31/05
JENNINGS AGAIN AND WELLS THRASH OUTLAWS OFF THE PARK
After a poor bowling and fielding display, Notts were well beaten by Lancashire by 47 runs at Old Trafford this afternoon.
Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat on a predominantly cloudy day with a strong south westerly wind blowing. Charlie Barnard came into the Lancashire team with Luke Wood with the England squad. Notts named an unchanged line up.
Wells launched Pennington (Pavilion End) for a huge six over mid-wicket off the second delivery of the match. He hit a four through extra cover off the fifth delivery, 13 off the opening over. Jennings was dropped on 0 by Montgomery diving wide to his right off his own bowling, four off the over including three wides. Wells clubbed a half tracker from Sams to the mid-wicket ropes. Jennings found the fine leg boundary off the next ball. Wells on 13 hit a full toss from Sams to McKerr on the square leg ropes who dropped the easy chance with the ball trickling over the ropes. The last delivery was hit by Jennings for four through long on, 18 off the over. Wells hit Montgomery for four through extra cover, five off the over. Jennings lofted Pennington to the long on ropes. Jennings smashed Pennington for a straight four, 12 off over number five. Jennings hit Montgomery for a lofted straight four. Lancashire 59 for 0 off 6 overs.
Jennings hit McKerr for six over backward square leg. Wells deposited McKerr for a huge six over mid-wicket, 17 off McKerr's sole over of the match. Patterson-White's first ball was hit back over his head for six by Jennings. Wells switched hit Patterson-White to the backward point ropes. The next delivery was guided to the third man ropes by Wells, 16 off the over. Montgomery (4 0 20 0) conceded four off his final over. With Lancashire having two left hand batsmen at the crease, Clarke was reluctant to use Harrison and Patterson-White.
The Lancashire 100 came up with a four through leg by Wells off Harrison bringing his 50 off 34 balls. Wells hit the next ball for six over long on, 14 off the 10th over.
Jennings got to his 50 off 27 balls with a single off Henriques, six off the 11th over. Jennings switched hit Harrison for six over point. The following delivery was hit for a straight six by Jennings, 15 off the 12th over. Jennings scooped Henriques for four. Wells hit Henriques (2 0 19 0) for a straight six, 12 off the 13th over. Jennings hit Sams for four through fine leg. Lancashire went beyond 150 via a four by Wells through wide long leg, 10 off the 14th over. Wells hit Harrison for a straight six and then hit a six over mid-wicket. Lancashire 170 for 0 off 15 overs.
Jennings hit Pennington for six over square leg. Wells (87 off 50 balls, 7x4, 6x6) fell to a catch at short third man by Montgomery off Pennington (3 0 33 1); 177 for 1 in the 16th over. Wells had recorded his highest ever T20 score beating his previous best of 66. The partnership of 177 was the highest in Lancashire’s T20 history for any wicket. The previous highest was the 170 added for the first wicket by Alex Davies and Jennings against Durham at the Riverside in 2020.
Turner was dropped on 4 - a sitter to Pennington at short third man off Harrison (4 0 52 0). Jennings (95 off 49 balls, 8x4, 6x6) smashed Sams for six over long on but fell later in the same over skying to Clarke at extra cover, 195 for 2 in the 18th over. Turner (12) was caught at backward point by Henriques trying to switch hit Patterson-White (2 0 21 1), 203 for 3. Five off the 19th over. Hurst (12 not out) hit Sams (4 0 54 1) for six over mid-wicket. Lancashire 216 for 3 off 20 overs (Jones 4 not out). Notts ground fielding had been sloppy throughout and their seam bowling options do not look strong for short form cricket. Sams and Harrison bowled poorly and McKerr’s five overs have so far cost 84 runs. Notts can ill afford another poor bowling display at Derby next Friday. The Second Eleven games at Worksop College on Tuesday should be used to wash away the cobwebs.
James straight drove slow left armer Barnard for four, seven off the opening over. Clarke sliced Stanley for four through third man and off the last delivery of the over found the backward square leg ropes, 12 off the second over. Aspinwall took two wickets in the third over. Clarke (12) drove him straight to Turner at extra cover, 20 for 1. He then yorked James (6) who was bowled off his pad; 21 for 2. Green went for three in the fourth over. Henriques cut Aspinwall for four, eight off the fifth over. Haynes hit successive legside boundaries off Stanley the first clearing the ropes. Henriques hit Stanley for 6 over mid-wicket, 16 off the 6th over. Notts 49 for two at the end of the powerplay.
Henriques hit Wells for four and six through extra cover. Haynes then drilled him for four in the same area, 18 off the 7th over. Haynes hit Blatherwick for four through mid-on. Henriques hit Blatherwick for four through backward point, 13 off the over. Haynes (23) hit Barnard to extra cover where Jennings took the catch above his head. Notts 82 for 3 off 9 overs. Henriques hit Green for four through third man. Moores finally got off the mark off his sixth delivery with a two off Green. Notts 91 for 3 off 10 overs.
Henriques hit Barnard for a straight six and then a single next ball brought up his 50 off 21 balls, 12 off the 11th over. Henriques hit Blatherwick for four over mid-wicket, seven off the 12th over. Moores pulled Wells (2 0 34 0) for six over square leg and then off the next ball for four through mid-wicket, 16 off the 13th over. Moores (24 off 19 balls) was bowled through the gate by spinning delivery by Green, 128 for 4 in the 14th over. Henriques (60 off 32 balls, 6x4, 3x6) was lbw to Barnard, 130 for 5 in the 15th over. The Australian clearly suffering from cramp (he only arrived in UK on Monday) after reaching 50 innings had run out of steam. Sams was bowled by Barnard (4 0 23 3) having an impressive debut for 1, 131 for 6 after 15 overs.
Patterson-White hit Stanley (3 0 37 1) for four through long leg. Montgomery (4) found the fine leg ropes off Stanley but fell in the same over caught by Blatherwick at point, 140 for 7 after 16 overs.
Patterson-White (15) straight drove Aspinwall for four, nine off the 17th over. But he was stumped off a wide by Hurst off Green, 152 for 8. Harrison hit Green (4 0 28 2) for a legside six; 13 off the 18th over. McKerr (5) was caught on the mid-wicket ropes by Green off Aspinwall (4 0 26 3), 162 for nine in the 19th over. At 18:49, Pennington was the last man to fall caught and bowled by Blatherwick (2.1 0 19 1). Notts 169 all out off 19.1 overs with Harrison 12 not out. After a poor first half Notts were still in the game until Haynes was dismissed. Momentum was then lost once the impressive Henriques tired towards the end of his innings. The bottom line though was that Notts were chasing too large a total. Their bowling needs to show a vast improvement in the forthcoming games for Notts to be in contention in this competition. MAG
30/05
A second game in two days, proof that the adminstrators don't listen and do just as they please. The PCA being the ones ignored on this occasion. Remember it's complex!
Lancashire Mk2 for 2025 after Mk 1 crashed, burned and imploded, got off to a winning start on Thursday night, Outlaws first game is pending.
Anyone planning to attend should be reminded of the Ryanair Old Trafford one bag rule, too many bags or bags too big will not be permitted as your luggage may obscure the empty seating.
The 2025 version of the Notts Outlaws are better than the 2024 one, thankfully.
ReplyDeleteThey could be even better. McKerr was terrible again. One expensive over and a dropped catch.
Tom Moores did his usual job of chewing up 19 balls for 24. It is just not good enough and puts pressure on the other batters. Henriques was scoring at 2 a ball.
McCann and King should both be in the team. They would then be seriously competitive.
If the bowling until could tighten up a bit, then it could be a good T20 season. James
Yes , its bewildering to say the least.
ReplyDeleteLyndon James, struggles against the short ball, doesn't play the ramp shot, and doesn't play the sweep, yet he finds himself opening the batting.Explain that one Peter Moores, if you can.
As for his son, any other coach wouldn't even select him to play, even in this format.
As for the bowling , when a part time spinner in Montgomery ends up with the best figures on the day, that says it all about the performance of the rest of them.Not good enough.
If Clarke could keep wicket, McCann replaceJames and bring King in, then the batting line up would be good.
Henriques has looked a class act, even at 38.
The pace bowling ,however,has without doubt, got to improve big time, if Notts are to post a serious challenge in this years competition.
Mark
The witch hunters at it again hilarious from a fan of Notts for 25 years a true fan not a key board warrior
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous: If it looks like a duck, floats like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it just may be a duck. [Ref Monty Python The Holy Grail]
DeleteWe're all Notts fans aren't we!
Well if you want to continue using your Duck and Monty Python let’s bring in the witch
ReplyDeleteThe witch ( witch hunters ) weighed the same as the duck ? But the scales were unbalanced !!!!!!! As are the witch hunters comments on here they are with out knowledge and unbalanced say no more .
Anonymous (please leave some identification), I believe the punchline of the sketch was that the witch was proven to be a witch by weighing the same as the duck, for which she put her hand up and admitted as such. So the hoards of screaming witch hunters were proven to be correct, even through their remonstrations were poorly worded.
DeleteIn my opinion, left-handed Freddie McCann remains a better option than both Lyndon James as opener or even Matt Montgomery as batting third spinner. The coach appears to be giving Lyndon an opportunity to reinvent himself whilst he's on the job, which is a brave move but will it provide winning starts? The lack of a pace off seamer since Mullaney stepped away has again not been addressed, the coaches wanting our bowlers to bang it into the pitch as fast and as hard as possible - not all pitches will suit this approach.