Neesham set for first red-ball game in three years
New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham is set for his first red-ball game since 2022 after being named in Durham's squad for their County Championship match away to Surrey.Neesham's last four-day game was for Northamptonshire against Kent three years ago, with him exclusively playing white-ball cricket since.He was signed by Durham for their T20 Blast campaign, but with David Bedingham and Codi Yusuf both on Test duty with South Africa, there is a spot available."Jimmy will come into the squad who's pretty keen to play red ball cricket for us so we'll open that door," said, external head coach Ryan Campbell.Neesham has played 12 Tests for New Zealand with a highest score of 137 not out, but the last of those was in 2017.
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