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05/03
With a month to go before the Championship season starts, a two day friendly encounter with Northamptonshire at Trent Bridge has been added to the warm-up schedule, starting on Easter Monday which falls on April Fools Day.
23/11
After the thermal comfort of Abu Dhabi, Notts continue their preparations with a three day knockabout with Cardiff MCCU at Trent Bridge, starting 27th March, brrr!
Month | Dates | Start Day | Opposition | Venue | Days off since Last match* |
Apr | 5-8 | Fri | ESSEX | TB | 187 |
| 12-15 | Fri | WORCESTERS | TB | 3 |
| 19-22 | Fri | Somerset | Taunton | 3 |
| 26-29 | Fri | Warwickshire | Edgbastn | 3 |
May | 10-13 | Fri | LANCASHIRE | TB | 10 |
| 17-20 | Fri | HAMPSHIRE | TB | 3 |
| 24-27 | Fri | Worcestershire | New Rd | 3 |
June | 23-26 | Sun | SOMERSET | TB | 1 |
| 30-3 | Sun | Lancashire | Southport | 3 |
Aug | 22-25 | Thu | Durham | CLS | 7/3 |
| 29-1 | Thu | SURREY | TB | 3 |
Sept | 9-12 | Mon | Essex | Chelmsfd | 7/2 |
| 17-20 | Tue | Kent | Cantrbry | 4/2 |
| 26-29 | Thu | WARWICKSHIRE | TB | 5/3 |
*competitive, scheduled matches
Days off in August/September in some cases dependent on qualification for knock-out stages of cup competitions.
13 weekend days scheduled in the Championship at Trent Bridge, 3 of which are in September, wonders will never cease!
80 NOT OUT
ReplyDeleteYet again - two 4 dayers right at the beginning of April - bbrrrr!
And again a 4 dayer overlapping with Goose Fair at the very end of Sept !
Not a great season ahead for the serious cricket lovers .
Sheepskin coats at the ready
64 day gap between championship games at Trent Bridge, end June to end of August.
DeleteYes and there's a 32 day hole between Notts fixtures of any format at Trent Bridge from the last of the home games in the Blast until the first of the two One Day Cup games at HQ. For supporters it makes it easier to book your holidays I suppose.
DeleteThe early games in April will be perfect for 80 NOT OUT to wear his cream coloured ‘Old Man Steptoe’ long john’s that don’t get an outing too often ?????
ReplyDeleteAbove comments nail it.
ReplyDeleteIf any improvement, it is tiny.
Worth the money ?
Well for me, no.
Tongue injured again? The mind boggles๐๐
ReplyDeleteGet used to those three words.
DeleteI’d say a slight improvement - not particularly for me, personally speaking but im always conscious of supporters who have limited annual leave(20 days possibly) who stopped renewing their memberships as they couldn’t get to the midweek games, so it is a slight improvement over recent seasons with regard to that
ReplyDeleteThe fact the county program is played almost entirely in April May and September is certainly not an improvement but the t20 world ๐ cup completely Quinton de-Kocks up this next season
80 NOT OUT .
ReplyDeleteHistory repeats itself .
Notts have a knack of signing bowlers who hardly ever ๐ฅฃ bowl.
80 NOT OUT
ReplyDeleteSHEEPSKIN COAT AND GLOVES AT THE READY .
Have Notts ccc installed heated seats in the main stands over the winter months?
Well the season begins on my birthday - and it’s snowed on that date in years gone by.
ReplyDeleteThe good news is that you could take a decent summer holiday and not miss any Notts cricket.
I’ll still go - membership is a birthday present. But becoming increasingly hard to justify…..
Jim G
Nothing really new - Championship winning season 2010 home ๐ก match started 10 days later - England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ being what it is, could be better or worse on 05 April
ReplyDeleteAssuming you can get to the games from a work/health etc. perspective then it’s still fabulous value for money ๐ด for the entire season compared to other sporting, recreational and leisure activity pastimes we also cough up for.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think it’s ideal having 2 back to back 4 dayers in April/May thus leaving the remaining 3 games spaced out over the next 4 months and although it doesn’t particularly bother me too much, I know a lot of Notts members who don’t want any games outside of TB
Unfortunately, can’t see too much changing unless they do the detestable thing and cut the red ball program down to 10 games which I don’t know ๐คท♀️ of any supporter who is in favour of this, so as Basil Fawlty said “In that case then, we’re rather stuck”
80 NOT OUT
ReplyDeleteAh yes!
The 4 day game
It’s becoming a millstone for some Counties and quite a few players .
It’s 100% certain that less 4 dayers will be played in future seasons.
How about reducing them to 3 dayers and making the domestic fixture list less congested?
3 x 102 over days (17 overs per hour), it would work, except in wouldn't free-up the schedule because the woke modernisers would fill the freed-up time with an expanded H*ndred comp.
DeleteATD
Like Churchill, "ratted and reratted"
ReplyDeleteI have joined.
Well more weekends and 2 50 over matches in August at TB.
Plus a friend on here, saying watch "county cricket while we can" really made me change my mind. Cheers !