Durham success a cricketing fairy tale (0)
- 27 Sep 08, 04:30 PM
History will probably never relate exactly how many alcoholic beverages were consumed by the Durham players and coaches on their triumphant 320-mile coach trip from Canterbury back to Chester-le-Street on Saturday.
But the story of how this county went from perennial whipping-boys to County Champions just 16 years after being granted first-class status is one of the most romantic tales English sport has to offer.
And this year nobody can say they have not deserved the first of what could be a number of Championship pennants. In recording six superb victories this summer - while loaning their best players Steve Harmison and Paul Collingwood to England for significant chunks of it - Durham have served notice of their immense quality.
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