The openers have been locked in – now it’s time to choose the three batsmen to make up numbers three to five in our #EngAusXI!
Australian openers Michael Di Venuto & Mike Hussey were voted by you as the top two & chosen to open up for the combined XI.
Now it’s time to choose the rest of the specialist batsmen, with three places up for grabs & seven batsmen to select from.
Review the statistics of the nominations below & vote via the form at the bottom of the page. Voting closes next Thursday before the wicketkeeper spot goes up for grabs next week!
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Popular Australian David Boon joined Durham as captain in 1997 & called his retirement three seasons later as “the icing on the cake” after leading his side into the first division upon the impending introduction of a two-tier County Championship.
Re-energised by the new challenge at Durham, Boon’s side showed signs of improvement in his first two years. After extending for a further season, he gained promotion.
The right-hander surpassed 3,000 first-class runs in 50 matches & made a long-lasting impression on Durham’s members.
Scott Borthwick may have been selected for his sole England cap for his leg-spin bowling but his consistent performances with the bat for Durham perhaps deserved more international recognition.
The left-hander passed 1,000 first-class runs in four consecutive seasons, cementing the number three position in the Championship.
Borthwick managed twin hundreds against Lancashire in 2016 & racked up over 6,000 first-class runs before moving on to Surrey.
Is any all-time Durham XI complete without current captain & Club legend Paul Collingwood?
The 41-year-old has made more runs & scored more hundreds than anyone else at Durham, a record he will surely extend upon in the 2018 season after penning a new one-year deal.
Collingwood was the fifth-highest run-scorer in Specsavers County Championship Division Two last year, notching three hundreds in the process of yet another incredible season.
Durham’s first overseas signing after gaining first-class status, Dean Jones set an incredibly high standard for those who followed.
The Australian batsman’s availability was hampered by international against Sri Lanka but he set the majority of batting records – highest Championship score, first-class average & first-class score.
Jones’ achievements stacked up against the best in the country & he finished third in the first-class averages across all counties.
Durham’s overseas signing as a youngster in 2000, Simon Katich learned some of the skills that would see him go on to become a solid international player.
The left-hander scored his maiden hundred against Leicestershire & went on to make two more in passing the thousand-run mark.
He was slated to return for the 2001 but international call-ups scuppered his return.
Signed in 2001 after Simon Katich’s unavailability, fellow Australian Martin Love hit two fifties on first-class debut & went on to be an unqualified success for Durham.
Across three seasons Love posted over 2,700 first-class runs, breaking the highest individual first-class score twice – 251 against Middlesex at Lord’s in 2002 & 273 against Hampshire one year later.
Despite his regular run-scoring at first-class level in both England & Australia, Love could not hold down a regular position for his country.
One of the county’s finest servants, Gordon Muchall gained the respect of members & fellow players alike during his 14-year career at Emirates Riverside.
Awarded his county cap in 2005 & awarded a joint benefit year in 2014, Muchall’s best return came in 2004 when he notched 975 first-class runs.
He scored a career-best 219 against Kent at Canterbury in 2006 & retired last year, taking up a teaching post at Durham School.