Pattinson early strikes destroy Surrey

The Pro40 game between Middlesex and Leicestershire at Uxbridge was abandoned because of the state of the ground after all the rain there but Nottinghamshire had  moved to the other side of London where Outlaws were able to take on Group B league leaders Surrey at Guildford

bowled 2 overs today 0/15

Gareth Batty won the toss and elected to bat with a punctual start time. Chris Read opted to open the bowling, T20-style with a spinner but this time it was Samit Patel in the firing line rather than Graeme White, as in the previous experiment. The successful first over of 4/1 was just a prelude to a Darren Pattinson induced destruction during the power-play. Surrey at one point languished at 8/5 and needed to rebuild which they did for the next dozen overs or so until Ansari became the sixth man out on 46/6. At "half way" Surrey were 51/6. From this position Surrey's tail had little choice but to go Gung-ho which was relatively effective and collectively they dragged the score to 123 off 33.4 overs


Surrey 123


Matt Spriegel 39
Gareth Batty 24
Zafar Ansari 16
Jon Lewis 16


Harry Gurney 4/22
Darren Pattinson 3/27
Jake Ball 2/20


Surrey opened their bowling with off spinner Matt Spriegel but he didn't relieve the ball and maintained a very tight spell, bowling out 8-0-20-0.


After 10 overs Outlaws were 40/2. Over 12, bowled by Stuart Meaker, went for 20 runs (2 no balls), relieving much of the pressure applied by Spriegel.
At half way, Notts found themselves 84/2; Surrey choosing to restrict rather than attack, with their battery of spinners, Kartik and Batty in tandem.
Samit Patel was third man out, 96/3 in the twenty-fourth over to Murali Kartik, bringing Adam Voges to the crease only for him to return in the next over, caught behind off Batty. Riki Wessels fell in Batty's next over 105/5, 26.4 ov.
Skipper Chris Read (13*) used his experience, seeing Notts home with 57 balls to spare.


Outlaws 124/5 30.3 ov


James Taylor 41*
Alex Hales 23
Samit Patel 21


Gareth Batty 2/23




Also in Group B; Somerset beat Scotland by 60 runs at Taunton, Craig Meschede 4/27
Hampshire beat Durham at the Armitage Shanks Bowl by 4 wickets.

Leap-frogging Bears

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Warwickshire took advantage of knowing what had happened to Notts yesterday and made the most of the weather at Edgbaston today.; maximising their batting points and then bowling an unfocused Sussex out to reap 11 points from their draw, leap-frogging Notts to the top of the league in the process.