Durham County Cricket Club

Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. The club is based at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street.

Granted first-class status in 1991, Durham is English cricket's newest first-class county. The County Ground at the Riverside is also one of the newest additions to the English Test match circuit.

In recent years the County side has been very successful winning the County Championship in 2008 for the first time, and retaining the trophy in the 2009 season.

The ground is undergoing a programme of expansion and it will host an Ashes test match in 2013.