v Glamorgan CB40 2012

Dai Llewellyn sets Outlaws too stiff a target

After a somewhat lackadaisical display Notts slipped to a narrow two-run defeat under the Vera Duckworth method at Swansea yesterday. Elstone and Carter came in for Ball and Gurney on a spinner’s wicket which had been used for the previous four day game against Gloucestershire. Fletcher still sadly completely out of shape was a poor selection and he bowled a very mixed fare opening up from the Mumbles End; Patel meanwhile continued his mediocre bowling efforts from last Wednesday. The end result was that Glamorgan raced off at six an over from the first six overs on a wicket where 180 looked a winning total.

Redfern rescues Sheep after Shreck attacks.

Tony Palladino's 7/53 set up a challenging run chase over the last day and a half for Derbyshire at Derby against Kent.

After rain disrupted proceedings on Saturday, Derbyshire looked well set on 197/2 on Sunday needing 295 but then the Cornish Giant, Charlie Shreck struck taking four wickets.

Dan Redfern then steadied the ship and is currently guiding the Sheep to an important win against one of their nearest rivals for the Division 2 title, 286/8 at lunch. After lunch, Sheep won by the 2 wicket margin.

England's Innings in the test fizzled out after KP was out LBW to the second ball of the day, 425 all out.

Elstone in the 13 and Glam beat Glos

Notts (from): Lumb, Hales, Wessels, Patel, Voges, Read, Mullaney, White, Ball, Fletcher, Gurney, Elstone, Carter.






It is also hoped that Graeme Swann might be available for the trip to Taunton on Tuesday.

Confirmed on the Trent Bridge Twitter feed.

Nottinghamshire CCC ‏@TrentBridge

Graeme Swann will be included in the Nottinghamshire team to face Somerset in the LV= County Championship.

Barrels of fun for Durham

Division One strugglers Durham pulled-off a surprise win over Australia A who managed a Durham-style collapse of their own; crashing from 99/0 to 123/5 and then 160/5 to 188/9, eventually ending 204 all out. Ian Blackwell, the rotund Spirite took a career best 7/52. Durham won by 19 runs.




At Derby, Charlie Shreck snared a five-fer 5/41 for Kent, grabbing wickets in clutches as he did at Trent Bridge, he took the top 3 and then the bottom two batsmen.




Somerset need 279 to beat Lancashire at Liverpool, 14/1.


Middlesex currently have a lead of 177 with 7 wickets in hand against Bears at Uxbridge.


Pears turned-over and had their tummies rubbed like obedient pet Labradors at Hove - losing by an innings and 117 runs. Monty Panesar 23-13-23-4 


David Masters is enjoying bowling against his old team, Leicestershire, 6/47 at Chelmsford.


At the test, rain ended play early, the Boks 419 Stuart Broad 3/96 England 48/0.

Taylor in, Swann out

Graeme Swann has been excluded for the first time in 43 tests; either because of his troubled elbow or because of the need for speed in Steven Finn.


James Taylor has been included in the eleven to maintain the Notts ratio however.

put those programmes in the bin!

Harry Gurney‏@gurneyhf

Good of them to let debutant@jamestaylor20 take part in the toss...pic.twitter.com/A6vY8kRh

More Wednesday night woes!

NOTTS ALL IN A SPIN Notts were defeated by Surrey by four wickets with 23 balls unused on a slow-turning pitch at TB last night. With Carter rested, Fletcher clearly some way short of match fitness seemed a strange choice over Scott Elstone and Jake Ball never bowled a ball all night.

Fletcher to Return?

CB40 regular

After 3 games for the Seconds, Luke Fletcher is being penciled in to play against Surrey Lions tomorrow.
Outlaws: Michael Lumb, Alex Hales, Riki Wessels, Adam Voges, Samit Patel, Chris Read ©, Steven Mullaney, Graeme White, Jake Ball, Harry Gurney, Andy Carter, Luke Fletcher




In the corresponding reverse fixture between the two sides; Outlaws won easily, Darren Pattinson doing critical damage with the ball and James Taylor hitting the winning runs off - neither of these two play tomorrow.

Date-Health Warning

For those people that work weekends, please note one day this coming weekend hasn't been given a date in Derby. Extra care should be taken on Friday, Saturday and Sunday,

Why Derbyshire are playing Kent over 5 days is a mystery.

Derby v Kent below

Notts go top with Bears

As expected the featherbed pitch was only winner at Trent Bridge as the match ended at 1715 with Sussex 36 runs ahead with five wickets intact and 11 overs to bowl. The eleven bonus points gained from the match ensured that Warwickshire and Notts are neck and neck at the top in terms of points but The Bears have a crucial game in hand.

Day 4 at Trent Bridge (and Edgbaston)

The fourth day starts with Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire level on points needing to take 10 wickets to win their corresponding games.

The benign Trent Bridge flat track looks less likely to yield wickets but Andre Adams isn't the country's leading wicket taker by chance.

• Match delayed at Edgbaston but due to start at 11.45 and the game at Leicester is also delayed by rain.
• In play at Trent Bridge on time
• Chris Nash moves to three figures, 100*, Joyce 81*
• Riki Wessels makes his Notts bowling debut
• Patel gets Joyce caught splendidly by Michael Lumb for 98 
• Brief interruption for rain and Notts take the new ball.
• Lunch 254/1, rain falling in Nottingham City Centre
• At Edgbaston, Surrey lunching at 83/1 .
• Surrey lose Harinath for a duck
• Rain returns to Edgbaston 87/2
• Sussex move on to 300/1 and play resumed at Edgbaston
• Chris Nash takes his personal tally to 150 not out
• Nash c Taylor b Carter 162, Sussex 315/2
• Surrey 113/3 
• Tea Sussex 352/2 2 ahead
• Luke Wells c and b Wessels 59

• Michael Yardy c Adams b Gurney 3 355/4
• Samit drops a caught and bowled chance, Sussex 30 ahead
• last hour, 6 wickets still needed
• Murray Goodwin bowled Samit Patel 31
• Match Drawn at Trent Bridge   Notts 11 points
• Match Drawn at Edgbaston Surrey 202/3 Zafar Ansari 83 not out  Warwickshire 10 points
• Well done to the Gymnastic boys including the lad from Keyworth, with the silver medal / correction bronze medal

Division One at the end of July 2012

Bat dominates ball

This game seems destined to become a bore draw, as in the 68 overs bowled during a showery day not a single wicket fell. Indeed it is now 88 overs since Lumb was bowled at 1629 yesterday, the last wicket to fall. The bat completely dominant over ball. The big talking point of the day was James Taylor surprise call up to the England squad for the Headingley Test; whether he plays is still up in the air as England may opt for five bowlers. He celebrated his call up by adding 57 runs off 63 balls as Notts declared their innings on a massive 520 for four declared. Taylor (163*) and Voges (44*) unbroken 5th partnership had added 148 runs in 49 overs.