Seconds v Yorkshire at Notts Sports Ground SEC day 2

On a sunny afternoon, I ventured to the Notts Sports Ground to catch some action from Day Two of the Second Eleven Championship match against Yorkshire.

Day One had seen Yorkshire make 206/9 before Matt Fisher (21*) and Ben Coad (23) added a club record tenth wicket stand, at this level, of 43. Earlier in the innings, Notts-born Will Rhodes had made 71 and horse-jockey-esque  Jonathan Tattersall 40. Wickets had been spread across all the seamers with Luke Wood 4/53 having the predominant figures.

Day Two saw a continuation of the Nottinghamshire innings after the loss of Kelsall, Azad and Sam Wood on the first evening. The morning session saw the Yorkshire attack make further in-roads into the Notts batsmen; Will Root 33, Matty Cross  12 and Ajmal Shahzad 8 all out before the afternoon session started with Notts standing 147/6.

At the crease were Adam Tillcock and Brett Hutton, who restarting with just a handful of runs, was the first to find his timing against a spirited eager attack. Tillcock on the other hand took half an hour from the restart before his timing arrived and was then able to out score his partner and dominated the Yorkshire bowling.

Boundaries were aplenty as the the ageing ball was clouted to all parts by both the Notts players. Yorkshire took the second new ball as soon as it was available but the scoring and stroke-play continued from Tillcock; but Hutton did lose his timing for a while with the new ball's arrival. Adam Tillcock's damage wasn't confined to the once supreme Yorkshire  position in the game; the second new ball also suffered, being mis-shapened and ultimately replaced after 21 overs.

Tillcock brought up his century, fittingly with a four and went on the score 115, the 7th wicket partnership worth 164  - a club record against the Tykes - the previous best being 114 where one of the combatants was Dusty Hare. Tillcock went LBW to Josh Shaw, who didn't restrict his use of the short-pitched delivery all afternoon, and the same bowler quickly removed Webster for a duck. When Rich Pyrah removed Brett Hutton for 75, Franks and Luke Wood stood at the crease. The pair had a little fun, at the Tykes expense adding 52 in 36 minutes, dealing largely in boundaries.

Notts ended their innings on 376/9 with Ben Kitt absent.

Before the close the visitors had been reduced to 63/3 still 58 in deficit. 

On the final day some resolute batting from the Yorkshiremen ensured the match ended as a draw.