This same game last year marked the start of the circus surrounding Michael Vaughan’s forlorn attempt to return to Test cricket, giving Mitchell Claydon a brief moment of fame when he removed the would-be returning hero. That Claydon happened to be an Australian merely added to the poignancy. Read More

Stephen Harmison has a warning for anyone standing in the vicinity of Durham’s indoor nets today. “I haven’t bowled a ball for five months, so I’ve no idea where the first one will go,” he said. “It could go anywhere. I certainly wouldn’t fancy being 22 yards away from it.” Read More

Pace bowler Steve Harmison has signed a fresh four-year deal at Durham as England's dual Ashes winner bids to end his career in his native north east. Some media reports have suggested the new contract is worth £600,000. Read More

ENGLAND’S hierarchy were in the dark yesterday over suggestions that Steve Harmison is about to follow his great friend Andrew Flintoff and quit Test cricket this summer. Read More

“Daisy” was a nickname given to Peter Hartley, the former Yorkshire and Warwickshire fast bowler, because some days he did, and some days he didn't. Since 2005, Stephen Harmison has been the biggest “daisy” in the paddock, his inconsistencies never better illustrated than during the opening sessions of the past two Ashes series Read More

Harmison was left out of England's 16-man training squad for the five-Test series but the selectors offered the Durham paceman a glimmer of hope by including him in the Lions team to face the tourists from 1-4 July. Read More
The Durham director of cricket, Geoff Cook, hailed Steve Harmison on Sunday night after the fast bowler put the defending champions on the verge of their first County Championship victory of the summer. The impressive Harmison showed signs that he may be returning to his hostile best when he struck twice in two impressive spells following a four-wicket haul in the first innings that suggested Read More

Devon Malcolm, the former England fast bowler, has criticised Steve Harmison's outlook and believes he should not have an ECB central contract. Malcom attacked Harmison's attitude as being 'too comfortable', saying the fast bowler lacked the necessary drive to play for his country. Read More