MORKEL RUNS THROUGH NOTTS AS HOSTS GIVE ANOTHER MEEK BATTING PERFORMANCE
RESULTING IN ANOTHER HEAVY HOME DEFEAT
In the fourth over of the morning Sam Curran bowling from the Pavilion End had Mullaney leg before for 23, 61 for two. Patel came in and Chinese cut Dernbach for four he followed it up with a glorious four through square leg. Curran bowled an excellent five over spell that cost 15 runs and was replaced by Rikki Clarke. Morkel replaced Dernbach from the Radcliffe Road and two successive fours by Patel off him saw Notts to 100 in the 29th over. The Morkel over went for 14. Clarke got Fraine in his second over as he edged into Foakes gloves, Fraine 30 off 77 balls with five fours, 108 for three. Patel survived a very confident leg before shout off Clarke when on 39. Virdi came on with his off breaks replacing Morkel who bowled a four over spell. Root pulled Clarke for six. Next over Patel hit Virdi for six over mid wicket. Next ball a four through the covers saw Patel to 50 off 42 balls. Root hit Virdi for a straight six. Morkel then changed ends to bowl from the Pavilion. Patel (55 – 49 balls, 8 x 4, 1 x 6) flashed outside off stump with little feet movement and edged a pacey ball from Morkel to Borthwick at second slip, 153 for four. This was the start of the capitulation. Virdi's four over spell went for 25, so Burns brought Dernbach back. He was rewarded as Dernbach removed Wessels (5) with his fourth ball; Borthwick taking the catch at second slip, 160 for five. A poor shot from Root (22) saw him get a leading edge to Morkel the ball ballooning to Burns at extra cover, 166 for 6. Morkel picked up his fourth wicket as Broad was leg before for 1, 172 for seven as lunch was immediately taken. Moores 9 not out
Notts lasted only a further 18 minutes after the luncheon interval as the White Flag was hoisted high. Virdi returned from the Radcliffe Road End straight after lunch and with his fifth ball Moores (10) steered him to short leg, 176 for eight. Fletcher (8) played on to his leg stump as Virdi picked up his second wicket, 189 for nine. Ball got a four through wide third man off Morkel and then another boundary through mid wicket. Ball (13) then drove Morkel to Curran at extra cover, Notts 199 all out in 47.5 overs. Morkel 5 for 60 (9 for 120 in the match). Notts had lost 20 wickets in 101.5 overs on a wicket where the opposition had score 592 at 4.95 RPO. Notts now have to dust themselves down as they prepare for back to back baseball games against Lancashire and Durham this weekend. After three defeats in a week, confidence has taken a battering. The team management have to ensure that the 11 that take the field on Friday is the one that maximising their chances of winning and be selected on merit and current form rather than on reputation alone. MAG
Day 2
BURNS AND CLARKE TONS AS BALL, GURNEY AND NOTTS GET BURNT
Surrey carried on their total domination of this fixture as Notts closed 325 behind with nine second innings wickets intact. Notts after a good morning session, wilted in blazing afternoon sunshine with temperature hitting 30 degrees Celsius as Surrey were eventually all out for 592. Leading lights were Rory Burns with 153 (248 balls – 23 x 4, 1 x 6) and Rikki Clarke with 111 (134 balls, 21 x 4). Luke Fletcher bowled his heart out and deserved better than 20-3-63-1 and was well supported in the morning by Stuart Broad (19-4-80-2). The bowling of Jake Ball (23-2-128-1) and Harry Gurney (16-0-119-1) in particular was very disappointing. Billy Root was very belatedly introduced and picked up three late wickets when the Surrey tail was on the boundary hunt. With a lead of 382, Notts had tricky 16 overs batting but mercifully only lost Jake Libby to Morkel (4-1-10-1).
Fletcher (Radcliffe Road End) and Broad (Pavilion End) opened the bowling in warm sunshine. With the last ball of the fifth over of the morning Fletcher got one to lift and Borthwick (24) edged him into Moores’ gloves, 235 for two. Rory Burns got to 100 off 162 balls with a straight driven two off Broad. Aaron Finch only lasted 8 balls driving Broad low to Ball at mid on, 246 for three. Foakes went in Broad's next over edging him to Wessels at first slip who having dropped the initial effort caught his own parry low down to his left, 250 for 4. Foakes out for a 3 ball duck, 250 for four. Broad after excellent spell (6 overs 2 for 24) with increased pace compared to the first day was replaced by Gurney who conceded 11 off his first over; a portent for a very expensive day for the left armer. Ball replaced Fletcher after spell of 8-3-20-1. Ollie Pope (30) repeatedly cover drove Gurney for four, but Harry got his revenge taking his 300th first class wicket as Pope edged him to Moores, 297 for five. Ball changed ends switching to the Pavilion End. Surrey 325 for five off 70 overs at lunch with Burns on 139 and Sam Curran on 9. Notts had picked up 4 wickets for 102 in an excellent session for the Green and Gold.
Rory Burns got to his 150 with a leg side sweep for 4 off Patel but next ball Samit got him out as he edged him to Mullaney at first slip. Burns 152 off 248 balls, 347 for six. Ball proved experience once more after lunch as the wheels started to come off for Notts in baking conditions. Fletcher and Broad took the new ball at 80 overs. Clarke and Curran put the foot on the accelerator as the 50 partnership for the 7th wicket in 46 balls. A four for Curran off Fletcher brought up the 400 in the 85th over. Broad was taking an age to bowl and an over and was bowling too short too often, Tom Moores struggling to keep to him and letting through byes. Curran got to 50 off 72 balls. After 10 overs with the new ball, Patel came on and his first ball was hit for six over long on. Mullaney then replaced Broad. Sam Curran on 59 edged Mullaney but Moores was slow to react as the ball went agonising close to his left hand. The 100 partnership between Curran and Clarke came up in 115 balls with a four from Clarke off Mullaney. Clarke got to 50 off 78 balls with a cover drive for four off Mullaney. Gurney replaced Mullaney. Patel then removed Curran leg before plumb in front for 70 (139 balls, 10 x 4, 1 x 6). The seventh wicket had added 125 in 26 overs to take the game away from Notts. Gurney was hit for three successive fours by Clarke. Fletcher dropped Clarke on 82 at mid wicket off Patel; it got worse as Morkel got a five courtesy of 4 overthrows. Tea was taken with Surrey 511 for seven with Clarke on 88 and Morkel on 6.
Another 81 runs were added after the interval. Ball returned after tea and two successive fours by Clarke saw the 50 partnership reached with Morkel in 41 balls. Clarke got to his ton off 131 balls with leg side four off Jake Ball. The 110 over score was 535 for seven, Notts picking up 2 bowling points. Root came on and Clarke reverse swept him for four. Next ball he tried the same shot and top edged to Moores to depart for 111, 549 for eight. Moores having received the player of the month award at lunchtime. Morkel hoisted Root for six into The Fridge but next ball was leg before to Root for 28, 564 for nine. Jade Dernbach hit Root over long on for six. Virdi then hit Billy Root for six over mid wicket. Virdi was then caught in the covers by Broad as Root picked up his third wicket for 37, Surrey 592 all out. Dernbach 27 not out. Extras totalled 52 including 30 no balls more than any of 11 Notts batsman achieved in the first innings; which summed up the sup optimal Notts bowling effort. Surrey led by 382 runs.
Mullaney hit two fours off Dernbach's first two balls, one through backward point, and a leg glance to fine leg. Morne Morkel replaced Dernbach from the Radcliffe Road End and he removed Libby with his second ball, plumb leg before for 18, 37 for one. After six over spell Clarke replaced Sam Curran. The Notts 50 came up in the 14th over via a four through square leg by Fraine. Stumps were drawn at 1816 with Notts 57 for one off 16 overs with Mullaney on 19 and Fraine who withstood the mighty Morkel on 17. With two days left, Notts have only pride to play for in an encounter which has so far proved to be a gross mismatch. MAG
SURREY BROWN CAPS RISE TO THE OCCASION LEAVING NOTTS STUCK IN THE BROWN STUFF
GURNEY TOP SCORES FOR SORRY NOTTS
Surrey inserted Notts on a green pitch after an uncontested toss. Dernbach opened up from the Radcliffe Road End in overcast conditions. After a loosener, Mullaney edged his second ball into Foakes’ gloves, 0 for one. Will Fraine on his championship debut got off the mark with a two behind the wicket on the offside. Sam Curran bowled four overs for 16 from the Pavilion End and was replaced by Morne Morkel. Dernbach after 6 overs 1 for 15 was replaced by Rikki Clarke. The 50 partnership between Libby and Fraine took 97 balls including 12 extras. In his 6th over Morkel had Fraine (19) edging to Pope in the gully, 59 for two. Patel's got a single off his first ball. Next ball Libby (28) not moving his feet edged to substitute Ryan Patel in gully as Morkel picked up his second wicket, 60 for three. Root then edged Clarke through the slips. Morkel had bowled 6-2-17-2 including 3 no balls in his opening spell as Sam Curran returned at the Pavilion End and in his second over of his spell, the out of form Patel was leg before for five, 74 for four. On the stroke of lunch a loose shot from Root (15) saw him hit Clarke straight to Pope in the gully who took the catch low down, 90 for five. Wessels hit Curran for four through extra cover. Notts 94 for five off 28 overs with Wessels 9 not out and Moores 0 not out.
The 100 came up in the 30th over via an offside four by Wessels off Morkel; he followed it with a straight four and then another offside four, 12 off the over. Wessels was superbly caught above his head at first slip by Clarke off Dernbach for 23, 121 for six. Borthwick dropped Broad at second slip when on 1, Dernbach the bowler. It was not a costly drop as Broad on 3 played an airy fairy drive and was caught at mid off by Sam Curran as Morkel picked up his third wicket, 129 for seven. Moores and Fletcher added 36 in 9 overs but Moores departed leg before to Clarke for 27. Morkel returned for another spell and clean bowled Fletcher for 21 with his first ball, 165 for nine. An agricultural heave saw Gurney off the mark for a four over the slips heads off Morkel. He followed it up with a four through the covers. Ball then hit Clarke for four through backward point. The Harry Scoop saw another four off the slips heads off Morkel. Next ball a straight driven four from HF Gurney. Jake Ball was dropped on five in the covers off Clarke. A six over extra cover by Ball into The Fridge off Morkel saw Notts to an unexpected batting point. A straight driven four by Gurney off Clarke further increased the excitement. Gurney then became top scorer with a leg side four off Clarke. Curran then bowled Ball for 16, the last wicket had added 45, Notts 210 all out. Morkel 4 for 60. Harry Gurney 29 not out (22 balls – 6 x 4). Tea was taken between the innings.
Surrey had 42 overs to bat. After being cloudy for most of the day, the sun was now shining brightly. Jake Ball (Radcliffe Road End) and Stuart Broad (Pavilion End) opened the bowling but Mark Stoneman went on the attack as Surrey raced to 52 for 0 off 8 overs with the former Durham left hander 42 not out. Gurney came on and Burns hit Gurney for six over the short backward point boundary on the Bridgford Road side of the ground. Fletcher replaced Broad. Gurney was also leaking runs as Stoneman got to his 50 off 40 balls. Gurney after three overs for 29 made way for Mullaney. The 100 opening stand was achieved in the 16th over. With Surrey 121 for 0 after 19 overs, Broad and Ball returned and finally a wicket fell. A short ball from Jake Ball saw Stoneman get an edge to an attempted pull shot, Moores taking the catch. Stoneman out for 86, 147 for one. Burns got to his 50 off 88 balls with an offside four off Gurney. Gurney though was leaking runs his second four over spell went for 24, Gurney 7 overs for 53. The 50 partnership between Burns and Borthwick took 48 balls. The 200 came up in the 36th over. Notts turned to Patel and for one over Billy Root Surrey closed on 223 for one with Burns on 97 and Borthwick on 19. The clock read 1907 as stumps were drawn with Notts over rate minus 5. Not a day a memorable day for the Green and Gold. MAG
So, that answers that then, will it be Sodhi or Christian? Answer, neither. With Nash still unfit and no Taylor, who is going to bat in the top 7 and in what order? We have certainly got options bowling wise but looks like will be an exceptionally long tail for this match, but I guess we are getting accustomed to that these days? Although TB pitches do not offer a great deal of turn, surely with this baking hot spell of unusual weather we will give Carter a 4 dayer on his home ground to see what he can offer in the red ball format?
ReplyDeleteLooking at the positives, can we assume the DoC has decided that we have a strong enough team for this match that we don't need an overseas player. Perhaps we are short of money following the completion of the glorified TV studio that is only used when international cricket is in town. One consolation is that we will have to play youngsters something that the DoC has been reluctant to do in previous years. Let's send Surrey back down the M1 with only a handful of points. Come on Notts.
ReplyDeleteThe objective must be to remain in the first division and we're well placed for that. Play the youngsters.
DeleteYes David, I agree to a point, BUT, we are a test match ground, not a derby or Leicester and we simply should have more options, then we can play the BEST youngsters not just play them as theres no one else in the squad, Matt Carter excepted, he's well overdue a run out
ReplyDeleteThe objective every season is to win the CC any other thinking will probably get you relegated.
ReplyDeleteWhat horror show put on by Notts with Harry top scoring, that must a one time only ever at any level event! But is says it all. Out played by the South Africans!
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DeleteA nightmare day for Notts with Surrey leading by 13 runs with 9 first innings wickets still standing. The visitors scoring at 5 an over on a wicket taking advantage of the extremely short boundaries on the Bridgford Road side of ground. England discard Mark Stoneman scoring 86 off 83 balls (17 fours) and the Division One’s leading run scorer Rory Burns on 97 not out (136 balls – 13 x 4, 1 x 6). The two left handers destroying the Notts attack who bowled poorly. England pair Ball and Broad looked undercooked and the support bowling offered little. Earlier a batting master class of 29 not out (his highest ever score at TB) by Harry Gurney meant he top scored as the home side scored a way below par 210 all out. Notts will point to the cloudy overhead conditions when they batted compared to the hot sunshine that greeted Surrey, but on the day Surrey outbatted and outbowled Notts; and had the look of champions. Morne Morkel was the star man taking 4 for 60 as Notts batting line up struggled to cope with him and support bowlers Dernbach, Curran and Clarke who took 2 wickets apiece. The Notts batting line up is brittle and now seemingly losing confidence, Mullaney setting the pace being out second ball of the innings. Most people on the ground were of the opinion that Christian should have played, but Notts bravely went with youth giving Will Fraine a championship debut who acquitted himself well facing 61 balls more than any other Notts batsman on the day.
ReplyDeleteSurrey inserted Notts on a green pitch after an uncontested toss. Dernbach opened up from the Radcliffe Road End in overcast conditions. After a loosener, Mullaney edged his second ball into Foakes’ gloves, 0 for one. Will Fraine on his championship debut got off the mark with a two behind the wicket on the offside. Sam Curran bowled four overs for 16 from the Pavilion End and was replaced by Morne Morkel. Dernbach after 6 overs 1 for 15 was replaced by Rikki Clarke. The 50 partnership between Libby and Fraine took 97 balls including 12 extras. In his 6th over Morkel had Fraine (19) edging to Pope in the gully, 59 for two. Patel's got a single off his first ball. Next ball Libby (28) not moving his feet edged to substitute Ryan Patel in gully as Morkel picked up his second wicket, 60 for three. Root then edged Clarke through the slips. Morkel had bowled 6-2-17-2 including 3 no balls in his opening spell as Sam Curran returned at the Pavilion End and in his second over of his spell, the out of form Patel was leg before for five, 74 for four. On the stroke of lunch a loose shot from Root (15) saw him hit Clarke straight to Pope in the gully who took the catch low down, 90 for five. Wessels hit Curran for four through extra cover. Notts 94 for five off 28 overs with Wessels 9 not out and Moores 0 not out.
ReplyDeleteThe 100 came up in the 30th over via an offside four by Wessels off Morkel; he followed it with a straight four and then another offside four, 12 off the over. Wessels was superbly caught above his head at first slip by Clarke off Dernbach for 23, 121 for six. Borthwick dropped Broad at second slip when on 1, Dernbach the bowler. It was not a costly drop as Broad on 3 played an airy fairy drive and was caught at mid off by Sam Curran as Morkel picked up his third wicket, 129 for seven. Moores and Fletcher added 36 in 9 overs but Moores departed leg before to Clarke for 27. Morkel returned for another spell and clean bowled Fletcher for 21 with his first ball, 165 for nine. An agricultural heave saw Gurney off the mark for a four over the slips heads off Morkel. He followed it up with a four through the covers. Ball then hit Clarke for four through backward point. The Harry Scoop saw another four off the slips heads off Morkel. Next ball a straight driven four from HF Gurney. Jake Ball was dropped on five in the covers off Clarke. A six over extra cover by Ball into The Fridge off Morkel saw Notts to an unexpected batting point. A straight driven four by Gurney off Clarke further increased the excitement. Gurney then became top scorer with a leg side four off Clarke. Curran then bowled Ball for 16, the last wicket had added 45, Notts 210 all out. Morkel 4 for 60. Harry Gurney 29 not out (22 balls – 6 x 4). Tea was taken between the innings.
ReplyDeleteSurrey had 42 overs to bat. After being cloudy for most of the day, the sun was now shining brightly. Jake Ball (Radcliffe Road End) and Stuart Broad (Pavilion End) opened the bowling but Mark Stoneman went on the attack as Surrey raced to 52 for 0 off 8 overs with the former Durham left hander 42 not out. Gurney came on and Burns hit Gurney for six over the short backward point boundary on the Bridgford Road side of the ground. Fletcher replaced Broad. Gurney was also leaking runs as Stoneman got to his 50 off 40 balls. Gurney after three overs for 29 made way for Mullaney. The 100 opening stand was achieved in the 16th over. With Surrey 121 for 0 after 19 overs, Broad and Ball returned and finally a wicket fell. A short ball from Jake Ball saw Stoneman get an edge to an attempted pull shot, Moores taking the catch. Stoneman out for 86, 147 for one. Burns got to his 50 off 88 balls with an offside four off Gurney. Gurney though was leaking runs his second four over spell went for 24, Gurney 7 overs for 53. The 50 partnership between Burns and Borthwick took 48 balls. The 200 came up in the 36th over. Notts turned to Patel and for one over Billy Root Surrey closed on 223 for one with Burns on 97 and Borthwick on 19. The clock read 1907 as stumps were drawn with Notts over rate minus 5. Not a day a memorable day for the Green and Gold.
ReplyDeleteAn awful performance all round from Notts. What does Matthew Carter have to do to get a place in this under performing team? He was fifth in the national bowling averages for fifty over cricket but doesn't get a chance in any other format. Our current bowling attack is good on paper but lacks variety. Give Carter a chance before he leaves for pastures new.
ReplyDeleteYes totally agree with Michael's comments. Green pitch, yes, and the Rey were clearly going to insert us with the no toss rule, but, it's clearly not the terror track we made it out to be, though in very small defence could give excuse they had the better conditions for batting.BUT, Mull played down the wrong line and LIbby out to a stunner. Awful shot just before lunch by billy rooooooot and Wessells has seemingly lost all motivation to play red ball other than to revert to his strength of t20 mode, hit boundaries and hope it's your day. Samit chronically out of form. My main gripe was for an inexperienced Will Fraine, batting 3 and in effect opening the batting, when as a young player why not help him and bat him down the order to make his transition from club cricket to Div ONE a bit easier, but, guess the much vaunted top 6 didn't fancy taking Morkel on, when they too are struggling for runs. Difficult to agree with the DoC when they say no KOLPAKs or dual passports etc. better than what they've got, suspect he is not looking hard enough
ReplyDeleteFollowing recent poor performances at Trent Bridge, can I firstly suggest that psychological help is needed. Secondly, that certain members of the team concentrate on their performances on the field rather than on their transitory celebrity status on 'Question of Sport'?
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Chris S
I fear that unless we recruit much better players than recently we will again fall to division 2. It's hard to fathom why a well resourced Club such as ours would fall so far behind competitors such as the Roses counties. Perhaps I should say "allow itself to fall behind". It is a well established principle that continue success in any sporting set up you need to strive to invest in new players.
ReplyDeleteHave we got enough points to stay up?
ReplyDeleteExtras make a half century and still going!
ReplyDeleteSurrey carried on their total domination of this fixture as Notts closed 325 behind with nine second innings wickets intact. Notts after a good morning session, wilted in blazing afternoon sunshine with temperature hitting 30 degrees Celsius as Surrey were eventually all out for 592. Leading lights were Rory Burns with 153 (248 balls – 23 x 4, 1 x 6) and Rikki Clarke with 111 (134 balls, 21 x 4). Luke Fletcher bowled his heart out and deserved better than 20-3-63-1 and was well supported in the morning by Stuart Broad (19-4-80-2). The bowling of Jake Ball (23-2-128-1) and Harry Gurney (16-0-119-1) in particular was very disappointing. Billy Root was very belatedly introduced and picked up three late wickets when the Surrey tail was on the boundary hunt. With a lead of 382, Notts had tricky 16 overs batting but mercifully only lost Jake Libby to Morkel (4-1-10-1).
ReplyDeleteFletcher (Radcliffe Road End) and Broad (Pavilion End) opened the bowling in warm sunshine. With the last ball of the fifth over of the morning Fletcher got one to lift and Borthwick (24) edged him into Moores’ gloves, 235 for two. Rory Burns got to 100 off 162 balls with a straight driven two off Broad. Aaron Finch only lasted 8 balls driving Broad low to Ball at mid on, 246 for three. Foakes went in Broad's next over edging him to Wessels at first slip who having dropped the initial effort caught his own parry low down to his left, 250 for 4. Foakes out for a 3 ball duck, 250 for four. Broad after excellent spell (6 overs 2 for 24) with increased pace compared to the first day was replaced by Gurney who conceded 11 off his first over; a portent for a very expensive day for the left armer. Ball replaced Fletcher after spell of 8-3-20-1. Ollie Pope (30) repeatedly cover drove Gurney for four, but Harry got his revenge taking his 300th first class wicket as Pope edged him to Moores, 297 for five. Ball changed ends switching to the Pavilion End. Surrey 325 for five off 70 overs at lunch with Burns on 139 and Sam Curran on 9. Notts had picked up 4 wickets for 102 in an excellent session for the Green and Gold.
ReplyDeleteRory Burns got to his 150 with a leg side sweep for 4 off Patel but next ball Samit got him out as he edged him to Mullaney at first slip. Burns 152 off 248 balls, 347 for six. Ball proved experience once more after lunch as the wheels started to come off for Notts in baking conditions. Fletcher and Broad took the new ball at 80 overs. Clarke and Curran put the foot on the accelerator as the 50 partnership for the 7th wicket in 46 balls. A four for Curran off Fletcher brought up the 400 in the 85th over. Broad was taking an age to bowl and an over and was bowling too short too often, Tom Moores struggling to keep to him and letting through byes. Curran got to 50 off 72 balls. After 10 overs with the new ball, Patel came on and his first ball was hit for six over long on. Mullaney then replaced Broad. Sam Curran on 59 edged Mullaney but Moores was slow to react as the ball went agonising close to his left hand. The 100 partnership between Curran and Clarke came up in 115 balls with a four from Clarke off Mullaney. Clarke got to 50 off 78 balls with a cover drive for four off Mullaney. Gurney replaced Mullaney. Patel then removed Curran leg before plumb in front for 70 (139 balls, 10 x 4, 1 x 6). The seventh wicket had added 125 in 26 overs to take the game away from Notts. Gurney was hit for three successive fours by Clarke. Fletcher dropped Clarke on 82 at mid wicket off Patel; it got worse as Morkel got a five courtesy of 4 overthrows. Tea was taken with Surrey 511 for seven with Clarke on 88 and Morkel on 6.
ReplyDeleteAnother 81 runs were added after the interval. Ball returned after tea and two successive fours by Clarke saw the 50 partnership reached with Morkel in 41 balls. Clarke got to his ton off 131 balls with leg side four off Jake Ball. The 110 over score was 535 for seven, Notts picking up 2 bowling points. Root came on and Clarke reverse swept him for four. Next ball he tried the same shot and top edged to Moores to depart for 111, 549 for eight. Moores having received the player of the month award at lunchtime. Morkel hoisted Root for six into The Fridge but next ball was leg before to Root for 28, 564 for nine. Jade Dernbach hit Root over long on for six. Virdi then hit Billy Root for six over mid wicket. Virdi was then caught in the covers by Broad as Root picked up his third wicket for 37, Surrey 592 all out. Dernbach 27 not out. Extras totalled 52 including 30 no balls more than any of 11 Notts batsman achieved in the first innings; which summed up the sup optimal Notts bowling effort. Surrey led by 382 runs.
ReplyDeleteMullaney hit two fours off Dernbach's first two balls, one through backward point, and a leg glance to fine leg. Morne Morkel replaced Dernbach from the Radcliffe Road End and he removed Libby with his second ball, plumb leg before for 18, 37 for one. After six over spell Clarke replaced Sam Curran. The Notts 50 came up in the 14th over via a four through square leg by Fraine. Stumps were drawn at 1816 with Notts 57 for one off 16 overs with Mullaney on 19 and Fraine who withstood the mighty Morkel on 17. With two days left, Notts have only pride to play for in an encounter which has so far proved to be a gross mismatch.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt Surrey are a strong side However Notts making it too easy for them A weakened batting line up was poor However a strong bowling unit was tbh terrible Run rate/Extras out of control we Seriously lost the plot mid afternoon
DeleteWell, unless the extreme unlikely happens, we're going to lose, probably by an innings and a day spare,BUT, let's fight all he way the same way Hants did to us and th way Worcs applied themselves. Lets keep them in the field as long as we possibly can in sweltering conditions and make them EARN there victory. Let's not just meekly surrender. Disturbing today that Jake Ball(supposedly an international player) could offer little in their run fest, at least in difficult conditions BIG Fletch can bowl an economic spell at 3 an over. You sometimes wonder how both he and Harry boy even got close to the England set up, but we all know on their day they can be devastating still
ReplyDeleteBally is being ruined by England.
ReplyDeleteWhy do Broach and the rest always resort to bowling short when in a hole?
Today's hole is cavernous for the batsmen. We need a couple, at least, of centurions. Who will stand up and be counted?
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DeleteA truly execrable performance over two and a half days, played on some poky edge of square pitch against Surrey who are almost certainly going to be champions. A lot of work for Notts to do. Hope none of the players are taking a day off golfing tomorrow.
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Surrey galloped to an easy victory taking only 138 minutes to remove the remaining nine Notts wickets as Morne Morkel finished with five wickets in an innings and nine in the match. The eventual winning margin was an innings and 183 runs, a fair reflection of the difference in the quality of the two line ups. In complete contrast to the plethora of bad balls served up by Notts, Surrey today barely bowled a bad one; their bowling attack and fielding was outstanding throughout the match. If there is a take home message from this game it was how badly certain Notts bowlers performed in this game. We all know the batting is brittle, the bowling though was way below what should be expected; hopefully a one off occurrence. Only in the pre lunch session yesterday did Notts exhibit any control with the ball. Mullaney soon went today, he has yet to get going since returning from the Lions earlier this month. Fraine batted with a lot of guts and determination and did as well as could expected batting at three against the best team in the division; his 30 was a first-class best. He also faced more balls in the innings namely 77 than his more illustrious team mates. Patel made a welcome return to form and then frustrating gave it away. The last six wickets fell for 46 runs in sadly predictable fashion. Luckily there is no championship game for a month and with hopefully de Kock in the line up and a more balanced bowling attack, Notts can put up a much improved performance for their crucial match up with Hampshire at The Rose Bowl. A return to fitness for Nash and Coughlin would considerably help matters.
ReplyDeleteIn the fourth over of the morning Sam Curran bowling from the Pavilion End had Mullaney leg before for 23, 61 for two. Patel came in and Chinese cut Dernbach for four he followed it up with a glorious four through square leg. Curran bowled an excellent five over spell that cost 15 runs and was replaced by Rikki Clarke. Morkel replaced Dernbach from the Radcliffe Road and two successive fours by Patel off him saw Notts to 100 in the 29th over. The Morkel over went for 14. Clarke got Fraine in his second over as he edged into Foakes gloves, Fraine 30 off 77 balls with five fours, 108 for three. Patel survived a very confident leg before shout off Clarke when on 39. Virdi came on with his off breaks replacing Morkel who bowled a four over spell. Root pulled Clarke for six. Next over Patel hit Virdi for six over mid wicket. Next ball a four through the covers saw Patel to 50 off 42 balls. Root hit Virdi for a straight six. Morkel then changed ends to bowl from the Pavilion. Patel (55 – 49 balls, 8 x 4, 1 x 6) flashed outside off stump with little feet movement and edged a pacey ball from Morkel to Borthwick at second slip, 153 for four. This was the start of the capitulation. Virdi's four over spell went for 25, so Burns brought Dernbach back.
ReplyDeleteHe was rewarded as Dernbach removed Wessels (5) with his fourth ball; Borthwick taking the catch at second slip, 160 for five. A poor shot from Root (22) saw him get a leading edge to Morkel the ball ballooning to Burns at extra cover, 166 for 6. Morkel picked up his fourth wicket as Broad was leg before for 1, 172 for seven as lunch was immediately taken. Moores 9 not out
Notts lasted only a further 18 minutes after the luncheon interval as the White Flag was hoisted high. Virdi returned from the Radcliffe Road End straight after lunch and with his fifth ball Moores (10) steered him to short leg, 176 for eight. Fletcher (8) played on to his leg stump as Virdi picked up his second wicket, 189 for nine. Ball got a four through wide third man off Morkel and then another boundary through mid wicket. Ball (13) then drove Morkel to Curran at extra cover, Notts 199 all out in 47.5 overs. Morkel 5 for 60 (9 for 120 in the match). Notts had lost 20 wickets in 101.5 overs on a wicket where the opposition had score 592 at 4.95 RPO. Notts now have to dust themselves down as they prepare for back to back baseball games against Lancashire and Durham this weekend. After three defeats in a week, confidence has taken a battering. The team management have to ensure that the 11 that take the field on Friday is the one that maximising their chances of winning and be selected on merit and current form rather than on reputation alone.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, there are not many, currently in form; so take your pick for Friday night.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Surrey game, Men against boys stuff
While Surrey bowlers strided to the crease and delivered pace and accuracy , our bowlers looked jaded in the heat,and served up a mixture of mediocrity.
In reality, Surrey have invested heavily in a mixture of English and South African imports, suplimented by some promising young home grown talent.A good recipe for success
Notts by contrast, entered the season with too small a squad, which has been further exposed by injuries and the opt out of Mr Hales.
Looking at the remaining fixture list with the Oval on the agenda, there is plenty of work to do to ensure we are still playing in this division in 2019.
Supporters will hope to see greater application and method from the players, for the remaining games this season ;from what was served up during this match.
Fully agree Mark but would suggest that added to your quoted factors for our current struggle should be our lack of ambition as far as recruitment is concerned
Delete100 PERCENT spot on
DeleteI think that the recruitment budget has gone on that monstrosity at the Radcliffe Road end. It's time we showed some ambition and remembered we are a cricket club and not Trent Bridge Ltd. Everything is about the ground.
DeleteThe only county to have no mention/ or hint of its own name in its Twitter name/address/handle. What's that all about?
DeleteSo then, today we either fight and scrap like Hants and Worcs did to us and keep the Rey out in the field all day in baking hot conditions, nailing Morkel and co into the ground and lose with character, bottle and desire OR, we meekly surrender, disintegrate and offer little. Sadly, had a feeling it would be the latter. On a few positives to take, Fraine ludicrously asked to bat 3 on his real first class debut showed good spirit and a willingness to defend his wicket in both innings and at age of 21 definitely is worth persevering with. Also good to see Samit back to some sort of form and although not his biggest fan thought billy rooooooooot actually looked good out there. Would like to see him given a chance in red ball as personally do not think one day, especially t20 suits his classy batsmanship. Guess that's about it. We may have a very stretched, small squad with few options, but don't worry all you Notts fans out there as I've heard STRONG rumours we are taking on 3 trialists ahead of fridays crucial encounter, Nuts the Squirrel, the bar manager in the pavilion and the attendant in the Forest car park and they all fit the DoCs criteria of being eligible for England, a tactic which seemingly seems to hinder the Notts team but we are still only too happy to go along with
ReplyDeleteBlimey, what a thrashing. I'm glad I was away and missed it. We need to dig deep or will end up relegated. Carter must get a game.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the comments guys in my absence. I look forwrd to NT Squirrel opening the batting tonight. FCP Attendant won't being playing, as he has an EU qualification and in ineligible for England even though he pitches it up well, rarely drags to leg side, disguises his slow ball well and can bat at 6 if necessary. The bar manager in the pavilion however is too slow for T20 and is the only obvious reason why Libby will get the nod again tonight.
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