Northamptonshire vs Durham - Preview, Predictions & H2H · County Championship Division Two
NORNorthamptonshire
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DURDurham
County Championship Division Two · Division 2
The Statz verdict
Durham lead this head-to-head 1–0. The season batting edge is DUR's, 397.9 runs per game vs 389.1, while DUR's attack takes 10.0 wickets a match, the better bowling unit.
Season comparison
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Projected win probability
toss pending · blend of both scenariosPlayer projections
expected XI · per-player output| Northamptonshire | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ov | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | Perf | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Vasconcelos | 48.8 | 88 | 55 | 6.9 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | 64.7 | 100.0 |
| Nathan McSweeney | 69.9 | 132 | 53 | 7.9 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 14 | 2.8 | 0.0 | - | 0.1 | 76.4 | 124.0 |
| Luke Procter | 54.8 | 113 | 49 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 16.4 | 1.4 | 55 | 3.3 | 0.2 | - | 0.0 | 84.0 | 124.2 |
| George Bartlett | 41.3 | 81 | 51 | 5.0 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.7 | - | 0.0 | 47.8 | 76.6 |
| Justin Broad | 45.1 | 75 | 60 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 15.5 | 1.8 | 57 | 3.7 | 1.5 | - | 0.1 | 96.1 | 128.8 |
| Saif Zaib | 69.1 | 106 | 65 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 19 | 2.7 | 0.5 | - | - | 82.1 | 130.9 |
| Gus Miller | 24.1 | 35 | 68 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 33 | 9.5 | 0.0 | - | - | 34.1 | 53.5 |
| James Sales | 48.4 | 89 | 55 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 26 | 4.4 | 0.4 | - | 0.0 | 66.8 | 103.6 |
| Calvin Harrison | 42.4 | 76 | 56 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 29.0 | 2.1 | 100 | 3.5 | 1.7 | - | 0.0 | 101.8 | 136.4 |
| Harry Conway | 8.6 | 39 | 22 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 33.8 | 5.3 | 98 | 2.9 | 0.3 | - | - | 117.1 | 142.0 |
| Ben Sanderson | 15.9 | 26 | 61 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 32.8 | 4.8 | 85 | 2.6 | 0.1 | - | - | 113.4 | 143.5 |
| Liam Guthrie | 22.1 | 30 | 73 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 26.4 | 3.5 | 105 | 4.0 | 0.3 | - | - | 94.1 | 121.2 |
| ▾ Full squad projections (14 more) | ||||||||||||||
| David Willey | 34.6 | 46 | 75 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 18.5 | 2.8 | 78 | 4.2 | 0.7 | - | 0.3 | 97.3 | 136.0 |
| Rob Keogh | 49.6 | 88 | 56 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 14.6 | 1.2 | 49 | 3.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 76.2 | 114.1 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 6.8 | 7 | 95 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 54.7 | 3.7 | 154 | 2.8 | 0.4 | - | 0.2 | 85.3 | 107.1 |
| Lewis McManus | 38.1 | 81 | 47 | 4.6 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | 0.0 | 68.5 | 90.7 |
| Raphael Weatherall | 2.1 | 5 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 23.3 | 3.0 | 86 | 3.7 | 0.2 | - | - | 65.1 | 77.8 |
| Aadi Sharma | 27.0 | 35 | 77 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 33 | 9.5 | 0.0 | - | - | 37.0 | 63.0 |
| Dominic Leech | 12.2 | 46 | 27 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 25.3 | 1.5 | 107 | 4.2 | 0.0 | - | - | 41.3 | 56.6 |
| Louis Kimber | 22.9 | 25 | 93 | 3.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.9 | - | - | 31.6 | 51.5 |
| George Scrimshaw | 7.8 | 22 | 35 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.7 | 1.4 | 83 | 5.7 | 0.0 | - | - | 36.1 | 49.2 |
| Arush Buchake | 26.3 | 21 | 135 | 2.4 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | 26.3 | 46.3 |
| Nirvan Ramesh | 2.9 | 5 | 58 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12.6 | 1.4 | 64 | 5.1 | 0.0 | - | - | 31.3 | 40.1 |
| Chris Lynn | 16.9 | 13 | 135 | 1.4 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 19.9 | 34.4 |
| Stuart Van Der Merwe | 9.4 | 8 | 130 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 33 | 9.5 | 0.0 | - | - | 19.4 | 30.1 |
| Tiaan Cornelius Louw | 4.7 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | 14.7 | 19.0 |
| Durham | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ov | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | Perf | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lees | 69.2 | 125 | 56 | 9.2 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 0.1 | 74.8 | 123.4 |
| Graham Clark | 51.1 | 102 | 50 | 5.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 55.7 | 87.2 |
| Ben McKinney | 72.5 | 117 | 62 | 10.6 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | 82.2 | 139.8 |
| Will Rhodes | 65.9 | 129 | 51 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 31 | 3.0 | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 83.2 | 130.2 |
| Colin Ackermann | 64.9 | 133 | 49 | 10.6 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 0.3 | 22 | 3.1 | 1.0 | - | - | 81.5 | 135.5 |
| David Bedingham | 115.3 | 161 | 72 | 13.3 | 1.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | 120.4 | 202.2 |
| Ben Stokes | 53.6 | 78 | 69 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 26.7 | 4.4 | 89 | 3.4 | 0.3 | - | - | 144.6 | 201.8 |
| Ollie George Robinson | 51.2 | 76 | 68 | 6.4 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 2.9 | - | 0.1 | 80.0 | 112.2 |
| Ben Raine | 48.7 | 67 | 73 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 33.0 | 4.5 | 87 | 2.6 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 141.7 | 190.9 |
| Kasey Aldridge | 41.8 | 79 | 53 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 20.5 | 2.5 | 72 | 3.5 | 1.4 | - | 0.0 | 104.6 | 138.2 |
| Matty Potts | 40.2 | 73 | 55 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 34.8 | 4.8 | 102 | 2.9 | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 141.4 | 184.9 |
| Callum Parkinson | 15.7 | 44 | 36 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 36.2 | 2.1 | 97 | 2.7 | 0.2 | - | - | 59.5 | 75.3 |
| ▾ Full squad projections (15 more) | ||||||||||||||
| Emilio Gay | 88.3 | 144 | 61 | 11.9 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.7 | - | - | 95.0 | 157.3 |
| Brydon Carse | 43.0 | 84 | 51 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 26.1 | 2.2 | 106 | 4.1 | 0.4 | - | - | 91.0 | 128.5 |
| Duanne Olivier | 13.4 | 32 | 42 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 28.5 | 3.7 | 101 | 3.6 | 0.2 | - | - | 89.4 | 112.5 |
| James Minto | 43.3 | 77 | 56 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 15.9 | 1.4 | 63 | 4.0 | 0.4 | - | - | 74.4 | 111.9 |
| Scott Borthwick | 50.2 | 107 | 47 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 4.9 | 1.1 | - | 0.1 | 61.4 | 94.3 |
| Kemar Roach | 10.2 | 36 | 28 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 24.6 | 3.2 | 77 | 3.1 | 0.3 | - | - | 76.5 | 93.9 |
| Daniel Hogg | 9.2 | 31 | 29 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 20.0 | 2.3 | 75 | 3.7 | 0.3 | - | - | 57.6 | 72.1 |
| Sam Conners | 11.3 | 20 | 57 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 22.2 | 2.2 | 92 | 4.1 | 0.2 | - | - | 57.2 | 71.5 |
| Archie Bailey | 8.4 | 18 | 46 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.8 | 2.3 | 66 | 5.1 | 0.3 | - | - | 56.8 | 71.2 |
| Haydon Mustard | 21.4 | 17 | 135 | 1.8 | 0.9 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 24.4 | 41.6 |
| Shafiqullah Ghafari | 5.9 | 6 | 110 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 17.2 | 1.1 | 101 | 5.9 | 0.0 | - | - | 28.2 | 38.2 |
| Nathan Sowter | 11.9 | 10 | 130 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.5 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 24.9 | 37.8 |
| Stanley McAlindon | 11.9 | 10 | 130 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.5 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 24.9 | 37.8 |
| Luke Robinson | 5.9 | 6 | 110 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 65 | 5.6 | 0.0 | - | - | 22.0 | 31.1 |
| Mark Wood | 5.9 | 6 | 110 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.5 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 18.9 | 28.1 |
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- Captain pick: Ben Stokes (198.8 pts) - narrowest of margins over the VC.
- Stacks DUR heavily (7 of 11) - more of their players grade as fantasy-relevant tonight; even out if you fancy NOR's XI to outperform projections.
Small League: safe floor picks.
Grand League: higher-variance ceiling.
All re-run when XIs confirm.
Venue not yet announced
Ground stats will appear once the venue is confirmed
Top performers in this fixture
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Full squads
Who is playing in Northamptonshire vs Durham?
Confirmed XIs are announced around the toss, ~30 minutes before the start. Based on their last matches, Northamptonshire are likely to field Ricardo Vasconcelos, Luke Procter, Calvin Harrison, Nathan McSweeney and 7 more, and Durham Alex Lees, Ben McKinney, Will Rhodes, David Bedingham and 7 more — full predicted XIs and squads are on this page.
Who leads the Northamptonshire vs Durham head-to-head record?
Durham lead 1–0 from 1 matches.
What is Northamptonshire's current form in 2026?
Northamptonshire have won 4 and lost 2 from 9 matches in 2026, averaging 389.1 runs per match.
What is Durham's current form in 2026?
Durham have won 6 and lost 0 from 9 matches in 2026, averaging 397.9 runs per match.
Where is Northamptonshire vs Durham being played?
Northamptonshire vs Durham is being played on 2 Sep 2026 at 15:30 IST.
Who are the top run-scorers in Northamptonshire vs Durham head-to-head matches?
The top run-scorers in Northamptonshire vs Durham H2H are Ricardo Vasconcelos (187 runs), Ben Stokes (95 runs), Ollie George Robinson (84 runs).
Who are the top wicket-takers in Northamptonshire vs Durham head-to-head matches?
The top wicket-takers in Northamptonshire vs Durham H2H are Harry Conway (4 wkts), Ben Sanderson (4 wkts), Ben Raine (3 wkts).
Who are the top 2026 run-scorers for Northamptonshire and Durham?
The leading run-scorers in 2026 are David Bedingham (619 runs), Ricardo Vasconcelos (512 runs), James Sales (467 runs).
Who are the top 2026 wicket-takers for Northamptonshire and Durham?
The leading wicket-takers in 2026 are Ben Raine (35 wkts), Ben Sanderson (30 wkts), Matty Potts (26 wkts).
Where are Northamptonshire and Durham in the standings?
Northamptonshire are 3rd with 72 points and Durham are 1st with 104 points.