James Franklin has named a 13-man squad for Durham Cricket’s away fixture against Worcestershire in the Specsavers County Championship, which starts tomorrow (Tuesday, May 14).
Durham will be aiming to earn a positive result at New Road after losing their first two CC fixtures against Derbyshire away and Sussex at Emirates Riverside.
Pace-bowler Chris Rushworth has been named in the squad following a positive recovery from a side strain that saw him miss out on Durham’s entire Royal London One Day Cup campaign.
Mark Wood has now joined up for the England squad ahead of the World Cup and is therefore unavailable for selection.
“Rushy has had a little bit of a niggle with his calf so we’re trying to get his fitness levels back up,” Franklin said.
“Hopefully he can tick all the boxes in training and be available for us against Worcestershire because his pedigree in the Championship is unquestionable.”
Franklin added: “If we don’t see him then everything is going well for Mark and we’re hoping that it all goes well for him with England.
“He’s obviously got big couple of months coming up in the World Cup and then hopefully following on after that he’ll be part of England’s Ashes team against Australia.
“Hopefully we won’t see him again until the end of season awards dinner.”
Squad
Lees, C.Steel, Bancroft (c), Raine, Salisbury, Trevaskis, Harte, Weighell, Clark, Burnham, Rushworth, Potts, Eckersley (wk).
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