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David Bedingham and Will Rhodes punch gloves during Durham's County Championship clash with Yorkshire.
David Bedingham and Will Rhodes punch gloves during Durham's County Championship clash with Yorkshire. Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com

Snatching relegation from the jaws of survival- Yorkshire (A) Review

Shambolic, embarrassing, unbelievable. There are several ways of describing the defeat to Yorkshire and The Chester has tried to make sense of a catastrophic season closer in Leeds.

29.09.25, 17:35 Updated 29.09.25, 17:35

Thomas Ridley

Thomas Ridley

It's the hope that kills, but the worst thing of all is that Durham were never the source of the hope, that came from Surrey's Rahul Chahar.

On Saturday morning, just before 11am, Hampshire lost to Surrey to put them on the brink of playing in Division Two next season, but Durham brought the 'hold my beer' meme into the cricketing world.

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Thomas Ridley

Thomas Ridley is a freelance journalist and editor of The Chester

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