Durham Pre-Season 2026

[Aidan11]

We dont know yet where of if they are off on a pre season tour yet but in the meantime pre-season training has begun.

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[score-board]

Ash mentioned it today, Abu Dhabi in March

 

[Cornsay62]

We dont know yet where of if they are off on a pre season tour yet but in the meantime pre-season training has begun.

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Could be said that most players started preseason training last August time

 

[Aidan11]

Ash mentioned it today, Abu Dhabi in March

I wonder if this is all expenses paid courtesy of Bostock's Saudi friends.

 

[The Breen Machine]

Makes total sense to go somewhere like Abu Dhabi to prepare us for CLS conditions in the first week of April.

 

[Aidan11]

I wonder if any other counties are going out there at the same time.

Arranging a couple of games with them would make sense.

 

[Cornsay62]

I wonder if any other counties are going out there at the same time.

Arranging a couple of games with them would make sense.

The Red Telephone is an advocate of climatisation during early and preseason games.Swears by Eastwood Gardens

 

[The Red Telephone]

The Red Telephone is an advocate of climatisation during early and preseason games.Swears by Eastwood Gardens

The Riverside on Good Friday April 3 will be positively tropical compared to that place in May 1994

 

[Aidan11]

The training images released yesterday shows them humping heavy sacks up to the Penshaw monument.

No wonder we have a lot of injuries. That might be ideal for the armed forces but not for cricketers.

 

[Cornsay62]

The training images released yesterday shows them humping heavy sacks up to the Penshaw monument.

No wonder we have a lot of injuries. That might be ideal for the armed forces but not for cricketers.

2 weeks at Crimdon Dene would sort them out

 

[Parkside]

The training images released yesterday shows them humping heavy sacks up to the Penshaw monument.

No wonder we have a lot of injuries. That might be ideal for the armed forces but not for cricketers.

Yeh,imagine the reaction of the likes of Both,Ned or Harmi if they were asked to do that.

 

[Cornsay62]

Yeh,imagine the reaction of the likes of Both,Ned or Harmi if they were asked to do that.

Blackwell and Morris would've struggled as well .

 

[Parkside]

Blackwell and Morris would've struggled as well .

With Captain Lees leading from the front

 

[The Red Telephone]

Blackwell and Morris would've struggled as well .

Imagine DLG from the Ch le St team of the 70s doing that!

 

[Parkside]

Imagine DLG from the Ch le St team of the 70s doing that!

Ken Flynn was game for it-he's about to reach the summit anytime now.

 

[The Red Telephone]

Ken Flynn was game for it-he's about to reach the summit anytime now.

Practising his forward defensive all the way.

 

[Parkside]

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Clearly the relegation was solely the players fault - nothing to do with management addressing pre-season the glaring weakness in our bowling strength. I wonder how this is going to affect playing staff morale.Noticeable no announcements of captaincy positions as yet.​

Excerpt from Cricketer newsletter​

"I haven't slept since" - Ryan Campbell reflects on Durham's final-day capitulation​

OSCAR RESS: For the club's head coach, the aftermath of relegation has included sleepless nights, a whiteboard of thoughts, not going on holiday and the rollout of a more strenuous winter training programme

 

[Aidan11]

That explains why our players are doing jankers.

 

[Parkside]

That explains why our players are doing jankers.

Whilst North and Bostock are cosying up to the Saudis.

 

[Cornsay62]

Did the players take a sledge with them Not even the Toy Dolls carried their kit up for the Nelly the Elephant video