Warwickshire at Rugby School Metro Bank Cup Win 2 pts Report

 

14/08

HALF-CENTURION HAYNES STEADIES THE SHIP TO STEER NOTTS TO A DLS WIN

As an inexperienced Outlaws eleven played well

Notts won their final Metro Bank game by 12 runs via the Duckworth Lewis Stern Method against Warwickshire at Rugby School today. A total of 24 overs were lost during the day due to intermittent light drizzle at this excellent tree lined venue situated just south of the Town Centre.

Early morning drizzle meant the start was delayed by 15 minutes and the match became a 48 over affair.

Notts won the toss and inserted Warwickshire in front of a crowd of around 1,700. Pettman, Hayes and King came into the Eleven for Fletcher (rested), Harrison (with the Trent Rockets) and James (captaining the England Lions versus the Sri Lankans). A very inexperienced Notts had only three capped players in their line-up. Warwickshire had Kiwi seamer Michael Rea making his competition debut in place of the rested Ollie Hannon-Dalby. Right hander opener Zen Malik, from the South Asian Academy, made his Bears debut.

Pettman (School End) and Hayes (Barby End) opened the bowling. In the 4th over, Zen Malik (1) was caught by Moores off Hayes; 18 for 1. Pettman went for 10 in the 5th over including two boundaries for Barnard and was replaced by Lord. Barnard (31) was beaten for pace when he fell lbw to Lord; 45 for 2 in the 9th over. The last over of the powerplay was a maiden for Hayes. Warwickshire 46 for 2 off 10 overs.

Hayes opening spell was 6 1 28 1 and he then made way for Pettman. In the 18th over, Rhodes (22) hit Pettman to deep square leg and going for a quick two he was run out via a direct hit by Jack Haynes with Rhodes with his bat in the air and not grounded; 73 for 3. Patterson-White and McCann came on to bowl the 19th and 20th overs respectively.

Burgess (29) was out to the first delivery following the drinks break. He was bowled off stump to a turning delivery from slow left armer Patterson-White for 29, 96 for 4 in the 25th over. Five overs later, Benjamin (22) was brilliantly caught by McCann at deep square leg off Montgomery. The youngster holding the catch low down on the dive running to his left; 126 for 5. Three balls later, Kai Smith (14) fell in near identical fashion. He swept Montgomery to the square leg ropes; this time McCann ran in and took another sprawling catch low down. Two brilliant catches: Bears 127 for 6. Two wickets in Montgomery's first over after ironically taking over from McCann at the Barby End. In the following over, Wylie (1) was lbw to Patterson-White: 127 for 7. Fours over later, Booth (12) was caught at second slip by King diving low to his left off Patterson-White, 141 for 8. Notts in an excellent position but they were then held up by a partnership of 41 off 11.4 overs for the ninth wicket between Lintott and Tazeem Ali.

Patterson-White completed his excellent spell with figures of 10 2 26 3, McCann (8 0 35 0) replaced him for the 39th over. Ali was dropped on 0 by Hameed at mid-wicket off Montgomery (8 1 38 2) in the 40th over. Hameed's fifth drop catch in the competition this season. Lintott hit Montgomery for six over mid-wicket in the 44th over. Lord and Pettman (7 0 28 0) returned for the 45th and 46th overs respectively. Lintott (27) skied Lord to Patterson-White at point, 182 for 9 in the 47th over. Two balls later, Rae fell for a duck caught by substitute Martindale at mid-wicket off Lord (7.3 0 24 3). Warwickshire 182 all out off 46.3 overs. Ali 13 not out. An excellent bowling effort by the very novice Notts attack well supported by some excellent fielding. The wicket had given plenty of assistance to the spinners throughout.

The day had been very overcast throughout. Very light drizzle between the innings meant that there was 50 rather 30-minute interval between the innings. No overs were lost when play resumed.

Barnard (School End) and Booth opened the bowling. In the 3rd over, McCann (6) was caught at short mid-wicket by Wylie off Barnard, 15 for 1. Slater (17) hit two boundaries off Booth but fell in the same over caught behind by Burgess off Booth, 25 for 2 off 4 overs. In the 8th over, Haynes on 6 was dropped by Wylie diving forward at square leg off Rae. A very costly error. Rae having replaced Booth from the Barby End. Notts 44-2 off 10 overs.

Lintott came on for the 11th over and had Hameed (11) caught low at point by Smith, Hameed hanging around a long time before the umpires confirmed the ball the dismissal. The replay suggested the ball was played immediately into the ground before bouncing into Smith’s hands; 48 for 3. Montgomery (5) under edged an attempted cut shot off Lintott and was caught behind by Burgess. Rain then stopped play at 1601. Notts 56 for 4 off 12.5 overs with Notts 25 runs behind the DLS par score. The Bears in a very strong position.

Play resumed at 16:48 with Notts target now a much stiffer 173 off 38 overs. King (2) was lbw to Lintott, 62 for 5 in the 15th over. Another unlucky dismissal the ball appearing to heading to be heading above the stumps. Lintott had taken three wickets in eight balls with Lady Luck having a say in two of them. The game looked well truly up for Notts at this point but Haynes (57* off 71 balls; 3x4) and Moores (30* off 44 balls, 4x4) were to share an unbroken sixth wicket stand of 73 in 13.5 overs to take Notts to an unlikely win.

Haynes and Moores were circumspect to begin with. Only 21 runs were added in the following six with Booth (6-0-31-1) returning for the 18th over. Notts 83-2 off 20 overs. Leg-spinner Tazeem Ali replaced Lintott for the 21st over his first delivery a long hop that Haynes hit to the mid-wicket ropes with 12 runs gleaned off his sole over. He was immediately replaced by Rhodes, six off his only over.

It was now very dark by far the worst conditions of the day, sight from the Barby End being particularly poor given the height and the denseness of the trees. Play plodded along with Notts now ahead of the DLS Par score they just had to bat without taking risks and  wait for the rain to arrive.

Barnard came back for the 24th over and went for seven. The rain had now started but the despite it being heavier than at any point of the day, umpires Ant Harris and Gareth Cross carried on with play. Lintott returned and went for eight. Haynes reached his 50 off 64 with a single off Barnard (7-0-31-1) in the 26th over which contained eight runs. Lintott (7-0-38-3) conceded five off the 27th over. Moores was dropped on 30 by Burgess behind the stumps off the returning Rae (6-0-15-0); a difficult chance diving to his right. Only a single off the over, but the rain then got considerably heavier and stopped play at 1750 with Notts on 135 for 5 off 28 overs, 12 runs ahead of the DLS par score. Although soon turning back to light drizzle the players never returned with play abandoned 30 minutes later. Full credit for Haynes and Moores for batting sensibly on a tricky pitch and darkened clouds with Notts winning against the odds.

A deserved triumph for Notts getting the worst of the conditions. They finished fourth in the group but with superior net run rate than Gloucestershire and Yorkshire. Warwickshire slipped to third in the table but luckily for them still ended up with a home quarter-final with Worcestershire with New Road unavailable due to the Lions game. MAG

"Taking it on the chin" Peter leaves his bunker for a Pravda interview, the first one for a while.

Outlaws XI: Ben Slater, Jack Haynes, Freddie McCann, Hasseb Hameed, Sammy King, Matt Montgomery, Tom Moores, Liam Patterson-White, Rob Lord, Toby Pettman, James Hayes