |
|---|---|
| One-day name | Durham Jets |
| founded | 1882 |
| Home stadium | Riverside Ground |
| capacity | 15,000 |
| Championship wins | 3 |
| One Day Cup victories | FP Trophy : 1 National League : 0 B&H Cup : 0 ECB 40 : 0 RL Cup : 1 |
| T20 Cup victories | 0 |
| website | http://www.durhamccc.co.uk |
| As of September 18, 2016 | |
The Durham County Cricket Club represents the traditional county Durham in the national championships in English cricket .
history
The beginning as Minor County
Games by teams named Durham have been documented since the mid-19th century. The county club was founded in May 1882. The first game was played against Northumberland on June 12, 1882 and won with four wickets. With the introduction of the Minor Counties Cricket Championship in 1895, they took part in it and were immediately successful. They had to share the first title in 1895 with Norfolk and Worcestershire . The same thing happened in 1900 when the title was shared with Glamorgan and Northamptonshire . The following year they won the title as the sole team. The next title was not achieved until after the First World War in 1926 and could be repeated in 1930. As a result, the second representatives of the first-class counties dominated the minor championship and so it took until 1976 before the next title could be won. In 1973 they had a sensational surprise in one-day cricket , when Durham was the first minor county to beat Middlesex in the 1976 Gillette Cup . After 1976, they dominated the minor championship at will when they suffered no defeat between 1976 and 1982. In 1981 and 1982 this performance was enough to win championships again and in 1984 the ninth championship was won. Only Buckinghamshire had won as many by the late 1980s. With this argument they tried to apply for promotion from 1989, because in the past good players like George Sharp , Colin Milburn and Bob Willis had to leave Durham in order to play in the highest cricket class.
Promotion to First Class County
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On December 6, 1991, the application was granted and Durham was declared First-Class County, the first promotion of a team since Glamorgan took the step in 1921. The association hoped to bring new momentum to the County Championship and the number of 18 first-class teams was easier to divide in tournaments. They also wanted to open new markets in the north-east of England and thus motivated Durham to build a new modern stadium, the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street . For Durham, this new building initially meant that no stadium was available to them in the first few years in the top division. Therefore, they toured with their team through various venues in the county until the Riverside Ground was playable from 1995. The team leadership brought new players to the northeast of England to better survive the transition from minor county to first-class county. For example, Ian Botham and Dean Jones came along, but many of these players were at the end of their careers and the results were initially unconvincing. In the first six seasons they placed in the last three of the championship, in 1992 , 1993 and 1995 even as bottom of the table. 1999 they managed an eighth place, but the same placement a year later meant relegation in the now two-division County Championship. However, new talents could mature in the team. In 2006 three of their teammates, Steve Harmison , Paul Collingwood and Liam Plunkett made the leap into the English national team . You also rose again to the first division. They won their first title in 2007 when they beat Hampshire with 125 runs in the final of the Friends Provident Trophy . Inspired by this, they managed to win the 2008 under captain Dale Benkenstein the following year . They also made it to the semi-finals in the Twenty20 Cup in 2008 . Under the new captain Will Smith , they succeeded in repeating winning the first-class championship the following year . Durham remained in the first division and was able to win the County Championship for the third time in 2013, now under captain Paul Collingwood . The following year they stood in the final of the Royal London One-Day Cup and won there against Warwickshire with three wickets. In 2016 they reached another final in the Twenty20 Cup , but lost there with four wickets against Northamptonshire. At the end of the 2016 season, Durham was forced to accept financial aid from the ECB . As a consequence, Durham was forced to relegate to the County Championship, as well as point deductions in all three competitions for the 2017 season.
Stadion
The club's home ground is the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street .
successes
County cricket
Winning the County Championship (3): 2008 , 2009 , 2013
One-day cricket
Gilette / NatWest / C & G Trophy / FP Trophy (1963-2009) (1): 2007
Sunday / National / Pro40 League (1969–2009) (0): -
Benson & Hedges Cup (1972-2002) (0): -
ECB 40 / Clydesdale Bank / Yorkshire Bank 40 (2010-2013) (0): -
Royal London One-Day Cup (2014-present) (1): 2014
Twenty20
Twenty20 Cup / Friends Life t20 / NatWest t20 Blast (0): -
statistics
Runs
Most of the first-class cricket runs were scored by the following players:
| player | Playing times | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Collingwood | 1996 – today | 10,596 |
Wickets
Most of the wickets in first-class cricket were scored by the following players:
| player | Playing times | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Brown | 1992-2002 | 518 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Other matches Played by Durham (Pre Country Club) ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e f Tom Collins: A brief history of Durham ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ Durham v Northumberland in 1882 ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ a b c Club History ( English ) DCCC. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ Graeme Wright: Notes by the Editor ( English ) Cricinfo. 1991. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ Vic Marks: Au revoir Chester-le-Street: why England may not return to their Test fortress ( English ) Guardian. May 31, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ^ Scyld Berry: Empowering Durham with first-class status resulted in three England stars - where next can cricket expand to? ( English ) Telegraph. September 19, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ Ged Scott: One-Day Cup final: Durham beat Warwickshire at Lord's ( English ) Cricinfo. September 14, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ ECB and Durham agree financial package ( English ) ECB. October 3, 2016. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ↑ Most runs for Durham ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Most wickets for Yorkshire ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
