Durham boys do their part for the environment

Wasting water is just not cricket - as players from Durham County Cricket Club have proved. When asked to support World Environment Day on Saturday, they certainly weren't stumped and have pledged to take showers instead of baths - each saving enough water a week to make 2,000 mugs of tea.

"Durham County Cricket Club is always keen to help a good cause and what better than the environment around us," said James Bailey, the club's marketing manager. "We'll be bowled over if people can do their bit for World Environment Day by making a small pledge."

"We are fortunate to live in the north east where we have a plentiful supply of water, but it is still a precious resource that we should take care of," added Lorraine Coulson, water efficiency manager for Northumbria Water. "A shower uses less than half the water needed to run a bath and if a family of four took showers instead of baths for a year they would save two road tankers full of water."