v Warwickshire LV Championship at Edgbaston

Day 4

JUST REWARD FOR YOUNG BOWLING UNIT

No declarations meant that the last day of this weather decimated fixture was all about bonus point accumulation.


Over night pair, James Taylor and Skipper Read survived the initial 45 minutes onslaught until the sixth over of the second new ball, Read caught behind off Wright for 63 and next ball Brett Hutton for golden quacker.

James Taylor's innings ended soon afterwards but over the course of his knock he had exceeded 9000 first class runs.before becoming Barker's fifth wicket on 164.
Notts lunched on 364/8 but straight afterwards Jeetan Patel snared Wood and Ball in consecutive deliveries.  Notts 365

Bears' openers reached 44 when Chopra went LBW to Hutton and then Westwood edged Wood.

Luke Fletcher then took his first championship wicket of the season for Notts, Evans giving Steven Mullaney a catch in the slips.

The fourth of the Notts Academy graduates bowling unit to get into the wickets was Jake the Lion Ball, to removed Sam Hain, Tim Ambrose and Jonathan Trott in relative quick time.

Keith Barker became Ball's fourth wicket before Luke Wood had Rikki Clarke LBW. The innings was wrapped-up when Wright was caught behind off Fletcher and then Jeetan Patel went aerial, caught in the deep by Hales from the bowling of Hutton.

A poor effort of 187 in 46.2 overs by the disgruntled Bears but just reward for some hard graft by the young Notts bowling unit over the last few months. 

Notts' point tally from this drawn game means that they have secured a minimum third place in the LVCC and have a mathematically bridgeable gap to Middlesex in second position, with only the Hampshire game left, next week when Stuart Broad still remains available.

Stuart Broad today had a tram named after him and Worcestershire were again defeated and are relegated. Worcestershire's season, has to be said, was more competitive than their last visit to the top flight, two years ago, but the young squad are yet to make enough of a step-up in quality to be consistently winning sessions over four days. A non-throwing Saeed Ajmal must represent something of a disappointment and poor value for money.DDG

Day 3

BARKER TAKES 4 BUT JAMES TAYLOR AND CHRIS READ TAKE NOTTS INTO THE BONUS POINTS as


Mardy Bears refrained from applauding Taylor's century

With the day's forecast to become increasingly wet and windy with the passing by of hurricane Henri, little play looked to be on the cards when this morning, in the East Midlands it was already raining.


However just further afield, beyond the southern borders of Derbyshire, the weather started much brighter and play commenced at its customary early September start time. The over-night pair of Brendan Taylor and Alex Hales, now in a full-house of England squads for the Pakistan/UAE tour, only managed to reach 23 before Hales edged Barker, for Clarke to take a "stunner" of a catch. Hales was soon followed by Steven Mullaney who fell victim to a bat, pad decision, catch at gully off, again, Barker for a duck. 25/2.

The Taylor "brothers" took the score to 46 before Brendan was trapped LBW to again Barker, for 24, 46/3. Before lunch, Riki Wessels was out caught behind offthe part-time bowling of Trott but James Taylor had reached another 50, 105/4.

After lunch, Samit Patel was bowled after a ball change, the old ball being lost under the hover covers, off the bowling of, again, Keith Barker. That brought Nottinghamshire's two captains together and they took Notts to tea at 216/5, with James Taylor again reaching three figures, his twentieth first class century having been dropped on three occasions, two according to Dobell were pretty difficult . A faint edge caught behind appeal which was rejected by the umpire, when on 99, caused the Bears' players not to applaud Titch's ton.

On resumption, Titch increased his scoring a tad, whist Read played more circumspect, in what was still, testing conditions, reaching his 50 (104 balls), before play was delayed for poor light with 24 overs remaining. 254/5 Taylor 138*. The light never improved and stumps were drawn for the day.

Congratulations to Jake Ball on his inclusion in the England Lions squad for a tour of UAE to face Pakistan A which follows some winter sun in Durban with England Performance Programme. DDG


Day 2

About 75 mins rain of which 15 min was heavy was enough to conclude any further prospect of play for the day.. In the 15 mins they did play, Alex Hales hit a ball to third man which crept to the boundary. 

Edgbaston's drainage is not good and if it rains in buckets again tomorrow there will be no play on Thursday either. MAG
Notts lost the toss and were 16/0 at stumps.

Day 1

The first day at Edgbaston was washed out by continual rain with the toss and team sheets put on hold.

Alex Hales and James Taylor are added to the eleven that turned the tables on Durham on Friday. Also added are Luke Fletcher and  Matt Carter as Nottinghamshire hope to extend their winning Championship run, whilst Michael Lumb and Jake Libby miss out.


Alex Hales has had a calamitous ODI series, scoring just 49 runs over the 5 games; James Taylor, however has had some personal success with 234 runs including one century. 

Jake Ball,
Matt Carter,
Luke Fletcher, 
Harry Gurney, 
Alex Hales, 
Brett Hutton, 
Steven Mullaney, 
Samit Patel, 
Chris Read, 
Brendan Taylor, 
James Taylor, 
Riki Wessels, 
Luke Wood