Michael Atherton says the punishment from the England and Wales Cricket Boards to relegate Durham from Division One of the County Championship is harsh. Nike Shoes Clearance Sale . Durham have accepted financial aid of £3.8m from the ECB - but the price for that is relegation, and a points deduction in all three competitions next year. Durham down after ECB sanction Durham relegated to second division after ECBs points deduction While Atherton believes the punishment looks harsh on paper, he says it serves as proof that the ECB dont wish to make a habit of bailing out counties struggling financially. There are a lot of clubs for whom debt has been spiralling out of control, said Atherton. Some are even in more debt than Durham, but have greater revenue streams coming in to help. Durham were unable to provide further revenue streams at Emirates Riverside to boost funds For Durham, without this bailout, it would have been difficult for them to survive.When you look at things in black and white, a points deduction and relegation does look a pretty harsh penalty, but the ECB dont want to be seen as a lender of last resort. Durham have been relegated to County Championship Division Two after accepting a £3.8m rescue payment from the ECB Plus, if the ECB were going to hand out sanctions in return for the money - which they decided they must do - its difficult to know what else they could do. They clearly couldnt give Durham a financial penalty obviously, because that would be self-defeating. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Sadly, its the players who are being penalised here with relegation, but Durham have got good young players - they won the second XI championship last year - and some players have re-signed, like Keaton Jennings. England hopeful Keaton Jennings will have to play in Division Two with Durham next year While they have lost one or two - Mark Stoneman and Scott Borthwick both going to Surrey, shortly after the players had been told about the seriousness of the financial situation - theyve got a very able and experienced captain in Paul Collingwood.Durham were very competitive this year, as indeed they have been for a long time. Theyre an unbelievable success story from a cricketing perspective. Sir Ian Botham says he will assist Durham in their recovery following their relegation to County Championship Division Two. Theyve won plenty of trophies, produced more young England cricketers of late by virtually every other county than Yorkshire, I suspect.On a pure cricketing basis, theyre a success story, but theyll now have to haul themselves off the floor after this decision.You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. 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Nearly four years to the day of the 2010 gold medal match in Vancouver, his team dug in with its best effort of these Olympics, snuffing out the high-powered Americans for another opportunity at gold.CHICAGO -- Anthony Rizzo wasted little time in getting to Adam Wainwright. Rizzo hit a two-run single in the first that ended Wainwrights scoreless streak at 25 innings, and the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 Friday for their third win in four games. "Im not trying to do too much," Rizzo said. "See the ball and hit it, really try to swing at the pitches I want to hit, not pitchers pitches. Especially with Wainwright, his stuff is so good hes going to eat you alive." Wainwright (5-2) had allowed six runs in 45 innings coming in, but the Cubs matched the runs total in just five innings against the St. Louis ace, who gave up 10 hits. His ERA rose from 1.20 to 2.16. "They did a nice job of spoiling some pitches," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said of his batters. "Youve got to give them all the credit. They grinded out some at-bats today and reaped some benefits." Wainwright had been 6-0 in 12 previous starts and five relief appearances at Wrigley Field. "There were certain pitches today I didnt have good command over," he said. "My curveball was kind of sporadic in the zone and out of the zone, which is pretty rare for me. Its a funny game. Today was not my day. I accept that and take responsibility for today and move on." The scoreless streak was one inning shy of the career high for Wainwright, who had not allowed an extra-base hit since April 12 against the Cubs in St. Louis. "Hes been incredibly consistent through this season so far. ... You can see pitches were just on the edge and not where he wanted them or werent getting called," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "Its a frustrating day when he knows our guys put some offence up for him and we just cant stop them. He limited the damage and figured out ways to keep us in it. We had some chances." Rizzo added a leadoff home run in thee fifth that put Chicago ahead 6-3. Nike Shoes Wholesale China. . Welington Castillo had three doubles for Chicago, which sent the skidding Cardinals to their 10th loss in 16 games. Travis Wood (2-3) gave up three runs -- two earned -- and six hits in seven innings but allowed just one runner in his final three innings. Justin Grimm gave up Jhonny Peraltas two-run homer in the eighth, Hector Rondon pitched a perfect ninth for his second save. Cubs centerfielder Ryan Sweeney made a catch on the run in the eighth on a drive to right-centre by Allen Craig. Sweeney injured his right hamstring and was replaced by Emilio Bonifacio, who moved from second. "It was great determination," Renteria said. "Hammys hurt." St. Louis overcame its early deficit, tying the game in the third when Matt Carpenter singled in a run and scored on Peraltas double. Chicago loaded the bases in the bottom half on a pair of walks around Starlin Castros single. Ryan Sweeney drove in the go-ahead run with a weak grounder to second that allowed Rizzo to score from third, and Castillo followed with a two-out, two-run double. Castros throwing error from shortstop on Randal Grichuks grounder allowed Yadier Molina to score from third and cut the deficit to 5-3 in the fourth. NOTES: Cubs GM Jed Hoyer said RHP Jose Veras (left oblique strain) will begin his rehab assignment at Double-A Tennessee and pitch at some point in the next few days, depending on how he feels. ... Cubs prospect OF Jorge Soler (hamstring) is progressing at the teams facility in Mesa, Arizona. Hoyer said "the reports have been good" and he hopes Soler will join Tennessee soon. ... RHP Jack Arrieta is to make his big league season debut for the Cubs when he starts Saturday. RHP Michael Wacha (2-2) is slated to slart for St. Louis. 19:27ET 02-05-14 ' ' '