Marcus North

Marcus North returned to Durham in October 2018 as the club’s Director of Cricket, replacing the well-respected Geoff Cook.

A former player of the club, North took on the role at Durham Cricket, having been Chief Executive at North East Premier League Club South Northumberland. North led on the staging of Durham’s Royal London Cup games at Roseworth Terrace.

Born in Australia, he appeared for his country in 21 Tests and two one day internationals and captained Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield before going onto lead out Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League.

His county cricket career extended to a further five counties, scoring nine County Championship hundreds at an average of nearly 40.