02/05
Day 2
01/05
Day 1
SLATER EXCELS
as Notts dominate after being inserted
Notts dominated the opening day of the latest championship fixture at Grace Road. After being inserted on what is currently an easy paced pitch in sunny conditions, they closed the day on 405 for 4 off 96 overs with the superb Ben Slater (178 off 276 balls, 24x4) leading the way.
With Tongue unavailable, Stone came back into the Eleven. Fergus O'Neill recovering from a rib injury and named in the squad was not risked.
Davey (Bennett End) and Holland opened the bowling on a green pitch and there was a bit of playing and missing early doors from Slater in particular. The pitch though behaved a lot better than expected prior to play. With Notts 45 for 0 off 12 overs, Hull came on from the Bennett End, Notts reaching 50 via a boundary through backward point by Slater. Slater then pulled him for four through square leg; 12 off the 13th over. Green then came on for the 14th over and proved to be Leicestershire's best bowler throughout the day. Slater found the ropes twice off the wayward Hull in the 19th over. Davey returned for the 21st over. Slater reached 50 off 68 balls with a single to short third man off Davey in the 22nd over. Hameed (42) was smartly caught low to his right by keeper Cox off Green; 97 for 1 in the 24th over. A two for Duckett in the same over brought up the Notts 100. Holland came on for the 27th over. Slater hit two offside boundaries off Green in the 28th over. Notts got to lunch on 120 for 1 off 29 overs with Slater on 61 and Duckett on 12. Very much Notts' morning after being put in. Davey and Hull particularly wayward.
Hull and Holland bowled straight after lunch. Slater hit successive boundaries off Holland in the 31st over. Duckett hit three straight boundaries off four Holland deliveries, 13 off the 35th over, Davey immediately replaced him. Hull conceded 11 off the following òver with two boundaries for Slater. Davey and Green then applied a temporary squeeze on the scoring. A straight driven boundary by Duckett off Green took him to 50 off 52 balls in the 42nd over. Ajaz Patel came on for the 45th over. The Notts 200 came up in the 46th over via a Duckett single off Green. Duckett got three successive boundaries off Patel in the following over, two on the sweep. Slater reached his 12th first-class ton for Notts off 152 balls with a quick offside single off Patel in the 51st over. Duckett (77 off 88 balls, 11x4) on the sweep was lbw to Ajaz Patel; 228 for 2 in the 53rd over. The second wicket had added 131 in 29 overs. A cover driven four by Slater off Ajaz Patel brought up the Notts 250 in the 57th over. Hull returned for the 58th over. Davey crocked it in the groin whilst attempting to stop a ball on the boundary in the 63rd over and was subbed out of the game and replaced by Tom Scriven. Notts reached tea on 282 for 2 off 64 overs with Slater on 127 and Clarke on 22. Notts had made hay in the friendly batting conditions adding 162 in 35 overs in the afternoon session.
Notts only added 19 in the first seven overs after tea bowled by Green and Ajaz Patel. They reached 300 in the 71st over. Scriven started bowling in the 72nd over. The in-form Clarke dabbed two successive offside fours off Scriven in the 74th over. Slater on 144 was dropped low down by Tattersall at cover off Ajaz Patel in the 75th over. Clarke got to his 50 off 73 balls with a single off Patel in the 79th over. The new ball was taken by skipper Holland and Green was taken with Notts 336 for 2 off 80 overs. Green bowled impressively with the new cherry. A cover driven two by Slater off Green took Slater to 150 off 247 balls in the 82nd over. The Notts 350 came up in the 83rd over via a single for Slater. Slater had two lifes on 169, Green the bowler. Firstly he was dropped by Patel at cover. Next ball he snicked him to the boundary between the keeper and slip. A tired Slater (178) was caught behind by Cox off Green, 378 for three in the 90th over. The third wicket had added 150 in 37 overs.
Nightwatchman Stone departed for an eight-ball duck caught at second slip by Ajaz Patel off the deserving Green. (3 for 88); 380 for 4 in the 92nd over. Haynes (10 not out) joined Clarke (80 not out) in the middle and they batted out the remaining 26 balls. Notts took 14 off the last over of the day bowled by Green including three boundaries for Clarke including two off the edge. When stumps were drawn at 18:28, they were in an extremely strong position targeting a 600 plus total by mid-afternoon tomorrow.
Green got the new ball to move which will give Notts hope over the next few days, particularly as overhead conditions should be better for bowling tomorrow and Sunday. MAG
1000 in attendance, LCCC report
Surprise inclusions of Fergus O'Neill and Freddie McCann in a 14 man squad:
Ben Slater
Ben Duckett
Come on Ollie !
ReplyDeleteSurprise inclusion of Fergus ? I spotted him playing football before Sunday's play v Warwickshire
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