Knocked-out by the weather

(Friday) Day Four was ruined by rain that possibly denied wins for Middlesex and Sussex....................... not for the first time, the weather favours Warwickshire in 2012.

57*

It came as no surprise to anyone that ODI was almost a total washout at Cardiff today.................................... wait and see the weather on Saturday for T20 finals day, "Glastonbury eat your heart out"

Rehman v Panesar Rounds 2 and 3

Abdur Rehman 5/70 to dismiss Sussex in their first innings for 279 (a lead of 32 runs)

Remember:

http://www.nottsview.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/biz-spin-ess-as-usual.html

http://www.nottsview.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/beware-bogeyman.html

However Monty Panesar struck back with 6/77 and Chris Nash 3/45 as Somerset were spun out for 195, leaving Sussex with a target of 164. They were 31/0 at stumps.

At Edgbaston, Middlesex currently lead by 305 with 5 wickets left, Dawid Malan 138*, a draw looking likely there, without captains talking to each other.

There is a strong possibility that Sussex could be top after tomorrow but Rehman might have his own ideas about that or will the weather have have the final say, not for the first time at Taunton.


Durham as expected had a 20 point win over Worcestershire by 6 wickets

Plumtree's finest

With the absences of Michael Lumb and Alex Hales approaching before the end of the season (the last two LV=), the spectre of a Neil Edwards recall looms.

ECB, James Cameron and the Full Monty

The ECB has confirmed the following player availability for the remainder of the season:

1 of 3 Bears available
to play Notts

James Anderson (Lancashire) Unavailable
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire) Available for Friends Life t20 Finals Day, unavailable for remainder of season
Ian Bell (Warwickshire) Unavailable until final LV=CC match against Nottinghamshire
Ravi Bopara (Essex) Unavailable
Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire) Unavailable
Danny Briggs (Hampshire) Unavailable for LV=CC matches against Essex and Derbyshire
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire) Unavailable
Jos Buttler (Somerset) Unavailable for LV=CC matches against Sussex and Worcestershire
Alastair Cook (Essex) Unavailable until the final LV=CC match against Yorkshire
Jade Dernbach (Surrey) Unavailable
Steven Finn (Middlesex) Unavailable
Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire) Unavailable for LV=CC matches against Surrey and Warwickshire
Craig Kieswetter (Somerset) Available for Friends Life t20 Finals Day, unavailable for remainder of season
Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire) Unavailable for LV=CC matches against Surrey and Warwickshire
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) Unavailable
Graham Onions (Durham) Available for all cricket
Kevin Pietersen (Surrey) Available for all cricket
Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire) Unavailable
Matt Prior (Sussex) Available from 25 August for remainder of season
Andrew Strauss (Middlesex) Available from 28 August for remainder of season
Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire) Unavailable
James Taylor (Nottinghamshire) Available for all cricket
Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire) Unavailable until final LV=CC match against Nottinghamshire
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire) Unavailable until final LV=CC match against Nottinghamshire
Luke Wright (Sussex) Unavailable for LV=CC matches against Somerset and Durham

5 Go to Sri Lanka

Not a missing Enid Blyton book but the England Selectors latest publication:

England

T20 World Cup Squad

Stuart Broad (Captain, Nottinghamshire)
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Ravi Bopara (Essex)
Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire)
Danny Briggs (Hampshire)
Jos Buttler (Somerset)
Jade Dernbach (Surrey)
Steven Finn (Middlesex)
Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)
Craig Kieswetter (Somerset)
Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire)
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)
Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire)
Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)
Luke Wright (Sussex)

Back to winning ways

Proof that  84 + 71 really is greater than 102; those being the contributions of Michael Lumb, Chris Read and Mark Stoneman as Notts Outlaws beat Durham Dynamos by 43 runs, the game ending in the 79^th over of the hot, sunny, humid day. 

CB40 Squad includes Pattinson

The usual names feature minus the two Leicestershire signings from last year, Taylor (Test duty) and Gurney (Injury) but plus Scott two tons this week Elstone. Patto's name is included in the squad - he did bowl 6 overs last Monday and he did perform bottle and twelfth man duties for the Durham Championship defeat.

Unlike the Bears Notts haven't taken in any loanees to cover for absentees, rather the reverse:

Swann, Broad, Taylor, Patel, Hales have all been loaned to England at one time or another this season.

David Hussey on a season / 12 month long loan to Australia

Luke Fletcher absent due to weighty issues for several months

Hutton and Wood loaned to England u19 

With current injuries to Pattinson, Gurney and Adams 

You could say Notts' squad was thread-bear .................................... but still no loanees; BUT watch out we've got Scott Elstone

All Round Elstone

Academy settle for a winning draw against Mark Nelson's Papplewick

The Nottinghamshire Academy are the side in second and took 16 points from their draw against Papplewick; they struck the days largest total when they declared after 46 overs with 295 for 2 with Scott Elstone starring with an unbeaten 109 from just 68 balls with 11 fours and 6 sixes and he shared a stand of 149 for the second wicket with Hassan Azad (94) after Sam Kelsall went for 46. Papplewick may be in tenth spot but they will have taken confidence from their reply of 233 for 6 from their 54 overs in which Mark Nelson took much of the credit with 132 from 145 balls and Elstone rounded off a good day taking 3-52.

Wood cuts down Notts' title ambitions

An heroic effort to score 366 runs to keep their championship hopes alive ended with a 16 run defeat for Notts yesterday. Durham batted on for another four overs and added 24 runs for the loss of Collingwood who was bowled by White for 59. Durham 325 for eight declared setting Notts 366 runs to win off 90 overs.

1500th Notts ton

Durham step closer to Victory

Durham are strong favourites to win today having a lead of 341 runs with three second innings left. Given their cautious approach to batting late last night they may even bat briefly today; but if Onions shows any of the form he showed on Thursday they should win the game comfortably.

Day 2 v Durham LV= 2012 Onions 9

A superlative bowling effort from Graeme Onions put Durham on top at Trent Bridge today. Onions not required by England got to Trent Bridge ready for the afternoon session; he subsequently took nine wickets for the best figures on the ground since Mushtaq Ahmed bowled Sussex to the championship and condemned Notts to relegation in the final game of the 2006 season.