County Championship Preview: Durham
Durham always produce talent and good wickets. Can they keep enough of them to earn Promotion?
Durham have some incredible talent and keep producing fast bowlers but this is to their detriment as they keeping getting England Call-ups. They could call on England captain Ben Stokes but he will be busy with the IPL and England so he is unlikely to feature.
Matthew Potts broke out last year and got a test callup so he could disappear as well. Losing Chris Rushworth is big as he was their leading ever Wicket-taker and looked to still be going along.
They have also lost Sean Dickson to Somerset but this should be offset by Ollie Robinson coming in from Kent and the signing of Bas De Leede the very well thought of Dutch youngster.
They have David Bedingham joining them again as an Overseas and he qualifies for England very soon. Their season hinges on how their batting performs without its stars but they should have Alex Lees for the entire season after he fell out of England contention.
Predicted Line-Up:
Michael Jones
Alex Lees
Scott Borthwick
David Bedingham
Bas De Leede
Ollie Robinson (WK)
Liam Trevaskis
Paul Coughlin
Ben Raine
Matthew Potts
Oliver Gibson
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