Neil Killeen has named a 14-player squad for Durham’s third game in the Royal London Cup on Wednesday against Somerset.
Durham head to Taunton still in search of their first win this year’s one day cup competition and face a Somerset side who are also winless in both of their opening two games.
Sean Dickson and Paul Coughlin are welcome additions to the squad with both having passed fitness tests and are now available for selection, with both having played for their clubs in the North East Premier League last Saturday.
Alex Lees has now joined up with the England squad for their Test series against South Africa, with Michael Jones is also on international duty as Scotland take on the UAE and America in a Tri-Series at Mannofield, Aberdeen for the World Cup qualifiers.
Squad v Somerset (10 August)
Scott Borthwick, Paul Coughlin, Graham Clark, Luke Doneathy, Sean Dickson, George Drissell, Oliver Gibson, Mitchell Killeen, Alex Lees, Tom Mackintosh, Nic Maddinson, Stanley McAlindon, Chris Rushworth, Liam Trevaskis
Words from Scott Borthwick
It was a disappointing day [against Middlesex] , but to take the positives we were slightly better than we were at South Northumberland against Surrey. It was the two powerplays that hurt us, losing wickets when we were batting and not quite getting it right with the ball, it has cost us the game. It looked a good pitch to bat on and it looked like it was going to get slower as the game progressed. I think we made the right decision at the toss, but we didn’t get it right in the middle. You’re always playing catch-up after losing three wickets in the first 10 overs. After building partnerships, we lost wickets at the wrong times. We were 30 to 40 runs short with the bat. From that point onwards we needed early wickets, but they got off to a flier and could then chase it down at four runs per over. It’s tough, but we’ve got a young squad and as long as we’re learning from these defeats we can try to improve.
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 Somerset Cricket YouTube channel. Please note there will be no BBC commentary on the live stream for this fixture.