Monday 30 July 2012

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

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