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Durham County Cricket Club

CartyDurham

CartyDurham

International Captain
Durham have signed South African fast bowler Codi Yusuf in a bid to navigate a spate of injuries among their seamers at the start of their Rothesay County Championship campaign. Jake Ball, Somerset's former England quick, and Jack Blatherwick, from Lancashire, will also join on short-term loans.




Durham are currently without Brydon Carse, Sam Conners, Paul Coughlin, Daniel Hogg, Luke Robinson, Stanley McAlindon and James Minto, and suffered a further setback when prolific Proteas batter David Bedinghamsuffered a fractured toe against Warwickshire in the second round.



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It is understood Bedingham's injury is not as bad as first feared, with Durham optimistic he will be available for their match against Hampshire at the start of May, ahead of South Africa's appearance in the World Test Championship final against Australia in June. Bedingham's absence for the time being opens up an overseas slot alongside Australian seamer Brendan Doggett, which Yusuf will now fill.




Yusuf, a 27-year old right-armer, joins for six rounds of the Championship, starting with Friday's trip to Worcestershire, and will also be available for the group stages of the Vitality Blast. He has yet to be capped by South Africa, but represented the A side over the winter, taking five wickets in their victory over England Lions in December.




Since debuting in 2019, Yusuf has taken 88 first-class wickets at 29.14, and arrives at Chester-le-Street off the back his most productive home summer to date, with 26 dismissals in seven matches for Lions. He has also taken 36 T20 wickets at 29.66, and has turned out for Paarl Royals in the SA20.




Durham's director of cricket, Marcus North, said: "Codi joins us on the back of a successful domestic season in South Africa and will strengthen our bowling attack over the coming months.




"With a number of our seam bowlers not available due to injury it was important we acted quickly, and we have done that with the addition of Codi Yusuf. We look forward to welcoming Codi to Durham and watching him play a key part on the field in the coming weeks."




Yusuf added: "I just want to thank Durham for giving me the opportunity to be part of their team for this season. It's been a dream to play county cricket for me, so I find it extremely special to be part of Durham.




"I know there are some special players in the changing room as well so I'm immensely excited to meet the players and be part of what looks like a very great environment."




Ball and Blatherwick, meanwhile, will be available for Durham during the next two rounds of the County Championship. Neither has played first-team cricket so far this season. "Going into the loan market was critical for us managing our injuries and current workloads of our bowlers," North said.

That’s a write up on the new loan players and Yusuf is staying for the T20 group stage
 
brandon

brandon

U19 Cricketer
RAINEY!!!

Again, I think the hosts could feel a little hard done by with that decision. Half a chance it’s hit him outside the line but it was a half arsed push forward to a ball that was undoubtedly crashing into the stumps. Plus, Raine has had him on toast for the last three overs.

134-7, huge chance to get them for sub 180 here.
 
brandon

brandon

U19 Cricketer
CartyDurham said:
Durham have signed South African fast bowler Codi Yusuf in a bid to navigate a spate of injuries among their seamers at the start of their Rothesay County Championship campaign. Jake Ball, Somerset's former England quick, and Jack Blatherwick, from Lancashire, will also join on short-term loans.




Durham are currently without Brydon Carse, Sam Conners, Paul Coughlin, Daniel Hogg, Luke Robinson, Stanley McAlindon and James Minto, and suffered a further setback when prolific Proteas batter David Bedinghamsuffered a fractured toe against Warwickshire in the second round.



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It is understood Bedingham's injury is not as bad as first feared, with Durham optimistic he will be available for their match against Hampshire at the start of May, ahead of South Africa's appearance in the World Test Championship final against Australia in June. Bedingham's absence for the time being opens up an overseas slot alongside Australian seamer Brendan Doggett, which Yusuf will now fill.




Yusuf, a 27-year old right-armer, joins for six rounds of the Championship, starting with Friday's trip to Worcestershire, and will also be available for the group stages of the Vitality Blast. He has yet to be capped by South Africa, but represented the A side over the winter, taking five wickets in their victory over England Lions in December.




Since debuting in 2019, Yusuf has taken 88 first-class wickets at 29.14, and arrives at Chester-le-Street off the back his most productive home summer to date, with 26 dismissals in seven matches for Lions. He has also taken 36 T20 wickets at 29.66, and has turned out for Paarl Royals in the SA20.




Durham's director of cricket, Marcus North, said: "Codi joins us on the back of a successful domestic season in South Africa and will strengthen our bowling attack over the coming months.




"With a number of our seam bowlers not available due to injury it was important we acted quickly, and we have done that with the addition of Codi Yusuf. We look forward to welcoming Codi to Durham and watching him play a key part on the field in the coming weeks."




Yusuf added: "I just want to thank Durham for giving me the opportunity to be part of their team for this season. It's been a dream to play county cricket for me, so I find it extremely special to be part of Durham.




"I know there are some special players in the changing room as well so I'm immensely excited to meet the players and be part of what looks like a very great environment."




Ball and Blatherwick, meanwhile, will be available for Durham during the next two rounds of the County Championship. Neither has played first-team cricket so far this season. "Going into the loan market was critical for us managing our injuries and current workloads of our bowlers," North said.

That’s a write up on the new loan players and Yusuf is staying for the T20 group stage
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Has the Bot hacked your account? 🤔
 
brandon

brandon

U19 Cricketer
It’s doing absolutely alsorts here mind. It did a bit first session and with the new ball, but the last hour or so has been mental.

Really impressed with how our lads have bowled, especially the new lads given how much preparation they won’t have had… BUT, I’m starting to think this pitch could be substandard. Might be that our usual style of being aggressive is the best policy when it comes to our lads having a bat.
 
CartyDurham

CartyDurham

International Captain
brandon said:
It’s doing absolutely alsorts here mind. It did a bit first session and with the new ball, but the last hour or so has been mental.

Really impressed with how our lads have bowled, especially the new lads given how much preparation they won’t have had… BUT, I’m starting to think this pitch could be substandard. Might be that our usual style of being aggressive is the best policy when it comes to our lads having a bat.
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Hopefully we finish this off for under 200 and then bat through to a 100 lead

weather is set fine for the next few days down there
 
brandon

brandon

U19 Cricketer
RAINE HAS MADE WAY FOR A LITTLE LIGHT DRISSELL BEFORE TEA!!!

Taylor lbw b Drissell 0

Worcestershire 142-8 off the last ball of the afternoon session.
 
CartyDurham

CartyDurham

International Captain
I subscribe to a email from Simon Hughes (for free what else?)and he was discussing the possibility of bringing DRS into County Cricket

his points was that with all the few streams going to bring in a Drs company to sponsor the installation into the grounds

he argues also that they would get world wide advertising for the company with a lot of streams being followed in India and elsewhere

If I had a say , it’s long overdue to bring DRS to the county game especially in the first division

and it’s 142 for 8
 
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CartyDurham

CartyDurham

International Captain
Aidan11 said:
I hope we find it easier when we bat.

Still think Killeen should have got a game.
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Interesting shout. If we had won before this one , he may well have got a run out

these two loan signings have more experience and we really needed that with all the players injured
 
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