Yorkshire BWT at Trent Bridge - Loss REPORT

Day 4

ANOTHER TUESDAY, ANOTHER NOTTS DEFEAT

Groundhog Day at Trent Bridge

Lack of application and a collective lack of moral fibre were once again very much in evidence at Trent Bridge as Notts chasing a very gettable 188 to beat Yorkshire went from 46 for two just before lunch to being bowled out for 97 all out before 3 o clock as Yorkshire triumphed by 90 runs. The pathetic nature of the collapse was all too predictable.

 

Notts managed to polish off the Yorkshire innings in 45 minutes this morning on a slow pitch where application was the name of the game. Tattersall once again showed it in bucket loads batting for 180 balls which was one more ball than Notts faced in their entire second innings capitulation. Nash was unlucky to be adjudged leg before to ball going way down the leg side, Hameed played a terrible shot to be strangled out. Then the key play, Duckett (19) who top scored with 19 was caught in the gully by a ball from Olivier on the stroke of lunch. This appeared to completely knock the stuffing out of team. What followed was a procession of embarrassing dismissals as Notts gave up the ghost, the Yorkshire bowlers were given freebies. The team clearly has a massive mental block in four-day cricket which has dragged on far too long. Ball getting injured did not help, but unfortunately the injury was predictable given his workload. Now it appears the team has more coaches than bowlers! The contributions of Duckett and Clarke remain negligible and as yet Trego has made no impact. There still appears to a lack of team togetherness in pressure situations.

 

Carter (Radcliffe Road End) and Chappell (Pavilion End) opened the bowling. In the fourth over of the morning, Olivier (8) edged Chappell to Moores who took the catch diving to his right, 262 for 8. In the 105th over, a leg side swipe from Dominic Leech off Carter saw him top edge the ball and Mullaney took an easy catch, 267 for nine. Tattersall got to his 50 with a four through mid wicket off Chappell. Carter picked up his fourth wicket when Tattersall  (53 off 180 balls with 5 fours) attempting to reverse sweep top edged to Mullaney who equalled the club record of 7 catches in the match for a fielder. Yorkshire were 278 all out off 108.2 overs with Chappell 4 for 59 and Carter 4 for 76, they have both bowled well.

 

Notts required 188 off a minimum of 77 overs. Olivier (Pavilion End) and Leech (Radcliffe Road End) constituted the opening attack. Nash (11) was very unlucky to adjudged leg before to Olivier, the ball going down leg side, 16 for one. Hameed played a terrible shot strangled down the leg side, caught Bairstow bowled Leech for 1, 16 for two off six overs. Clarke joined Duckett and the scoring rate started to go up, Patterson replaced Leech from the Radcliffe Road End for the 10th over. There was a long stoppage as Clarke was hit on the helmet from a short ball from Olivier then on the stroke of the lunch a ball from Olivier popped up and Duckett (19) edged to Malan in the gully. Notts 46 for 3 at the interval with Clarke 7 not out.

 

After lunch it was all too familiar Fred Karno time, Clarke (18) hit three fours but then was caught and bowled low down by Olivier who picked up his third wicket, 61 for four. A very soft dismissal. A leaden footed Mullaney (5) was caught behind off Patterson, 61 for 5. Olivier’s 10 over spell from the Pavilion End ended with figures 3 for 29, he did not bowl again. Thompson came on from the Pavilion End and Moores (8) had his stumps demolished as the young all rounder having fine game picked up a wicket with his third ball, 75 for 6. Shutt picked up his maiden first-class victim as Trego was plumb leg before for 7 to his fourth delivery of the innings, 82 for seven. Chappell (0) did not last long caught at mid wicket by Shutt off Thompson,  a dreadful shot, Chappell picking out the only fielder on the leg side, 89 for eight. Carter was the next on the conveyor belt lbw Thompson for seven, 97 for nine. Four balls later the misery ended when Patel was caught at mid wicket by Malan off Shutt who picked up his second wicket. Thompson statistically having the best figures of 5-1-6-3. It was all too easy for them, they did not really have to work hard for their wickets, it was more a case of them being presented on a plate. Yet another complete unacceptable and embarrassing performance.

 

It should not end there of course it is now over to our ELECTED committee for what happens next. The dire run has gone on far too long and if you ask any long standing county member from any other county they ALL KNOW where the major problems are. So if any of the 12 elected members are reading this, please remember how you became a member of the committee in the first place. Answer: The members voted for you to represent our views and best interests. So please now act !!!!! As Henderson said “Heads should roll!’ TWENTY-THREE and counting.  If you still unsure I suggest you read the various forums and social media posts. Yes there are a lot of vile and totally uncalled comments out there, but surely not everyone is wrong. However from a Notts perspective Nero, unfortunately, is still fiddling!

Date (last day)	Opposition	Venue	Toss	Result	Bat’	Bowl’	Total points
29 June 2018	WORC’SHIRE	TB	U	D	4	3	12
23 July 2018	SURREY	TB	U	LI183R	1	2	3
22 Aug 2018	Hampshire	Rose Bowl	U	L270R	-	3	3
31 Aug 2018	Surrey	The Oval	U	LI125R	-	3	3
07 Sep 2018	YORKSHIRE	TB	U	D	5	2	12
13 Sep 2018	ESSEX	TB	W	L8W	-	3	3
26 Sep 2018	SOMERSET	TB	L	LI146R	-	2	2
08 Apr 2019	YORKSHIRE	TB	U	D	4	3	12
13 Apr 2019	SOMERSET	TB	U	LI14R	2	3	4*
16 May 2019	Essex	Chelmsford	W	L8W	-	3	3
23 May 2019	Hampshire	Newclose	U	L244R	1	3	4
06 June 2019	Warwickshire	Edgbaston	L	D	-	1	6
12 June 2019	HAMPSHIRE	WELBECK	U	D	-	-	5
20 June 2019	Kent	Tunbridge Wells	U	L285R	2	3	5
03 July 2019	ESSEX	TB	W	LI123R	1	1	2
09 July 2019	Somerset	Taunton	L	L132R	1	3	4
15 July 2019	SURREY	TB	L	L167R	-	3	3
21 Aug 2019	Yorkshire	Scarborough	U	L143R	-	3	3
12 Sep 2019	KENT	TB	L	L227R	-	3	3
19 Sep 2019	WARWICKSHIRE	TB	L	L8W	5	1	6
26 Sep 2019	Surrey	The Oval	L	D	-	2	7
04 Aug 2020	Derbyshire	TB (away**)	L	L3W	3	3	6
11 Aug 2020	YORKSHIRE	TB	L	L90R	4	3	7

Day 3

OBDURATE TYKES BAT ALL DAY

AS BALL PULLS UP AFTER 3 OVERS

Yorkshire had the better of the third day of this fixture on a deteriorating pitch which seems to be losing pace. They closed on 259 for 7, a lead of 168 runs. Notts were seriously handicapped when Jake Ball left the field with a side strain after bowling only three overs first thing, his very heavy workload over the past week seemingly catching up with him. 

Notts had got off to a dream start as Tom Kohler-Cadmore departed for a golden duck to Chappell’s first ball. Lyth and Bairstow  were circumspect at first and struggled to time the ball on a pitch which appears difficult for new batsmen but offers easier runs for those who play themselves in. It took Notts until the 45^th over to take another wicket as the experienced pair added 131 for the second wicket. Three wickets then fell in 18 balls. Lyth (50 off 124 balls – 6x4) was caught at slip off Patel, there was some doubt as to whether it came directly off his boot. Then came the champagne moment of the day as Bairstow was brilliantly held by Hameed at short leg for 75 (140 balls with 14 fours)  off Carter. The same combination then dismissed Malan for one. Brook counterattacked and added 50 in 17 overs with the obdurate Tattersall. In the first over tea, Brook fell to slip catch off Patel. With Ball crocked, Mullaney perhaps let Carter and Patel bowl together for too long as Tattersall and Patterson added 54 valuable runs in 30 overs. Late on, Chappell took two wickets with the second new ball, to keep the door ajar for Notts,  as Thompson and Patterson fell to edges. Tattersall, a thorn in Notts side once more, has so far batted for 155 balls for his 41. With the ball only eight overs old, Notts will have to remove the last three Tyke batsmen quickly tomorrow to stand a chance.

 

Jake Ball’s (Radcliffe Road End) first ball was leg glanced to the boundary by Adam Lyth. Chappell's first ball saw Kohler-Cadmore depart for a golden duck gliding the ball straight to Matt Carter at second slip, 4 for one. A short ball from Chappell was pulled to square leg by new batsman Johnny Bairstow. Jake Ball went off injured with a side strain after he had bowled three overs, he never returned. Peter Trego replaced him for two overs and then switched ends. Matt Carter came on at the Radcliffe Road End. Off the last ball of his first over, Bairstow edged a ball between keeper Moores and slip Mullaney. The Yorkshire 50 came up in the 16th over. Lyth and Bairstow were making steady progress and with score on 63 for 1 after 23 overs,  Mullaney came on. With lunch approaching, Patel came on from the Pavilion End to bowl the last over before the interval. Yorkshire, at lunch, 82 for one after 30 overs with Lyth on 33 and Bairstow on 44.

 

The first three overs after lunch were bowled by three different bowlers Carter, Chappell and Patel. Ten minutes after lunch Yorkshire took the lead as Bairstow got to his 50 off 100 balls. A cut four from Bairstow off Chappell brought up the 100 partnership off 204 balls. Nash became the third spinner used from the Radcliffe Road End in 25 minutes when he bowled  the 37th over, he was to bowl another four during two afternoon spells. Patel then switched ends as scoring rate started to increase. Lyth got to his 50 off 117 balls with two off Nash. In the 44th over, Lyth (50) edged Patel to Mullaney at slip, 135 for two. Replays were inconclusive to whether it came off his boot. In the next over  Bairstow (75) was very well caught one handed to his right at short leg by Hameed off Carter, 135 for three. Malan (1) lasted 11 deliveries caught bat pad by Hameed off Patel, 136 for four. Brook twice danced down the pitch and deposited Carter for straight fours. He did the same to Patel this time clearing the ropes. With the partnership gathering pace, Nash returned for the 61st over. Yorkshire were 186 for 4 off 63 overs with Brook on 30 and Tattersall on 15, the two had added 50 in 98 balls.

 

Two balls after tea,  Patel got a ball to pop up and it found the edge of Harry Brook's bat and Mullaney took an easy catch running from slip, 186 for 5. Brook out for 30 off 48 balls (2x4, 1x6). A leg side four by Jordan Thompson  off Carter brought up the 200 off 75 overs. Things started to drift a bit as spin twins Patel and Carter started to tire after bowling so long in the heat. The captain brought himself on for the 83rd over to replace Patel. The new ball was taken with Yorkshire 227 for five off 90 overs. The new cherry was taken by Carter and Chappell. With the 4th over with the new ball Thompson (33) was well held to his right at second slip by Carter off Chappell, 240 for 6. In an eventual over Chappell bowled a beamer which was called a no ball, then Patterson hit him for four through third man. Chappell then got Patterson to edge to Moores, 246 for seven. Trego replaced Carter and Tattersall hit him for a boundary through mid wicket.  Yorkshire closed on 259 for seven off 98 overs with Tattersall 41 not out and Olivier 8 not out. Chappell once again a bit Bertie Bassett finished with 3-49 off his 12 overs. Carter and Patel had combined figures of 61-17-130-4.

 

Notts had bowled well in the heat and apart from one chance missed as a ball was edged between keeper and slip off Carter’s first over had held all their catches. They are still in this game but will have to withstand the new ball when Yorkshire eventually bowl tomorrow. They will also be hoping that Shutt repeats his nervous first innings show as the wicket will be giving him increased assistance. MAG

Day 2

MOORES TON RAISES NOTTS HOPES OF A W** (don't say it you might jinx it)

A brilliant day for Notts being bowled out for 355 and taking a lead of 91 runs on first innings. Tom Moores after his annus horribilis of 2019 came good with a magnificent career best 106 (off 140 balls, 12x4, 3x6); sharing a last wicket stand of 61 in 8 manic overs with Matt Carter which meant Notts garnered two unexpected bonus batting points. Moores had also previously only hit one ton, an innings of 103 at Taunton two summers ago, but after starting slowly accelerated, his first 50 taking 99 balls and speeding from 50 to 100 in 38 balls, he looks a far better batsman playing his natural aggressive style. Yorkshire captain Steven Patterson spreading his field after the fall of ninth wicket and delaying taking the new ball for three overs also aided matters. There were useful contributions from Joe Clarke who made 35 and was looking in good form before he was run out by smart piece of fielding from Jordan Thompson after Mullaney set off for an optimistic single. The captain himself made 50, Peter Trego 39 and Patel batting once again at eight made 38, adding 99 in 27 overs for the seventh wicket with Moores. Notts then lost three quick wickets for eight runs to lose some initiative but then came the crucial last wicket stand which put the game into Notts favour. The pitch did not deteriorate as much as expected today although Yorkshire did not offer much of a spin threat with young Jack Shutt (8-0-49-0) disappointing and captain Patterson having to turn to the occasional spin of Lyth (1-52) and Malan (2-24).

On a cloudy morning Notts resumed their innings. Steven Patterson completed his over and then Olivier was hit for two boundaries in his first over by Hameed. Only two more boundaries followed in the next half hour as Oliver and Patterson kept a tight rein on the proceedings. Duckett though kept away from Olivier and once the South  African bowled at the left hander it took him four balls to remove him caught at second slip by Adam Lyth for 4, 30 for two.  Leech and Thompson replaced Olivier and Patterson after the openers had bowled unchanged for 20 overs. Leech picked up his maiden first-class wicket in his second over as Hameed edged to Lyth at second slip, 55 for three.  Hameed 21 off 68 balls (4x4). Mullaney joined Clarke and they added exactly 50 before lunch. Mullaney got off the mark with a four through the covers off Leech. The Middlesbrough youngster was getting good the ball to swing in the cloudy conditions and bowled a five over spell costing 24 runs. Clarke survived a close run attempt when he was on 18. Harry Brook replaced him with his slow medium dobbers. Olivier came on for economical Thompson (5-4-5-0) and Clarke played the shot of the morning, straight driving him for four. Mullaney then pulled the South African for six into The Fridge. In complete contrast to yesterday no spin was seen before lunch as Notts got through to interval on 105 for 3 off 34 overs with Clarke on 32 and Mullaney on 25.

After lunch Patterson returned from the Pavilion End and off spinner Jack Shutt had his first bowl of the match. Mullaney smashing a full toss from the nervous 23 year old over his head for four, seven off the over. Some poor cricket from Notts saw Mullaney going for a suicidal single on the off side, the highly mobile Thompson running out Clarke for 35 off 61 balls (5x4), the former Worcester man well short of his ground. Clarke having batted well had been sold short by his skipper, 115 for four. Shutt was bowling too many four balls and Mullaney and Trego were cashing in. Thompson replaced the economical Patterson and fellow off spinner Lyth came on for Shutt. Mullaney hit off side and leg side fours off his first over. Mullaney got to his 50 off 79 balls with a boundary down to third man off Thompson. Mullaney (50 of 85 balls, 8x4,1x6) fell next over plumb leg before missing an attempted sweep shot to Lyth, 163 for five. Peter Trego took ten off an over from Thompson including two offside boundaries. The returning Olivier got Trego caught in the gully for 39 (66 balls – 5x4) by Harry Brook, 187 for six. Samit Patel got Notts to 200 with a single off Olivier. Jack Shutt came on just before tea from Pavilion End going for 11 including five wides down the leg side. Patel also survived a confident appeal for caught behind dismissal off the young off spinner. Notts got to tea on 231 for 6 off 66 overs with Patel on 23 and Moores on 19.

After tea, with the sun now consistently shining, a four from Moores off Dominic Leech brought up the 50 partnership. The 250 came up in the 74th over. A reverse sweep for six by Moores off Lyth saw Notts take the lead batting second for the first time in a first-class match since New Road in April 2018. Moores and Patel were milking the Tykes bowling. Dawid Malan came on bowling leg spinners for the 82nd over. Moores got to a half ton off 99 balls with a single off Thompson. Malan broke through with his eleventh ball as Patel gloved a delivery into Brook's hands at short leg. The 7th wicket partnership had added 99 runs. Notts 286 for seven, Patel had made 38 off 78 balls with four boundaries. Zak Chappell (1) did not last long, being caught behind off Thomson as Bairstow took his first catch of the innings, 293 for 8. Ball got a golden duck edging Malan to Lyth at first slip, 294 for 9. Off the penultimate ball of the 88th over a single for Moores off Malan saw Notts to their third batting point.  Moores slogged a four off Olivier and then took a single. Moores then swept Malan for four. The increasingly confident Moores then reverse swept Malan for six into The Fridge. Moores then pulled Olivier for six and hit another leg side four and then a four through backward point; smoke was coming out the scoreboard! The new ball was taken with Notts 330 for 9 off 93 overs. Carter squirted a four through third man off Patterson and then hit a six over widish long on. A four through point off Olivier saw Moores to a memorable ton and then a hooked four next ball meant a fourth batting point for Notts. Carter hit an offside four of the last ball of an over costing 15 runs. 

With three overs remaining Moores (106) lost his leg stump to Yorkshire’s best bowler Patterson. Notts 355 all out off 95.1 overs. Carter with a valuable 15 not out. Yorkshire had no time to bat. With a lead of 91 runs on the board, Jake Ball in fine form and a spin option clearly superior to the visitors, Notts now have an achievable chance to remove that gigantic monkey off their backs. Can they do it? MAG

Of course, nothing really matters as the competition is sinking into the realms of Disney credibility with week-long loans and venue switches at the drop of a hat. It's something like a SEC+, but at least it is cricket and with it we can enjoy the drama of the twists and turns of fortune and all have a good moan when when our team are made to look foolish, inept or incompetent. 

Day 1

NASH NOTTS HERO WITH THE BALL, BUT THOMPSON SMASHES THE ADVANTAGE TO YORKSHIRE 

A superb 98 in only his fourth first-class match by left-hander Jordan Thompson put Yorkshire in a dominant position at the end of the first day at sun baked Trent Bridge today. Badly dropped by Captain Steven Mullaney on 32 off Samit Patel he really cashed in. Notts had bowled well early doors reducing Yorkshire 44 for four with Zak Chappell picking up his first two wickets for Notts (Bairstow and Malan). Harry Brook (62) and Tattersall (31) added 92 runs for the fifth wicket and then Thompson came in. The left hander had useful partnerships with Brook (40 – sixth wicket), Patterson 42 – seventh wicket) and 32 for the last wicket with debutant Dominic Leech (0 not out).  Yorkshire were 264 all out and Notts then lost Chris Nash off the last ball of the day and closed on 13 for one.

Yorkshire won a crucial toss and elected to bat on the same pitch as used for the Derbyshire game. With the pitch expected to take turn Matt Carter came into the team along with Zak Chappell. Out of the team went Tom Barber and the injured Joey Evison. Yorkshire welcomed back Johnny Bairstow and Duanne Olivier into the eleven. 

Off the third ball of the third over Adam Lyth played a round a straight one and was leg before to Jake Ball (Radcliffe Road End) for four, six for one. In the 12th over a short ball for Chappell sat up to Bairstow (5) who smashed it straight to Patel at point, 23 for two. His first wicket for Notts in his seventh match. Ball after a good spell of 6-3-9-1 was replaced by Mullaney. In his next over Chappell got one to leave Malan (9) who feathered it to Moores behind the stumps, 33 for three. Matt Carter came on for Chappell (7-3-19-2) for the 16th over. In Carter's third over an attempted sweep from Kohler-Cadmore (21) ballooned up to Mullaney who took a simple catch at slip, 44 for four. Ball came back for the 22nd over and after a four over spell Carter was replaced by Patel. Carter switched ends and for the second time in the morning a delivery from Carter beat both the batsman and keeper Moores to get for four byes. At lunch, Yorkshire 67 for 4 off 29 overs Brook 5 not out and Tattersall 13 not out. Notts had won the session.

Chappell returned straight after lunch from the Pavilion End and Harry Brook hit him for two boundaries off the first three balls and then finished off the over with a widish ball then went for the third lot of four byes of the day. Another poor over from Chappell bowling short and wide saw another three boundaries for the Tykes. The 100 came up in the 34th over via a no ball from Chappell. After an indifferent three over spell for 26, Chappell was replaced by Ball. The Welbeck Wizard bowled five overs for 16 and then Patel returned for the 46th over. With the fifth wicket stand worth 92, Jonathan Tattersall (31) went for a sweep of Patel as the slow left-armer rapped him on the pad; Grim Tim raised the finger, 136 for 5. In Patel's next over, Harry Brook got a single to reach his 50 off 88 balls. Brook hoisted Patel for six over long on into the vacant Pavilion seats. Just before tea, Nash was introduced for Carter and he struck with his first ball! Getting one to turn he removed Brook's off stump, 176 for six. The right hander had scored 62 off 111 balls (9x4,1x6). Yorkshire 177 for 6 off 63 overs at tea, Jordan Thompson 26 not out and Steven Patterson 1 not out. Yorksgire had lost two wickets for 110 runs in the middle session.

In the first over after tea,  Thompson on 32 was badly dropped by Mullaney at first slip off Patel. A very hard drive from Thompson was put down by bowler Patel on 37, a technical chance nothing more. Zak Chappell returned for the 70th over and two streaky fours through the vacant third slip position saw Thompson to his maiden first class 50 off 70 balls. Notts needed a breakthrough and Nash (11) provided it as Patterson was caught at first slip by Mullaney off the off spinner, 218 for 7. After 6 overs where he picked up 2 for 20 Nash was replaced by Carter from the Radcliffe Road End. Patel picked up his second wicket in the 76th over when he had Olivier  was leg before for 5, 231 for eight. Jack Shutt fell for a five ball duck leg before to Carter, 232 for nine. Thompson then hit Patel for two sixes into The Fridge and creamed him for a four through the covers and then a four through slip, 20 off the over. Ball replaced Patel but was pulled for two leg side sixes by Thompson. Nash then replaced Ball and got left hander Thompson caught at first slip by Mullaney for 98 off 103 balls (11x4,4x6). Yorkshire 264 all out off 81.2 overs, Nash with Notts best figures of three for 20. This was his first bowl since his horrendous shoulder injury in the T20 match versus Warwickshire in early July 2018. Ball (14-5-41-1) bowled well once more. Chappell (13-3-64-2) after his best spell for Notts early doors lost his way after lunch (6-0-45-0) losing both his line and direction. Carter proved economical with 27-8-44-2. Patel, unlucky to have Thompson grassed finished with 17-3-72-2 and Trego after taking the new ball against Derbyshire, never bowled a ball in anger today.

Olivier bowled the first over from the Pavilion End and Nash creamed his second ball through the covers for four. Nash repeated the shot in the South African's next over. However in the last over for the day Nash was bowled by the accurate Patterson for 8. Notts 13 for one off 7.3 overs with Hameed 4 not out. With the pitch expected to deteriorate later on, Notts will need to obtain a substantial lead to have a realistic chance of a victory. MAG

Preview: 

Notts last beat Yorkshire in a first class game in 2008, so an improbable win in this fixture would be long over due for two reasons, as the winless marathon continues:

Date (last day)	Opposition	Venue	Toss	Result	Bat’	Bowl’	Total points
29 June 2018	WORC’SHIRE	TB	U	D	4	3	12
23 July 2018	SURREY	TB	U	LI183R	1	2	3
22 Aug 2018	Hampshire	Rose Bowl	U	L270R	-	3	3
31 Aug 2018	Surrey	The Oval	U	LI125R	-	3	3
07 Sep 2018	YORKSHIRE	TB	U	D	5	2	12
13 Sep 2018	ESSEX	TB	W	L8W	-	3	3
26 Sep 2018	SOMERSET	TB	L	LI146R	-	2	2
08 Apr 2019	YORKSHIRE	TB	U	D	4	3	12
13 Apr 2019	SOMERSET	TB	U	LI14R	2	3	4*
16 May 2019	Essex	Chelmsford	W	L8W	-	3	3
23 May 2019	Hampshire	Newclose	U	L244R	1	3	4
06 June 2019	Warwickshire	Edgbaston	L	D	-	1	6
12 June 2019	HAMPSHIRE	WELBECK	U	D	-	-	5
20 June 2019	Kent	Tunbridge Wells	U	L285R	2	3	5
03 July 2019	ESSEX	TB	W	LI123R	1	1	2
09 July 2019	Somerset	Taunton	L	L132R	1	3	4
15 July 2019	SURREY	TB	L	L167R	-	3	3
21 Aug 2019	Yorkshire	Scarborough	U	L143R	-	3	3
12 Sep 2019	KENT	TB	L	L227R	-	3	3
19 Sep 2019	WARWICKSHIRE	TB	L	L8W	5	1	6
26 Sep 2019	Surrey	The Oval	L	D	-	2	7
04 Aug 2020	Derbyshire	TB (away**)	L	L3W	3	3	6

After over powering Durham last week, Yorkshire now have the option to strengthen their eleven with the possible return of Duanne Olivier and Jonny Baistow.

Ben Coad and Matt Fisher will both be missing with various muscle strains, however.

The Yorkshire squad:

Jonny Bairstow (Wicketkeeper)
Harry Brook
Dominic Leech
Adam Lyth
Dawid Malan
Duanne Olivier
Steven Patterson (Captain)
Mat Pillans
Jack Shutt
Jonny Tattersall
Jordan Thompson
Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Jared Warner

Notts unfortunately, will be without Luke Fletcher for at least two more games, therefore missing both of the 2 Division 1 sides in the group. Meanwhile, Joey Evison is sidelined with a foot injury for one game. Let's hope the upbeat Peter Moores has someone yet to be revealed up his sleeve, or preferably plural players up both sleeves.

Playing Samit Patel at eight worked well because last season's under-achieving repeat offenders continued where they had left off in September, and with Samit at eight he acted much like Chris Read of a few seasons ago, bailing-out the team but could Samit's abilities have been better used higher-up the order? Probably!

The squad:

As you were gentlemen;

With the exception of the injured Joey Evison, for who comes in Matthew Carter, it's the same squad that failed to beat Derbyshire in an exciting conclusion on Tuesday.

Haseeb Hameed

Chris Nash

Ben Duckett

Joe Clarke

Steven Mullaney

Peter Trego

Tom Moores

Samit Patel

Matthew Carter

Jake Ball

Zak Chappell

Tom Barber

You can perhaps draw the conclusions that Chris Nash is going to be offered a contract extension at the expense of younger players, that Jack Blatherwick is on the way out at the end of the season and that 2019 has been erased from history. How else could you explain the absence of LPW?