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Alex Lees raising his bat in the air as he celebrates his unbeaten century against Middlesex in the One Day Cup.
Alex Lees celebrates his unbeaten century against Middlesex in the One Day Cup. Mark Fletcher

Familiar tropes return as Durham suffer double defeat in the One-Day Cup

Heavy defeats to Middlesex and Northamptonshire on home soil have left Durham on the ropes in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup.

19.08.25, 00:00 Updated 21.08.25, 15:06

Thomas Ridley

Thomas Ridley

This season has been like a raffle, some days you pick out an excellent team performance, sometimes there's a brilliant individual effort pulled out the hat and other times you get a bad day at the office.

It feels like we've had all of these during the Metro Bank One Day Cup, but the latter two are what we saw during a duo of home games last week.

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Thomas Ridley

Thomas Ridley is a freelance journalist and editor of The Chester

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