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T20 Durham v Leicestershire/ Northants

I got home around 10.20 and have had to take a while to digest that game.
I wasn’t confident we could pass their score and decided to stay off here and just enjoy some excellent batting from Lees and Clark.
Brilliant performance and superb entertainment, well done lads.
 

The Red Telephone said:
As everyone knows on here I am usually totally nonplussed by Lees' captaincy but I always maintain he is one of our best ever signings when it comes to batting and that innings tonight ( supported by Clarky) was superb.
Long may it continue.

He's even worse than the previous clown on the mic....and that's saying something.
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It's hard to see him not going second behind Colly in all time run scorers for Durham in the CC. He could even go first if he played long enough and stayed at the level required.

A truly cracking batsman and a really good one day player too.

I just think for large chunks of his T20 career for us he's been too old school in how he plays. Which still gets runs but not at the rate you need from an opener. Who should be your most expansive players. I was very much up for swapping him and Robinson round to try and get the most out of their best attributes.

But in recent games it's like a switch has flipped for Lees and he's opened up his scoring arc to being pretty much 360 and it's been marvellous viewing.

P.s the new announcer a definite clown announcing the next man Ackermann aka Bedingham.
 
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Dorlonco said:
I've often thought in the past just one day it might all come together. Today was that day. At the interval I thought it would either go to the wire or, the more likely outcome, we would be all out for somewhere around 120. Can't really believe what I've just witnessed.
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Totally agree , but what a refreshing change. Great leadership from Lees
 
Anyone else think at the end of their innings there was nee chance....
Bossworld said:
Anyone who posted something negative can lay claim to tempting fate and securing this superb batting response. Well that's what I'm saying
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Thank you
Tongey said:
Brilliant batting performance tonight. Bowling was poor at times but after watching us bat it was clearly a decent wicket.

Lees played proper shots. He's a top order batsman in CC and 1 Day cricket so just needs to stick to his normal game of playing cricket shots as opposed to trying to do daft sweeps and ramps constantly. He's big and powerful to hit through the ball.

Clark great as well, very decent knock as he's has starts but not kicked on as much as we'd hope this year.

Bedingham with the best forward defensive I'll likely ever see in T20 :lol:
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Ticket Information: Durham v Hampshire Hawks​

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Durham Cricket will host their first T20 quarter final in seven years and members and season ticket holders can guarantee a ticket from Monday at 10am.
A bumper north east crowd is expected to get behind Durham as they take on Hampshire Hawks on Friday 5th June at 6:30pm as Durham will look to make Vitality Blast Finals day for just the third time.
Members and T20 season ticket holders can take advantage of reduced prices from Monday at 10am with adult tickets just £15 and children just £5.
An Early Bird window will run from Wednesday 23 July until Monday 4 August for none members with tickets available for adults at £20 and £5 children.
Following the Early Bird window, advanced tickets can then be purchased for £25 with tickets rising to £30 on the gate on the night.
After finishing in 2nd place in the North Group, Durham will face Hampshire Hawks on Friday September 5th who finished in 3rd place of the South Group behind Surrey and the Somerset.
It’s only Durham’s third home quarter-final in history after they took on Sussex Sharks in 2017 in Chester le Street and will also be the first time Durham take on Hampshire in a T20 match.
To book tickets visit the Box Office in person between 10am-4pm (Monday-Friday), click here or call 0191 387 17 17.
Hospitality tickets can also be purchased via our premium setting partner Seat Unique.
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Can't afford to do time travelling so I'm not going. FFS can the Club not get ANYTHING right. From the gadgie on the mic tonight. Northants won the toss and are batting. I was confused when a team wearing yellow and blue came out. The new batter (FFS) is Colin Ackerman. No it's David Beddingham. I have no idea how this club hosts international cricket given they cannot get anything remotely right at local level.
 
My first post on here, felt compelled to join in after watching that display last night. I have known Leesy for years and he is a great lad. I last chatted to him a few weeks ago and he talked about changing his T20 batting approach, we have reaped the benefits fully of that change in this game. As for his role as a captain, he is there for two reasons, his presence and his knowledge. He has often been constrained by bowling options, which dictates a lot of choices on that front. He doesnt always do the obvious thing but he does do things as a captain for a reason. He is a good leader, end of, people who don't get that are missing the point.

We are lucky that his face didn't fit at England, he was never really given the chance to settle and has done more than enough to get a recall in place of Crawley. Were he any other nationality he would be a test regular. Perhaps something to thank the old school tie mob for?
 
Re your second paragraph, I was listening to TMS a few weeks ago when the situation re the openers was discussed. His name and current form were mentioned as a serious contender, and he would be a big miss for the county team if he was picked for England.
 
Woodman Boy said:
Re your second paragraph, I was listening to TMS a few weeks ago when the situation re the openers was discussed. His name and current form were mentioned as a serious contender, and he would be a big miss for the county team if he was picked for England.
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I pay 0% attention to the 16.4 so genuinely have no idea if he's been signed up by one of the crisp franchises or not but imagine after a knock like that he soon will be.
 
The Red Telephone said:
A bumper north east crowd is expected to get behind Durham as they take on Hampshire Hawks on Friday 5th June at 6:30pm as Durham will look to make Vitality Blast Finals day for just the third time.
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Have the club purchased a time machine?
Woodman Boy said:
Re your second paragraph, I was listening to TMS a few weeks ago when the situation re the openers was discussed. His name and current form were mentioned as a serious contender, and he would be a big miss for the county team if he was picked for England.
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I’d eat my hat if they dropped Crawley.
 
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Dorlonco said:
Can't afford to do time travelling so I'm not going. FFS can the Club not get ANYTHING right. From the gadgie on the mic tonight. Northants won the toss and are batting. I was confused when a team wearing yellow and blue came out. The new batter (FFS) is Colin Ackerman. No it's David Beddingham. I have no idea how this club hosts international cricket given they cannot get anything remotely right at local level.
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"Opening the bowling is Matthew Potts"..... No it was Codi.
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Gordon Muchall on comms. @GordonMuchallNo1Fan
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Yeah our lass told me, she said he was over the moon. Durham legend.
 
Durham Cricket Stats after a Successful T20 Blast 2025 Group Stage:

Most Runs

Alex Lees​
405​
Graham Clark​
400​
Colin Ackermann​
288​
Will Rhodes​
288​
Ollie Robinson​
240​
Jimmy Neesham​
210​

Highest Strike Rate ( Minimum 50 Balls Faced )

Graham Clark​
155.6​
Jimmy Neesham​
145.8​
Alex Lees​
142.6​
Kasey Aldridge​
141.5​
Colin Ackermann​
139.1​
Ollie Robinson​
130.4​

Highest Averages ( Minimum 50 Balls Faced )

Will Rhodes​
72​
Alex Lees​
33.8​
Graham Clark​
33.3​
Jimmy Neesham​
26.2​
Colin Ackermann​
24​
Ollie Robinson​
24​

Most Boundaries

Name​
Boundaries​
Fours​
Sixes​
Graham Clark​
61​
42​
19​
Alex Lees​
55​
43​
12​
Colin Ackermann​
32​
22​
10​
Will Rhodes​
32​
26​
6​
Ollie Robinson​
32​
30​
2​

Most Wickets

Jimmy Neesham​
20​
Ben Raine​
16​
Callum Parkinson​
16​
Nathan Sowter​
14​
Matty Potts​
14​

Best Economy Rate

Ben Raine​
7.54​
Zak Foulkes​
7.61​
Nathan Sowter​
7.65​
Callum Parkinson​
8.02​
Matty Potts​
8.04​

Dismissals

Caught​
66​
67%​
Bowled​
17​
17%​
LBW​
11​
11%​
Run Out​
3​
3%​
Struck​
2​
2%​

Highest Partnerships

Alex Lees* & Graham Clark​
181​
1st Wicket​
Kasey Aldridge* & Will Rhodes​
91​
7th Wicket​
Ollie Robinson* & Colin Ackermann​
84​
3rd Wicket​
Will Rhodes* & Colin Ackermann​
73​
5th Wicket​
Colin Ackermann* & Ollie Robinson​
68​
4th Wicket​
Colin Ackermann* & Alex Lees​
65​
2nd Wicket​

Most Catches

Kasey Aldridge​
10​
Alex Lees​
8​
Matty Potts​
7​
Will Rhodes​
6​
Ollie Robinson​
6​
 
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