Editing North East England (section)

===Cricket===
[[File:Riverside-ground.jpg|thumb|right|The Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street]]
Cricket has long been a popular sport in the Northeast of England and is said to date back to Elizabethan times. [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club]] was formed in 1863 and Durham County Cricket Club in 1882. After many years of success in the [[Minor Counties Championship]], Durham joined Yorkshire in the senior counties championship in 1992. The Riverside cricket stadium, the home of [[Durham County Cricket Club]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Durham County Cricket Club|title=Durham County Cricket Club|url=http://www.durhamccc.co.uk/|access-date=21 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814105047/http://www.durhamccc.co.uk/|archive-date=14 August 2013}}</ref> in Chester-le-Street, in full view of Lumley Castle, is now one of the most picturesque cricket venues in the UK.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} This venue now regularly hosts international cricket; its first "Ashes" Test Match between England and Australia was in August 2013.<ref>{{cite news|first=Andrew|last=Glover|publisher=British Broadcasting Corp|title=Ashes 2013: Durham prepares to host fourth Test|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23534927|date=8 August 2013|access-date=18 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812070743/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23534927|archive-date=12 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> With 320 runs and 15 wickets on the last day of the match, the venue provided "the most high-octane day of a thrilling Test match", and England took an unassailable 3–0 lead against the Australians in the five-match Ashes Test series.<ref>{{cite news|first=Stuart|last=Raynor|publisher=The Journal|title=Thrilling finale to Durham Ashes Test|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/cricket/stuart-broad-leads-england-victory-5713015|date=12 August 2013|access-date=21 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102081006/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/cricket/stuart-broad-leads-england-victory-5713015|archive-date=2 November 2013}}</ref>