Sam Conners

Durham Cricket announced the signing of rightarm seamer Sam Conners on a two-year deal in August 2024 – penning a two-year contract in Chester le Street.

The 26-year-old joined from Derbyshire and linked up with Ryan Campbell’s side ahead of the 2025 season, providing availability across all formats until at least the end of the 2026 season.

A right-arm seamer, Conners will bring further experience and depth to Durham’s red ball attack with 124 first-class wickets from 48 caps.

After breaking through Derbyshire’s Academy in 2019, Conners made his most substantial impact in 2022 when he took 50 County Championship wickets, including a career-best of 5-51 against Leicestershire, earning him an appearance for England Lions.

His national Lions call-up saw him feature against the South Africa men’s Test squad, with the rightarm quick claiming figures of 4-25 in the second innings at Canterbury. He was also part of the Lions squad for their training camp in the United Arab Emirates in November.

With a strong, repeatable action, and an appetite for bowling – and the capacity for taking wickets early in a spell – Conners has a fine future ahead of him as an opening bowler.

With the bat, he produced one of his best performances in 2020, scoring five not out in a last-wicket partnership of eighty with Leus du Plooy in the thrilling win against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

The seamer also claimed the best figures in both white ball formats in the 2022 season with a maiden List A five-for against Yorkshire and a T20 best of 3-25 against Birmingham Bears.