Durham will embark on their pre-season tour to South Africa on Friday March 28, returning to the Riverside on Wednesday April 9.

The team, along with head coach Geoff Cook, will spend ten days at the High Performance Centre at the University of Pretoria where they will train and play four one day games. Two matches will be played against Johannesburg University and the other two games will see Durham face Highveld Lions, where Liam Plunkett and Stephen Harmison both spent some
time in the winter months.

Upon their return to the UK the team will face Yorkshire in two one-day matches at Headingley on Thursday April 10 and Friday 11. "Our pre season preparation is massively important and will definitely stand us in good stead for the start of the season,” Cook said. “Expectations will undoubtedly be high so it's a great opportunity for the squad to get together to discuss our aims and objectives for 2008."