Hales gets the England T20 call 2011 Archive

Alex Hales joins Samit, Swanny and Captain Broad in the England T20 squad to face the Indians at Old Trafford next week............................... not an unexpected inclusion as it was strongly rumoured during the Durham game.


Still no word on Harry Gurney................................... but on cricinfo this interesting article:


http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/529950.html

2012 - Mick Newell on Alex Hales, " if he wants to keep his England (Lions) place he'll have to pull his finger-out"

Harry Gurney

OUT FOX?


The unwell kept secret of Harry Gurney's signature on a Newell Deal has still yet to be made official .Charlie Dagnall leaked it Friday; Josh Cobb and Wayne White banded a few names towards gurneyhf confirming its validity as a story on Saturday; the Director effectively said on RN that he had plans involving Gurney (and Turner) for next season, on Friday night. "Nothing will happen until after the the T20 finals" the Director said - well the wily Foxes out-witted the Cidermen yesterday.


If true, it will give Notts that left arm variation that we've lacked since Sid's repatriation.


This story was initially RT'd by Charlie Shreck.


http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/529950.html

Look North 36

OUT FOXED

Forget the cricket and dress like a banana!

Saturday 27th August 2011 t20 Finals Day at Edgbaston, Birmingham - preview


Semi Final 1


Foxes v Lightning
aka

The day can sometimes to too much for some.

The Paul Nixon farewell party MK2. Foxes will be boosted by the departure of Lancs' effective death bowler, Junaid Khan who's been called-up by Pakistan and by new England international, little Jimmy Taylor returning from Dublin for the game. Foxes have rested most of their squad prior to this fixture including key man Andy McDonald.


Semi Final 2


Hampshire Royal Flushes (from the Armitage Shanks of course) v Somerset  Ifwehaveanicknamewekeepitwellhiddenbuthaveawyvernonourbadgebutmightalsobenamedthesabresandhaveastrongaffiliationwithciderandciderdrinking.

As is the tradition at Finals Day there will be a busy schedule of important Sky TV interviews with friends of Mark Nicholas, Mascot Races, perhaps even the sight of a parachutist or two or a micro-lite aircraft landing on the outfield,  dancing from the Rubicon girls and boys and loads of mega-advertisements as well as three games of cricket that fill any of the small remaining gaps in the action packed running order. Never fear, if the weather turns nasty, none of the important events will be lost to the paying masses as these will be fitted in regardless because the games of cricket can always be shortened or curtailed to accommodate the important attractions.

SF 1

Parry 1/15 from 4 overs

Lancashire won the toss and chose to field with rain around the West Midlands.


Josh Cobb was out first ball of the contest as the Foxes tumble at half way to 74/4 with Jefferson 23 the best score to this point. Over 12 was a wicket maiden bowled by Parry. Rain stopped play at 84/5 after 12.3 overs.


Match reduced to 18 overs - to the advantage of the struggling Foxes.
Razzaq blasts 36 not out as Foxes post a below par 132/6


Rain then interrupted Lightnings innings
53/1 in 8.1overs


Duckworth and then Lewis both had their say and revised target of 80 from 11 overs was conjured up.


Lancs were well on course then, bottled it big time and only managed 79/6, thanks a last ball 6 by Cross that "tied" the teams.

Golden Zero to hero

Josh Cobb 2/6 bowling the penultimate over. 
This meant that the first Super-over in English senior cricket was required.
6 balls with 2 wickets maximum.
Lancs 13/0 from their over
Foxes 16/0 from five balls - ex-Outlaw Jefferson 15 of them


Leicestershire advance to the final.


With the time used for the tie-breaking perhaps more over could have been allocated and the result could have been decided by cricket rather than by luck and thunder.


S/F 2 was delayed by SF 1 and a rain interruption. Somerset won the toss and again chose to field.
A 16 over match was reduced to a One Man Show as Shahid Afridi smacked 80 from 42 balls, taking the game seemingly away from the South Westerners. When more rain arrived again the hawkish Royals had flushed out 138/4 from 15.5 overs.

Star turns in 2 innings

Somerset's revised target 95 from 10 overs - brings them back into the game at a stroke! 
At half way Somerset were 50/1 but then Tahir came on to bowl and after two balls of his first over Pollard and Tresco were back in the bus shelter.
Jos Buttler (32), yes him again, then took the Cidermen to the brink of victory but Trego and Suppiah failed to drag their team over the line, a tie the result again. Somerset 94/6


Another Super-over tie breaker.


Somerset; Kieswetter and Jos Buttler manage 16/0 off Afridi


Hampshire 5/1 from their over bowled by Alfonso Thomas.


Massive delays caused by the weather and the cricket but not too much as the mascot race took place at the time the final should have started.

0/14 from 4 overs

 Wyvern Sabres v Foxes in the Final
Foxes innings, after being put in by Tresco, 145/6 (20 ov)


Jefferson 35
Razzaq 33
Cobb 18


Pollard 2/24
Suppiah 2/27


Somerset Innings 127/9 (20 ov)


Another stumbling innings from Somerset, rarely up with the par throughout their innings. Some tactical use of the twelfth man (Boyce) fielding athletically on the boundary taking four catches in total too, on the field for the less mobile Jefferson to add to the mix by the wily Foxes. But Josh Cobb again was the hero with ball 4/22 as the Wurzels imploded under the lights.

4 catches

What will Nixon do now? Retire after the Champions competition next year?


North beat South by 18 runs.




NB: Foxes shied away from taking the Outlaws on this year, hiding behind the covers on both occasions after Notts had posted scores.

Day 1 v Durham LV= at Trent Bridge

HONOURS EVEN AT THE BRIDGE

Honours were even at Trent Bridge as Durham closed on 44 for three in reply to Notts slightly disappointing 270 at sunny Trent Bridge today.

Graeme White replaced Ireland bound Samit Patel and Pattinson replaced Shreck as Read won the toss and elected to bat on a wicket very much on the Bridgford Road side of the square. Durham meanwhile were missing Harmison (x2), Stokes, Borthwick, Onions and Plunkett but still had possessed a strong batting line-up.

Turner did not last long shouldering arms to Thorp and seeing his bails gone, 21 for one. Bravo and Hales added 58 at four an over until Bravo chased one from Brathwaite to exit caught behind for 23. Hales was batting extremely confidently and went to lunch 79 not out as Notts had reached the relative comfort of 116 for two. Hales received the player of the month award at lunchtime from sponsors PKF.

Notts though lost their way in the afternoon session, Wessels whose share of third wicket partnership was three, edged the preserving Claydon to Mustard. Durham had done their homework as Mullaney once again fell to a short down the legside with Mustard taking his third catch off the brisk Mark Wood, 151 for four.

Read added 32 with Hales but edged Thorp bowling from the Radcliffe Road as Mustard got his fourth catch of the innings. With the first batting point just attained, Hales top edged an attempted pull shot and was caught lowdown by Stoneman off Brathwaite for a splendid 115 off 175 balls with 16 fours. An innings in the context of the match which may prove priceless. Adams was badly dropped off a skier as Notts went to tea on 225 for six.

Adams though kept playing his natural game and holed out at long on off Claydon for 13. Franks had played another doughty innings but edged Claydon to di Venuto at first slip as he departed for a patient 34. 

White fell leg before next over to Blackwell as Notts were now 239 for nine. Pattinson thought that attack was the best form of defence and hit three sixes towards the short Bridgford Road boundary, the first of which was caught by Brathwaite but his foot was over the rope. Another six was a one-handed effort into the Clarke Stand. The fun though did not last long as Notts closed on 270 all out, a score about 30 below par on a wicket giving the bowlers a bit of assistance. Pattinson out for entertaining 28. Durham second string attack had bowled well with Claydon finishing with three wickets.

Durham were due to face 22 overs before the close but Pattinson (Radcliffe) and Fletcher (Pavilion) bowled fine opening spells. Keyman di Venuto edged Fletcher to Hales at slip to depart for two. Fletcher signed a new contract keeping at the club until 2014 today, good news for Notts fans but bad news for Bunnyman Marcus down Taunton Way! Pattinson got one to move in and Smith departed in identikit fashion to Karl Turner shouldering arms. Things got even better when Stoneman edged Pattinson to Mullaney in the cordon, Durham 27 for three. The light was closing in and the players came off for bad light with 13 balls unbowled with Durham 226 behind on 44 for three with Collingwood and Benkenstein at the wicket.

Heavy rain is forecast for the whole of tomorrow, but a result can easily be achieved in three days in this fascinating contest.

Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat. [only the second time this season that Phil Mustard hasn't won the toss]


Notts First Innings


270 all out (71.3ov)


Hales 115
Franks 34
Pattinson 28


Claydon 3/84


Durham First Innings

Bowled a bouncer that drove
 the umpires off early

44/3 (19.5 ov) Bad Light stopped play for the day


Stoneman 17
Collingwood 12*
Smith 5


Pattinson 2/17
Fletcher 1/17