{"id":657636,"date":"2026-06-25T14:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/657636\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:33:19","slug":"ben-mckinney-england-lions-batter-signs-new-durham-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/657636\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben McKinney: England Lions batter signs new Durham contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

England Lions batter Ben McKinney has signed a new two-year contract extension at Durham to stay with the club until the end of the 2028 season.<\/p>\n

Sunderland-born McKinney has become a regular in the Durham side at the top of the order since making his debut in April 2023.<\/p>\n

He has scored five first-class hundreds, including a career-best 244 against Gloucestershire in April, while becoming a regular in the England Lions team.<\/p>\n

“I love playing for my home county and representing the badge as a local lad,” he told the club’s website., external<\/a> <\/p>\n

“We are playing some great cricket this year, and I want to play a part in helping us get back into Division One, along with making an impact in the white-ball game.”<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old has also made one List-A hundred in white-ball cricket and will play for Southern Brave in The Hundred this season, having made six appearances for Manchester Originals last year.<\/p>\n

And hopes are high at Chester-le-Street that McKinney can become the next north-east cricketer to represent the full England team.<\/p>\n

“Ben has developed a huge amount since breaking into the first team \u2013 becoming a key part of our red ball team along with his progression in the white-ball game,” said head coach Ryan Campbell. <\/p>\n

“He has all the attributes to be an outstanding top-order batter in all formats for Durham over a long period of time, which is very exciting for us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England Lions batter Ben McKinney has signed a new two-year contract extension at Durham to stay with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-657636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}