Warwickshire Rothesay County Championship Div 1 at Trent Bridge Draw 11 points Report

 

27/04

Day 4

CHAMPIONS HOLD FIRM FOR DRAW

Notts stand third in the championship standings after drawing their championship match with Warwickshire at Trent Bridge today.

Commencing the day at 310-4, with a lead of 130, sensible batting from Joe Clarke (82 off 190 balls; 7x4) and Kyle Verreynne (115 off 243 balls, 10x4) who added 180 in 59 overs for the fifth wicket saw Notts to a very comfortable draw.

The overnight pair of Clarke and Verreynne batted out the morning session adding 102 to the overnight score in 31 overs. With a ball that was only 39 balls old on the resumption, a Bamber delivery found the inside edge by Verreynne which just evaded the stumps and Woakes had a loud appeal for lbw turned down against the South African. But both batsmen soon looked very comfortable. The fifty partnership came up in 82 balls via a single by Clarke off Woakes (Radcliffe Road End) in the 94th over. Bears made a double bowling change with Thompson replacing Bamber for the 97th over and Booth coming on for Woakes for the 98th over. The Notts 350 came up in the 99th over via four for Verreynne off Thompson. Verreynne reached his 50 off 72 balls with an inside edged four off Thompson in the 105th over. Barnard came on for the 106th over. The 100 partnership came up in 172 balls via a third man boundary by Verreynne off Barnard in the 109th over. Mousley came on for the 114th over with a single for Verreynne bringing up the 400. An edged four by Clarke off Mousley brought up his 50 off 130 balls in the 116th over. Yates bowled the last over before lunch. Notts 412 for 4 off 119 overs at the interval with Clarke on 54 and Verreynne on 71.

The runs scoring slowed in the middle session but within an hour the overnight pair still there the draw was certain. Barnard shuffled his bowlers away but by mid-afternoon with the draw inevitable, Bears stuck to the slower bowlers with Beau Webster bowling off breaks. The 150 partnership came up in 298 balls in the 130th over bowled by Yates. The 450 came up in the 134th over with a single for Verreynne off Yates. Finally there was a wicket, Clarke (82) going to hit Yates towards mid-wicket was bowled middle and off. A fine effort in concentration having batted 260 minutes and having curbed his natural attacking instincts. Clarke has notched 449 runs @74.83 in the 2026 championship; 466 for 5 in the 140th over. James cover drove his first and third deliveries from Yates for four. A quick single on the leg side by Verreynne off Webster, now bowling off spin, saw him to his third Notts ton off 208 balls in the 146th over. Verreynne had previously scored 148 not out against the Bears in the last game of 2024 and 128 not out versus Essex last April. All his hundreds being achieved at Trent Bridge. Notts reached 500 in the 150th over with four through long leg by Verreynne off Webster. Notts were 510 for 5 off 153 overs at tea with Verreynne on 112 and James on 26.

In the third over after tea, a tired Verreynne (115) was bowled round his legs by Webster; 515 for 6 in the 156th over. Four overs later, Patterson-White (5) edged Yates to Barnard who took the catch at slip, 520 for 7 in the 161st over. Hutton (11*) joined James (33*) out in the middle as the last 35 balls of now moribund contest came to close. Handshakes all round at 16:50 with Notts declaring at 537-7. After being made to follow on and on an ever-easing pitch only Haynes failed to register at score.

Notts, who took 11 points from this fixture, head to Grace Road on Friday where another flat pitch is expected. MAG

26/4

Day 3

LATE WICKETS ENSURE BEARS HOLD ALL THE CARDS

After Hamed and Duckett show some stubbornness

Three late wickets deep into the final session ensured Warwickshire remain strong favourites for victory with Notts leading by 130 runs with six second innings wickets remaining as the match enters the final day. Notts were indebted to skipper Haseeb Hameed (115 off 245 balls; 14x4) and Ben Duckett (93 off 120 balls; 14x1, 1x6) for giving them a fighting chance of saving the match after they added 150 in 36 overs for the second wicket.

Notts' first innings only lasted 33 balls this morning. Off the 17th delivery of the morning, Hutton (3) edged Booth low to Yates at first slip who took the catch,  273 for 9 in the 79th over.  Woakes replaced Webster from the Pavilion End and he took a wicket with the first delivery with the new ball having Tongue (1) caught behind by Davies. Notts 279 all out off 81.1 overs with James on 38 not out. Booth 4 for 71 and Woakes 3 for 44 the standout bowlers.

Warwickshire leading by 180 runs made the easy decision to make Notts follow on. Woakes (Pavilion End) and Bamber took the new ball which the Notts openers faced with relative ease. Notts stood at 19 for 0 off 9 overs when Barnard replaced Bamber who immediately changed ends. Thompson came on for the 17th over. Booth was introduced for the 20th over and when Hameed hit him through point it brought the 50 partnership in 116 balls. Notts got to lunch on 58 for 0 off 22 overs with Slater on 28 and Hameed on 26.

Thompson and Booth were bowling straight after lunch. Slater and Hameed continued their steady accumulation of runs on the ever-improving wicket. Hameed found the third man ropes off consecutive Thompson deliveries in the 28th over. The 100 stand came up in 192 balls via a single by Hameed off Webster in the 32nd over. Hameed got to his 50 off 128 balls with a quick single off Woakes in the 35th over. In Woakes’ next over, Hameed found the ropes twice a cut four and an edged boundary through the vacant third man region. Slater (48) chasing a wide delivery from Webster was caught by Mousley at backward point, 118 for 1 in the 38th over. Sadly another wicket chucked away. Hameed and Duckett hit boundaries as Woakes went for nine in the 39^th over. Bamber and Barnard returned for the 41st and 42nd overs respectively. Notts reached 150 in the 46th over through a boundary by Duckett off Barnard. In the 51st over, Yates' first delivery was hit for four through extra cover by Duckett. Notts took the lead in the 55th over via a legside single by Hameed off Yates. Mousley bowled the last over before tea conceding six runs. Notts 190 for 1 off 56 overs at the tea interval with Hameed on 89 and Duckett on 40.

The Notts 200 came in the 60th over via a single for Hameed off Yates. Duckett reached his 50 off 79 balls with a four through wide third man off Thompson in the 61st over. Duckett swept Yates for six over square leg and reverse swept him for 4 through third man; 10 off the 64th over. Hameed, in terrible form prior to this innings reached a patient and classy 100 off 215 balls with an offside single off Yates in the 66th over. Mousley and Barnard returned for the 68th and 69th overs respectively. The Notts 250 was achieved in the 69th over via two for Duckett off Barnard.

Hameed was dropped on 105 a difficult chance off Mousley to Woakes running back from mid-off in the 70th over. With the new ball due in seven overs, Notts crucially lost three wickets for 18 in 42 balls to swing the match into the visitors favour. Duckett (93) was caught at backward point by Barnard cutting part-time off-spinner Mousley,  268 for 2 in the 74th over. A soft end to a fine innings. Booth immediately replaced Mousley. Hameed (115) lost his middle stump to Barnard; 281 for 3 in the 79th over. A great delivery that zipped back in. Haynes, having a poor match, was lbw to Booth for a 5-ball duck, 286 for 4 in the 80th over. The new ball was taken by Booth with Notts on 289 for 4 off 81.3 overs but Clarke (14*) and Verreynne (18*) batted to the 18:36 close although Verreynne was dropped on 4 by Yates at second slip off Booth in the 84th over. A four for Verreynne off Woakes took Notts passed 300 in the 85th over. Notts 310-4 off 88 overs at stumps having a tricky day to negotiate.MAG

25/04

Day 2

DISCIPLINED BEARS IN POSITION OF DOMINANCE

Warwickshire ended Day 2 in a position of complete dominance on another day of  continuous sunshine at Trent Bridge. They lead by 195 runs with Notts only having two first innings wickets remaining. 

Notts had a poor first session getting obsessed with a short ball barrage on a pitch where you needed to pitch the ball up. The net result was the Bears were gifted a plethora of runs. Very strangely Patterson-White was not given a bowl today.

Tongue (Radcliffe Road End) and Hutton shared the bowling first thing. Tongue conceded 10 runs off the 99th over with consecutive boundaries for Barnard. The Warwickshire skipper reached his 150 off 202 balls with a single off Tongue. Three balls later Barnard hit him for six over square leg to bring up the Bears 400. A four followed off a no ball, 14 off the 103rd over. There was a double bowling change for the 106th and 107th overs with James and Pennington coming on. At the end of the 108th over Warwickshire stood at 424 for 8 needing an unlikely 26 for their fifth batting point. Notts presented to that point on a plate by continuously bowling short balls in a desperate bid to get the third bowling point rather than the sensible option of pitching the ball up.

Booth was dropped on 48 a difficult caught and bowled chance to Pennington in the 109th over. Later in the same over Booth hit Pennington for six over long leg, 11 off the over. Off the third delivery of the 110th over, Booth hit James for six over square leg and off the fifth delivery hit him for four through wide third man. With four required off the last ball Booth pulled James for a huge six over mid-wicket into the Larwood and Voce, 17 off the over. Warwickshire 452 for 8 after 110 overs. In his next over James removed Booth's middle stump. The Zimbabwean had made a career best 70 and followed it up with 3-59; 454 for 9 in the 112th over. The ninth wicket had added 119 in 27 overs and swung the game completely towards Warwickshire. Barnard (165 off 217 balls, 21x4, 2x6) trying to slog James to cow corner was bowled. Warwickshire 459 all out off 113.1 overs. Tongue 5 for 124 and James 3 for 79. Some recovery from 179 for 6 midafternoon yesterday. 

Warwickshire bowled superbly throughout the Notts innings. Unlike Notts they consistently pitched the ball up and not bowling many loose deliveries

Woakes and Bamber shared the new ball. Slater hit successive boundaries off Bamber in the second over which went for ten. The out of form Hameed was bowled by Woakes a 14-ball duck; 14 for 1 in the 5th over. Hameed who struggled somewhat throughout the pre-season has scored 62 runs @12.40 in the 2026 County Championship. A batsman well out of form. Notts 26 for 1 at lunch off 8 overs with Slater on 21 and Duckett on 1. 

Slater (26) shouldered arms to a delivery from Bamber which moved in and lost his off stump; 36 for 2 in the 12th over. Experienced pair Duckett and Clarke added 116 for the third wicket in 31 overs. Booth replaced Woakes for the 17th over and a no ball from the Zimbabwean took Notts to 50. Barnard came on from the Pavilion End for the following over. Clarke found the ropes three times in the 21^st over bowled by Booth. Thompson was introduced for the 25th over. The Notts 100 came in the 29th over with a single for Clarke off Thompson. Webster, bowling seam, came on for the 30th over. Thompson conceded nine in the 31^st over with boundaries for Duckett and Clarke. Woakes returned for the 35th over. Duckett reached his 50 off 84 balls with a cover driven boundary off Webster in the 36th over. The 100 partnership came up in 158 balls via a no ball from Webster. Clarke reached his 50 off 98 balls with a mid-wicket boundary off Bamber in the 42nd over. Two overs before tea, a masterstroke from Barnard saw part-time off spinner Yates come on for the 43rd over and to dangle the carrot. After failing to connect to balls four and five, Duckett played a dreadful shot driving him straight to Woakes at mid-on; 152 for three. A wicket maiden for Yates, needless to say did not bowl again! Mousley bowled the final over before tea. Notts 154 for 3 off 44 overs at tea with Clarke 51 and Haynes on 1.

Haynes was out to the second delivery after tea bowled by delivery from Booth that kept low, 154 for 4 in the 45th over. Clarke and Verreynne added 67 in 21 overs before Notts collapsed dramatically in the final few minutes. Booth went for 12 in the 51^st over; 11 of the bat of Verreynne.

Thompson returned for the 53rd over. Notts reached 200 in the 61st over with a single for Clarke off Thompson. Woakes and Webster came back for the 64th and 65^th overs respectively. Clarke hit Webster for successive boundaries through point. A well-pitched delivery from Woakes swung in and removed Verreynne's (32) middle stump; 221 for 5 in the 66th over. Booth came back for the 71st over. James cover drove Webster for four, pulled him for six over square leg (to bring up the 250) and inside edged him to the boundary, 17 off the 74th over. In the penultimate over, Clarke (94 off 194 balls, 11x4) threw his wicket away pulling deliberate long hop from Booth straight to Malik at square leg. Following Duckett’s faux pas just before tea this dismissal was equally awful. Clarke though is Notts leading light with the willow in 2026 with 367 runs @73.40.

It got far worse. Nightwatchman Pennington was out for a golden duck plumb lbw to Booth; 257 for 7 in the 75th over. Eight balls later at 18:43 Patterson-White (5) edged Webster to Yates at first slip. Stumps were immediately drawn with Notts wobbling on 264-8 off 75.4 overs (James 28*). The new ball just 4.2 overs away.

Notts have a massive mountain to climb. Whether this match reaches Day 4 could well be down to whether The Bears enforce the follow on.

The odd ball is misbehaving but it was a combination of excellent Warwickshire bowling and brainless Notts batting that has seen Notts well and truly on the ropes. The absence of O’Neill from this fixture has hit Notts extremely hard. MAG

24/04

Day 1

BARNARD AND WOAKES CLAW BEARS TO ASCENDANCY DESPITE TONGUE 5-FER 

Warwickshire will be the happier of the two teams after closing on 375-8 after being inserted by Notts yesterday morning.

On a gloriously sunny day under a clear blue sky the visitors recovered from 97-4 and 179-6 in what became fine conditions on a flat surface with a short boundary on the Fox Road side of the square. Woakes returned after being rested for the Bears recent victory over Essex at Edgbaston, Keith Barker’s turn to have some rest. Notts fielded their expected Eleven.

Hutton (Radcliffe Road End) and Pennington shared the new ball but were generally quite wasteful, the injured Fergus O’Neill badly missed up top. In the third over, Davies (1) was well caught by the diving Slater at backward point off a leading edge from Hutton; 9 for one. Mousley hit the first two deliveries he faced from Hutton to the ropes and continued to play in an attacking mode. Tongue replaced Pennington for the 8th over – Yates somehow surviving a brilliant yorker from Tongue’s very first delivery – the left hander edging him for two. Tongue with his extra pace was head and shoulders above the rest of the Notts attack in terms of wicket taking threat and would finish the day on 5 for 91.

After conceding 29 off his first five overs, Hutton made way for Pennington. The Bears 50 came up in the 10th over via a four through backward square leg by Mousley off Tongue. In the 18th over, Tongue got a delivery to lift and Yates (18) edged him and Patterson-White took the catch at first slip; 67 for 2. In his next over Tongue removed the run a ball Mousley (49) who got a leading edge to Hameed who took the chance at extra cover; 80 for 3 in the 20th over. Hutton returned for the 21st over. Tongue had bowled a challenging eight over spell taking 2 for 30, James replaced him from the Pavilion End for the 24th over. Warwickshire got to lunch on 96 for 3 off 27 overs with Hain on 16 and Webster on 6. Honours even at the first break

Nemesis Sam Hain was dismissed with the second delivery after lunch leg before to James, 97 for 4 in the 28th over. Home supporters rejoiced in his dismissal knowing his great liking for all things Notts. However in strode Bears skipper Ed Barnard another player with a fine record against Notts. Scorer of an unbeaten 163 in April 2022 for Worcestershire at Trent Bridge. He would finish the day on a chanceless 134 off 185 balls (17x4, 1x6). He has now scored 741 first-class runs against the Green and Gold @52.92.

The Bears 100 came up in the 30th over via a pulled six over square leg by Barnard off James. Notts kept up the attacking fields. Tongue returned for the 38th over. Beau Webster (25) chopped an attempted drive on to his middle stump; a third victim for Tongue; 140 for 5 after 38 overs. Hutton got a delivery to pop up and Malik (4) got a leading-edge ballooning to James taking the chance at point, 179 for 6 in the 47th over. This was the high point for Notts as the wicket flattened in the baking sunshine. With the experienced Chris Woakes at Barnard’s side the whole match dynamic change as they added 116 in 32 overs.

James returned for the 48th over. Warwickshire got to 200 in the 54th over with a single for Barnard off James. Pennington conceded 14 in the 55th over including three boundaries two for Woakes and one tor Barnard. Pennington bowled too short and too wide too often on a disappointing day for him with the ball. Patterson-White was belatedly introduced for the 57^th over and got one too immediately turn sharply but this was very much an isolated instance, at least though the slow left armer established an element of control and economy to the proceedings. Tongue came back for the 60th over. Warwickshire got to tea on 244 for 6 after 64 overs with Barnard on 82 and Woakes on 40. In a long session Warwickshire had advanced their score by 148 in 37 overs losing three wickets in the process.

The visitors dominance continued after tea with a further 131 added in the final 32 overs for the loss of two wickets. Barnard got to a fine 100 off 121 balls with a swept two off Patterson-White on the 69th over. Two overs later, a four through extra cover by Woakes off Patterson-White took him passed 50 in 85 balls. James replaced Pennington for the 72nd over. Tongue came on for the 77th over with Patterson-White immediately changing to the Pavilion End. But Notts desperate for a wicket, Woakes (64 off 110 balls, 11x4) chopped on to Tongue; 296 for 7 in the 79th over.

Tongue and Hutton took the new ball with Warwickshire 306 for 7 off 80 overs. Thompson hit Tongue for a six over square leg in the 83rd over. Tongue picked up his fifth wicket having Thompson (21) caught at second slip by Duckett who held onto a fast snick; 335 for 8 in the 85th over. Pennington replaced Tongue for the 89th over as Notts were frustrated by an unbroken stand of 40 between Barnard and Michael Booth (26*) in the evening sunshine. Stumps were finally drawn at 18:46. The Bears and Barnard in particular had completely dominated the second half of a well-attended day. Advantage Warwickshire. MAG

23/04

Squad:

Haseeb Hameed C

Ben Slater

Freddie McCann

Ben Duckett

Joe Clarke

Jack Haynes

Kyle Verreynne X

Lyndon James

Liam Patterson-White

Brett Hutton

Olly Stone

Josh Tongue

Dillon Pennington

Opponents Warwickshire will be without England's Jacob Bethell, a matter of which Kevin Pietersen has been given oxygen by areas of the media.

Earlier:

Pravda will later release details of a squad of 13 or 14 names, enough to keep everyone guessing as to who's available and who's fit again or not. But, with the like for like substitute rulings dominating county chatter, the squad really ought to be the whole professional squad essentially, with our opponents and the match referee given power to veto certain players, as / when / if the relevent circumstances arise.