BEEFY’S HELPING HAND TO AUSSIES

CONSIDERING Sir Ian Botham (right) is the chairman, it is fair to ask exactly whose side Durham are on in the upcoming Ashes series? Having got Cameron Bancroft nicely up to speed in English conditions in time for the first Test, the county has replaced him with Peter Handscomb. So if Australia are having any difficulties in the middle order, or even suffer an injury at wicketkeeper later in the summer, they know where to look. No doubt Australia’s Sheffield Shield sides will be as accommodating when England next tour in 2021.