We need to get the basics right to stand a chance - View from the Lumley End

1:27pm Friday 5th September 2008

WHEN Durham look back on their season, it may well be this week they point to as to when it all went wrong.

First it giveth - View from the Lumley End

4:17pm Friday 29th August 2008

WITH one hand the great cricketing gods giveth, with the other they taketh away.

Blame it on the weatherman - View from the Lumley End

12:09pm Friday 22nd August 2008

FOR all it infuriates us, there's something peculiarly English which is proud of the way in which the weather influences cricket.

We've got to take risks - View from the Lumley End

2:45pm Friday 8th August 2008

AND breathe out.

Durham make finals day - at last

9:39am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

DURHAM last night recovered from the shock of quickly losing the four international stars at the top of their order to romp into the Twenty20 finals day at Hampshire's Rose Bowl ground on Saturday.

Another fine mess for the ECB - View from the Lumley End

2:31pm Friday 18th July 2008

GLAMORGAN it is then.

Comedy of errors - View from the Lumley End

3:42pm Friday 11th July 2008

UPON completing the column last week, I considered how this week's would write itself, what with the thrills and spills of the FPT semi-final and the Twenty20 quarter-final.

How long will it last? - View from the Lumley End

3:46pm Friday 4th July 2008

IN ADDITION to watching Durham and pontificating about it to anyone who dares read this column, I spend my winter enjoying the delights of Sunderland AFC.

All these initials, it's just OTT - View from the Lumley End

12:07pm Friday 27th June 2008

AT THE time of writing, Durham are all but assured a place in the Twenty20 quarter finals and the prospect of being involved in the much-vaunted Champions League looking like a weird possibility, much like Millwall's jaunt into Europe in 2004.

Twenty20 has been a shock to the system - View from the Lumley End

2:06pm Friday 20th June 2008

IN all sports, there are fans who go to extreme lengths to see every game in which their team plays, and more often than not, developing a sickeningly elitist attitude towards those who cannot reach their level of commitment.

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