Derby Day is on the horizon as the Jets prepare to welcome Yorkshire Vikings onto their home turf for the latest round of #Blast17 fixtures.
Friday, August 4 will see the latest instalment between the sides following Yorkshire’s victory at Headingley last week, avenging last year’s semi-final defeat at Edgbaston.
Here we look at some of the key statistics between the sides from a number of memorable clashes through the T20 years.
43% – Durham’s win rate against Yorkshire in the Twenty20 format. The Jets have won 12 of 28 contests, with the Vikings leading on 14 after Wednesday’s win. There has been one thrilling tie, one no result & an abandonment.
2007 – A win for the visitors would make it two consecutive wins against Durham for the first time in ten years.
Four – The Vikings’ current winless streak on the road, with a tie & three defeats including a high-scoring reverse to Notts Outlaws last time out.
102* – Jonny Bairstow’s score at Emirates Riverside in 2014, still the only T20 century to be scored on the ground. It came off 58 balls with no fewer than 14 boundaries.
4/25 – The best analysis in history for a Durham bowler against Yorkshire; Mark Wood’s pulsating spell that decimated the Vikings’ middle order in last year’s semi-final. One of the finest spells of bowling ever seen at Finals Day.
55 – Winning margin of the first T20 match between the sides, won by Yorkshire at Headingley in 2003. The hosts scored 198 courtesy of half-centuries from Stephen Fleming & recently-retired Michael Lumb, with Martin Love (51) top-scoring in the reply.
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