Durham will be looking to make it back-to-backs wins in the LV=Insurance County Championship when they host Sussex on Tuesday [10:30am] at Seat Unique Riverside.
Thursday’s 7 wicket win over Leicestershire saw Durham secure their second win of the County Championship season and will hoping for another match winning team performance in round 13.
An unchanged 13 has been named from the side that beat Leicestershire at the Uptonsteel County Ground last week.
Alex Lees is unavailable for selection having sustained a finger injury while batting for England in the third Test against South Africa at the Oval, while Chris Rushworth will miss the final stage of the season with a side strain.
Durham remain in 6th spot in the Division 2 table with 158 points, while Sussex are one spot below Durham on 115 points having picked up 1 victory this campaign.
Squad v Sussex (20-23 September)
David Bedingham, Scott Borthwick*, Jonathan Bushnell, Paul Coughlin, Sean Dickson, George Drissell, Oliver Gibson, Michael Jones, Tom Mackintosh, Nic Maddinson, Matthew Potts, Ben Raine, Liam Trevaskis
Words from Matthew Potts
It was good to get a win on the board against Leicestershire after the way the season has gone and hopefully it will kick-start us to finish the season well in the last two games. Winning opportunities have been few and far between for us this year, but it is almost hard to get a result on some of the pitches we’ve had, especially the way the balls have been and the pitches together. That combination has been hard and we haven’t been able to break teams down and take 20 wickets every game.Fortunately, this was one where we were able to get 20 wickets and get over the line. The balls have been better the last couple of weeks. This one consistently swung and stayed hard and you always felt in the game as a bowler.
It is always nice to take a few wickets and to notch a new career best, but it is all about the goal of the team and me putting in a performance helps the team achieve that.I actually felt a bit rusty at the start if I’m honest, lacking a little bit of game time. My first spell on Monday was all over the shop by my standards but I kind of grew into it as the game progressed.
The Opposition
Coach: Ian Salisbury
Captain: Tom Haines
Last year’s performance: 6th (Division 3)
2021 leading run scorer: Tom Haines (1176, 47.04)
2021 leading wicket taker: Jack Carson (37, 36.10)
Overseas player: Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan)
Key player: Tom Haines – Sussex captain and their leading run scorer in 2021, Tom Haines could have received an England Lions call up for their tour of Australia over the winter. He became the first batsmen to score 1,000 LV= Insurance County Championship runs in 2021 and has started the summer of in the same manner as he already has 393 runs from three games.
Under the radar: Tom Clark is another successful product of the Sussex production line and with an impressive start to his First-class career, he is one of the players who will be one watch to watch this summer. The 21-year-old scored his maiden First-Class century against Nottinghamshire to kick off the 2022 season, and will be looking for more of the same throughout the summer.
Young potential: 21 year-old Ali Orr has so far proven he will be one to watch for the future having impressed for Sussex so far. In seven Championship matches in 2021 Ali scored over 500 runs at an average of nearly 40, including four fifties and a maiden first-class century against Kent in just his third appearance.
Match Centre
The Club’s match centre will be in operation for the fixture with live scorecards, statistics & video highlights as they happen. You can watch the game live via Durham’s match centre and Durham Cricket YouTube channel.