[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-rhodes-career-best-durham-one-day-cup-unbeaten-stokes-duck":82,"category-counts-nav":98,"related-rhodes-career-best-durham-one-day-cup-unbeaten-stokes-duck":108},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. 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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":96,"_path":97},"Rhodes' career-best keeps Durham unbeaten after Stokes' duck","rhodes-career-best-durham-one-day-cup-unbeaten-stokes-duck","long-reads","Long Reads: Football","Marcus Wright","Will Rhodes' career-best performance proves Durham's One-Day Cup credentials extend well beyond their star England all-rounder.","2026-07-29 20:03:31","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Frhodes-career-best-durham-one-day-cup-unbeaten-stokes-duck.webp",[93,94,95],"One-Day Cup","County Cricket","Durham","## Durham's unbeaten One-Day Cup run survives a Stokes zero\n\nDurham's unbeaten start to the One-Day Cup looked fragile when **Ben Stokes** walked back without scoring. A duck from England's premier all-rounder in a domestic 50-over match could have drained momentum from a side whose early-season form has drawn scrutiny. **Will Rhodes** answered that concern with a career-best score, anchoring the innings and carrying Durham to a total their bowlers defended.\n\nRhodes batted with composure from the moment he arrived, absorbing the pressure Stokes' early departure created. For a player who has spent much of his career behind more celebrated teammates, delivering a career-best when the main man failed spoke to temperament as much as talent. Durham's management will have noted the timing. The One-Day Cup rewards squad depth over individual brilliance, and Rhodes now gives them a reliable middle-order option who can anchor innings when the top order falters.\n\nA Stokes duck is rare enough to merit note, even in a match Durham won. County sides built around a single talisman often collapse when that player fails. Durham did not, and that carries practical weight as the tournament moves into its middle rounds. Opponents who game-plan around neutralising Stokes now face the reality that Rhodes can carry an innings independently.\n\nDurham's remaining group fixtures will test whether this unbeaten run produces a knockout berth. Opponents will study how Durham won despite losing their most dangerous batter for nothing. 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