Tim Wellock

Durham clinched promotion in the Norwich Union League when they beat Worcestershire by nine runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method at Chester-le-Street

Stubborn batting by Steve Rhodes and Chris Liptrot denied Durham a championship double at Chester-le-Street

Graeme Hick's 200 not out against Durham at Chester-le-Street saw him become the first batsman to score Championship centuries home and away against all other 17 first-class counties

Durham's Paul Collingwood and Worcestershire's Phil Weston both passed 1,000 first-class runs for the season at Chester-le-Street

Durham captain Jon Lewis was three short of his second century of the season when his side closed the first day on 215 for two against Worcestershire at Chester-le-Street

Durham's hopes of promotion in the Norwich Union League suffered a big setback when they lost by three wickets to Essex at Chester-le-Street today

Hampshire moved back into second place in Division Two of the CricInfo Championship when they reached a target of 214 in 53 overs with seven wickets and one over to spare against Durham at Chester-le-Street

Durham recovered from the shock of losing three quick wickets to Hampshire seamer Alex Morris to end a truncated third day on 87 for four, 98 ahead, at Chester-le-Street

Durham's 20-year-old left-arm spinner Graeme Bridge bowled unchanged for 35.1 overs to take six for 84 and leave the match against Hampshire at Chester-le-Street finely balanced after two days

Danny Law's maiden Championship century dragged Durham out of the mire against Hampshire at Chester-le-Street today

Durham went to the top of the Norwich Union League second division when they beat third-placed Hampshire by 17-runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method at Chester-le-Street tonight

Durham wicketkeeper Andrew Pratt made a career-best score for the second time in three days when he thrashed 86 off 72 balls in the Norwich Union League second division victory against Derbyshire at Chester-le-Street

Tasmania duo Michael Di Venuto and Chris Bassano swept Derbyshire to their first Championship victory for a year when they beat Durham by six wickets at Chester-le-Street

Derbyshire's Graeme Welch and Durham's James Brinkley both improved their career-best figures for the second time this season as 24 wickets fell in the day at Chester-le-Street

Any hope of play was abandoned at 1pm on the first day of Durham's match against Derbyshire at Chester-le-Street following 24 hours of heavy rain

Durham moved level on points with Worcestershire at the top of the Norwich Union League second division when they beat Sussex by seven wickets at Chester-le-Street

Sussex had 5.5 overs to spare when they beat Durham by 133 runs at Chester-le-Street to go top of division two after winning five of their last six games

After a day of mixed fortunes Sussex skipper Chris Adams faces a tough decision over when to declare against Durham at Chester-le-Street

Paceman Stephen Harmison and skipper Jon Lewis kept Durham afloat in a high-scoring game against Sussex at Chester-le-Street today

Sussex opener Richard Montgomerie continued his amazing form when he batted all day for 134 not out against Durham at Chester-le-Street