A case of the first game blues- Durham's season openers across the past decade
The key to setting the tone for a season often lies with how a team starts, but Durham have been slow out the blocks in recent years, with no opening day win since 2015.
23.03.26, 00:00 Updated 22.03.26, 16:18
Thomas Ridley
For many sports teams, there are bad omens and ‘bogey teams’, but for some there’s a particular round of fixtures that they just can’t seem to crack.
Are your team always finishing the season with a whimper? Do they always tend to have a mid-season slump?
Well for Durham, a poor opening game is often on the menu, even when they romped to the Division Two title in 2023, they lost in the season’s premiere.
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Thomas Ridley is a freelance journalist and editor of The Chester