With pre-season soon to be underway many of the Durham squad are spending their winter in sunnier climates playing overseas.
A regular feature on the Durham website throughout the winter will be recapping how the Durham players get on.
Haydon Mustard notched a pair of half-centuries over the weekend for Newcastle City, recording back-to-back victories. The 21-year-old’s 52 at the top of the order got the batting side off to a solid start against Hamilton-Whickham, coming from 94 balls with five fours. The hosts defended their total of 242/8 by 17 runs to pick up their third successive victory in the 1st grade competition.
Mustard backed this up with 86 off 44 balls as he captained the Newcastle City Under-21 side to a crushing T20 victory over Toronto Workers. Striking seven fours and six sixes, the wicket-keeper batter led the side to 218/4, taking victory by 137 runs. This continued Haydon’s fine run with the bat, having scored 66 and 44 in the two previous One Day Cup rounds.
Daniel Hogg impressed with both bat and ball in a dominant two-day victory for Swanbourne over Granex Trade Whitfords. Batting first, Hogg added rapid middle-order runs with an unbeaten 66 from just 21 balls including seven sixes as his side declared on 351/8. Hogg then removed four of the top five batters, claiming figures of 4/3 with two stunning catches as Swanbourne dismissed their opponents for 103 winning by 248 runs.
South Perth asserted their dominance over Perth with an 81-run T20 victory as Abi Glen made 43. Glen’s 43 came from 36 balls featuring five boundaries as South Perth made 166/5 before bowling the visitors out for 85.
Four wickets for Colin Ackermann saw Colin Ackermann claim Player of the Match as The Netherlands grabbed a seven-wicket victory over Oman in Dubai. Ackermann took the best figures of 4/23 in his 10 overs as he led the way for the Dutch, bowling out Oman for 182 inside 50 overs. Cedric de Lange (79) and Zach Lion-Cachet (68) then got the KNCB side comfortably home with 14 overs to spare.
David Bedingham was part of the South Africa side to claim a thrilling 2-1 Test series win over Australia. Bedingham began the series with scores of 49 and 46 in the opening Test while he added a half-century in the series clinching victory in Cape Town.