James Weighell

Dan Douthwaite and James Weighell strike maiden Blast fifties to lift visitors from 76 for 6

Australia batter's 44 is highest score as Group Three leaders shade madcap opening day

South Africa-born opener agrees two-year deal with new county

Ahead of the Vitality Blast quarter-finals later this week, we take a look at some of the influential figures so far

Durham defended 148 inside the final session and even overcame an injury to talisman Chris Rushworth

Paul Collingwood starred with bat and ball at Gosforth as Leicestershire never recovered from a disastrous start

Durham got their Royal London Cup campaign up and running in emphatic style with a 72-run victory over Warwickshire in a rain-reduced match at Edgbaston

Durham supporters steeling themselves for the possibility of another Test mismatch after events at Headingley can at least find consolation that this Championship encounter has thankfully been made of sterner stuff

Andrew Umeed had to catch a flight down from Scotland to make his Warwickshire debut and then marked the occasion with a century

To clinch their third win in four Division One matches this season, Lancashire would need to score 325 runs in 96 overs or fewer, an asking rate of only 3.385 runs per over. They failed.