Durham County Cricket Club was founded in 1882 and held minor status for nearly a century. It was a major member of the Minor Counties Championship, winning it seven times. The team was raised to senior status as an official first-class team in 1992, when the club joined the County Championship. Durham has been designated as an occasional List A side since 1964, then as a complete List A team from 1992 and as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003.

Durham County Cricket Club (renamed Durham Cricket in February 2019) is one of England and Wales' eighteen first-class county clubs. Durham CCC participates in the Specsavers County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup, and the NatWest T20 Blast North Group. In the Royal London One-Day Cup, the club's limited overs kit colours are yellow and blue, and in the T20 Blast, yellow and blue. The Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street, where the club is headquartered, is one of the newest additions to the English Test match circuit.

Durham won its first County Championship in September 2008, when they defeated Kent in their final match of the season in Canterbury. Durham recently lost their second County Championship match of the season, falling to Middlesex by 6 wickets at Lord's. 

As of May, 2022.