The Durham Dynamos continue on the road this week, travelling south to Essex to take on the Eagles in a crucial Yorkshire Bank 40 fixture at Chelmsford tomorrow.
Durham recorded an 8- wicket win over Scotland in a rain affected match last night to cement their place at the top of Pool B whilst the Eagles on the other hand slipped to third place after a loss to Hampshire (2nd place on 12 points) at the Ageas Bowl.
One-Day Captain Mark Stoneman found some good form with the bat against the Saltires with a knock of 54 from 49 andfellow opener Phil Mustard (30) was also handy with the bat whilst Paul Collingwood and Ben Stokes both took 2 wickets.
The match is a big one with just 2.75 points separating the teams who will both be hungry for maximum points. A win for the Dynamos would almost guarantee a semi-finals berth with matches against Derbyshire (Derby, 15th August) and Surrey (Emirates Durham ICG, August 26th) to come.
There is just the one change to the 13-man squad with paceman Jamie Harrison travelling down to Chelmsford after Graham Onions received a blow to the hand last night in the match against Scotland and has broken his finger, hopeful for a return against Surrey next week.
The match is a day/night fixture and will commence at 4.40pm. Fans can follow the action via Twitter- @DurhamCricket.
Durham vs Essex, Tuesday August 13th, Chelmsford
Mark Stoneman (c)
Phil Mustard
Scott Borthwick
Paul Collingwood
Will Smith
Ben Stokes
Gordon Muchall
Gareth Breese
Michael Richardson
Ryan Pringle
Mark Wood
Chris Rushworth
Jamie Harrison