Harmison happy at Durham

Alan Tyers' latest entry on his hilarious blog in the Wisden Cricketer analyses why Steve Harmison signed a new four-year contract with Durham.

I see my role as being to pass on what I’ve learned: how to adapt to different conditions – maybe an away dressing room that doesn’t have a DVD player for your Lovejoy boxset; how to smuggle a crate of Newcastle Brown Ale through customs at Faisalabad; how to chuck your phone away and hide in the attic when you reckon the England selectors might be calling to give you the nod.