Sussex RLODC at Trent Bridge Win

OUTLAWS WIN BY 65 RUNS 


Notts opened their Royal London campaign with an entertaining and comfortable 65 run victory over Sussex in front of a good-sized crowd who paid a much-reduced admittance at Trent Bridge today.

Notts won the toss and elected to bat. The only change to the eleven who played in the warm-up match at Horsford was Hayes was omitted for Singh.

Karvelas (Radcliffe Road End) and Currie opened the bowling and both got plenty of movement and bounce on a surface that initially was very tricky to bat on. Both Slater and Budinger were continuously beaten and it was no surprise when Slater (8) edged Karvelas to keeper Alsop, 14 for 1 in the 5th over. Budinger (10), who was swishing at almost every ball, miscued a delivery from Currie and was caught by Ali Orr running in from deep square leg. Notts 28 for 2 at the end of the powerplay (10 overs).

Ibrahim and Hunt came on after the powerplay and in the 12th over a ball from Hunt jumped up and Hameed (13) edged the ball to Rawlins who took the catch low at backward point, 38 for 3. Notts in some trouble.

James joined Montgomery and they batted the situation extremely well, eliminating all risks and scampering well between the wickets. The Notts 50 came up in the 14th over. Lenham was introduced for the 20th over and in the following over the 50 partnership for the 4th wicket was achieved in 54 balls. The Sussex back -up bowling was somewhat mediocre in quality.

The Notts 100 was achieved in the 23rd over. Much to everyone s surprise James (37) departed to tame dismissal caught at short mid-wicket by Clark off Hunt (10-0-59-2), 117 for 4 in the 27th over. The 4th wicket stand had accumulated 79 runs in 15 overs.

A pulled six over mid-wicket by Montgomery off Lenham saw to his 50 off 58 balls. Rawlins (7-0-40-0) replaced Lenham (6-0-38-0) for the 32nd over. The Notts 150 came up in the 33rd over. Schadendorf (15) was bogged down and played a delivery from Rawlins straight to Hunt at short fine leg; he set off for an impossible single and was sent back and was run out for 15, 164 for 5 in the 36th over. Montgomery and Patterson-White steadied the ship as Ibrahim (9-0-38-0) finished a tidy bowling stint; Notts standing at 186 for 5 after 40 overs.

Notts had a highly profitable last 10 overs adding a further 104 in 10 overs. Karvelas went for 12 in the 41st over. Patterson-White hit Currie for a six over long off to bring up the Notts 200 in the 42nd over, 13 off the over. The 50 stand for the 6th wicket was brought up in 41 balls. Montgomery going for a switch hit was caught behind off Karvelas for a Notts best 87 off 94 balls (4x4, 1x6), A fine prospect who weas unlucky to lose his place after his red ball debut in Cardiff, Notts must offer this player a contract for next season as soon as possible; 215 for 6 in the 43rd over.

Patterson-White was dropped on 32 by Harrison Ward on the mid-wicket boundary off Karvelas; an easy chance and a costly miss. Patterson-White later in the same over hit the South African for 6 over square leg. Off the last delivery, Hutton hit Karvelas for 6 over long on, 15 off the 45th over. Notts were accelerating nicely, Hutton hit Rawlins for consecutive sixes to bring up the 250 in the 46th over, 16 off the over. A cover driven four by Patterson-White took him to 50 ,off 37 balls. Hutton was run out for 29 off 14 balls (3x6) by keeper Alsop after being sent back by Patterson-White, 268 for 7 in the 48th over. The seventh wicket stand was worth 53 in 4.4 overs. Patterson-White smashed Karvelas (10-1-72-2) for six over square leg. Currie (8-0-35-1) conceded just 4 singles off the last over. Notts after being 38-3 in the 12th over had achieved an over par

290 for 7 off 50 overs with Patterson-White on 62 (off 46 balls, 4x4, 3x6) and Chappell on 11.

Hutton (Pavilion End) and Chappell opened the bowling. Chappell's first three deliveries went for 4, the first two cover driven and the third down to third man. Ward made it three boundaries off four deliveries as he edged Chappell for 4, 18 off the over. The enigmatic Chappell would have to wait for his second over. The third over bowled by Hutton was a maiden; amazingly this was the start of a sequence of 4 consecutive maidens for Hutton. Paterson bowled the 4th over which went for 9. Hutton was bowling well and Orr was lbw for 5, 34 for 1 in the 5th over. In the following over, Ward (28) was plumb leg before to Paterson, 34 for 2. Sussex hopes all but went when Pujara (8) was superbly caught at short square leg by Patterson-White, the Indian hitting the ball very hard with Patterson-White taking the catch low down on the dive, 44 for 3 after 10 overs.

After 28 successive dot balls, Clark took a single off Hutton. The Sussex 50 came up in the 13th over. Hutton after an outstanding opening spell of 6-4-8-1 gave way for Chappell who had changed ends and he kept the screw turned bowling a maiden. Patterson-White was introduced for the 14th over. Clark (13) was stumped charging Patterson-White , 64 for 4 in the 16th over. Schadendorf keeping was one of the highlights of the day, such a natural and on a different level to what we have witnessed this season.

Rawlins fell leg before to Chappell for 4, 73 for 5 in the 19th over. At this stage a very early finish was on the cards but credit to young and inexperienced Sussex team who managed to add a further 152 runs chiefly from that bats of Tom Alsop and 17-year-old all-rounder Dan Ibrahim.

Singh replaced Chappell for the 23rd over. Paterson returned the following over as Sussex reached three figures. Hameed was ringing the changes with his bowlers, on came Montgomery (3-0-21-0) in the 27th over to allow Singh to change ends. The 50 stand for the 6th wicket was achieved in 54 balls. A four off a long hop from Singh saw Alsop to 50 off 55 balls.

Patterson-White and Chappell returned for the 32nd an 33rd overs respectively. Chappell’s first ball was hoisted for 6 over long on by Alsop, the second delivery was hit for a four through mid-wicket. The third delivery was a slower ball which Alsop (75 off 70 balls, 8x4, 1x6) miscued to James at mid-wicket, the classic three card trick, 158 for 6 in the 33rd over. Ibrahim hit Patterson-White for successive boundaries in the 36th over. Hutton replaced Chappell (8-1-51-2) in the 37th over. Ibrahim (40 off 48 balls; 2x4) holed out to Hutton, caught by Slater at deep square leg, 197 for 7 in the 39th over. Paterson (8-0-40-2) bowled the 40th over, Sussex 203 for 7 with 10 overs left.

Singh bowled the 41st over and then Patterson-White (10-0-52-1) was bowled out. Hutton (9-4-24-3) came back for the 43rd over and picked up Karvelas (26) caught at mid-on by Chappell, 214 for 8. Hutton had had an outstanding game and he has deserved much more than 4 first-class games for Notts this season.

Singh (6-0-37-2) bowled the 44th and what turned out to be the last over of the contest, picking up Hunt (2) and Currie (1) to leg before decisions, his first ever List A wickets. Sussex 215 all out off 44 overs with Lenham undefeated on 18.

An entertaining contest, much enjoyed by the crowd the highlights from a Notts perspective were the innings from Montgomery and Patterson-White, all-round contribution from Hutton and keeping of Schadendorf (only 4 extras conceded all wides). The ground fielding was excellent and much better than we had seen from Dan’s Army in the Blast. A lot of these enthusiastic youngsters should have been given a T20 chance this season and surely will do in 2023. Sussex proved weak opponents, too young and inexperienced. The early stages of the Notts innings were played in difficult conditions but Notts had more than enough to beat Sussex. However, is the Notts bowling depth sufficient to beat more experienced opponents? We shall soon find out. MAG

Bargain price of £5, so get yourself down to Trent Bridge for the only cricket match there in August (unless there's a semi-final)!

Nonsensical, during the school holidays and height of summer...

... it's all been covered before and the Notts committee are only bothered about the money received from the cuckoo parasites and that competition, so members aren't getting proper representation in any higher up conversation.

Sussex Sharks will be our visitors, and with our weakened side there should be a keen contest.

The Sharks' squad:

Tom Alsop

Oli Carter

Tom Clark

James Coles

Henry Crocombe

Brad Currie

Fynn Hudson-Prentice

Sean Hunt

Dan Ibrahim

Aristides Karvelas

Archie Lenham

Ali Orr

Cheteshwar Pujara

Delray Rawlins

Ollie Robinson

Harrison Ward

Secret Squirrel has announced this squad, with no James Pattinson:

Sol Budinger

Ben Slater

Haseeb Hameed

Matt Montgomery

Lyndon James

Dane Schadendorf

Sammy King

Liam Patterson-White

Brett Hutton

Zak Chappell

Fateh Singh

Toby Pettman

Dane Paterson

James Hayes