Durham made his debut for Derbyshire in a Twenty20 match against Yorkshire in the 2012 Friends Life t20 at Headingley. Derbyshire won the toss and elected to put Yorkshire into bat. Yorkshire then made 180/5 from their 20 overs. In their chase, Derbyshire could only manage 159/9 from their 20 overs, with Durham being dismissed for a duck by Mitchell Starc.