Nottsview: Day 4 v Warwickshire LV= at Edgbaston

HALES CARRIES HIS BAT AS NOTTS FOLD

Quality - a rare commodity!

It took 82 minutes for Warwickshire to complete victory over Notts at Edgbaston this morning with Alex Hales carrying his bat with an undefeated 106 not out. He became the first Notts opener to do so, since Jason Gallian against Surrey at Trent Bridge in 2003. He now needs seven runs in the final match against Sussex to complete 1,000 runs for the season in Nottinghamshire matches alone. Chris Read currently stands on 917 runs and Samit Patel has 887 runs.

Paul Franks fell to the sixth ball of the day edging Rikki Clarke to Metters at third slip. Three overs later, Adams bottomed edged a ball from Wright onto his stumps to depart for six. Pattinson survived 31 balls and managed three boundaries before being yorked by Wright, who had now picked up his five wickets in the innings.

Fletcher joined Hales with the score at 178 for 9, with 15 still needed for the ton. With careful farming of the strike Hales got there off 169 balls with 12 fours. Once the ton was reached Fletcher was given carte blanche to go for his shots and hoisted Rankin for a six over mid-wicket.

Metters was finally introduced as Warwick turned to spin for the first time in the match. Off his fourth ball Fletcher pulled a long hop straight to Porterfield at cover, as Notts were all out for 222. Warwickshire had triumphed by innings and 114 runs and well placed to win their first title in seven years.