Yorkshire Rothesay County Championship Div 1 at Trent Bridge Day 1 Report

 

24/09

Day 1

NOTTS BATTLING BUT FAINT CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES END DAY ON A CLIFF EDGE

Notts closed on a disappointing 242 for 9 against Yorkshire today. The Tyke seamers bowled a disciplined line and length all day and Notts struggled to break free of the shackles.

Hameed lost his seventh consecutive toss and Notts were inserted on a greenish pitch on a day of near continuous sunshine. 

Notts made three changes with Martindale, James and Ali coming in to the Eleven with McCann, Giles and Kumar being dropped.

Coad (Radcliffe Road End) and Cliff took the new ball and Notts made a slow start standing at 19-0 off 9 overs. White came on as first change in the 10th over with Slater hitting him for consecutive boundaries; 10 off the over. Hill replaced Coad for the 11th over – Slater running a three. Four consecutive maidens followed as both openers became becalmed. Hill went for five in the 17th over and White conceded nine off the next over. Then the scoring grind to a halt with both openers looking short on confidence.  Coad replaced White for the 20th over.

Slater (18) was caught by Lyth at second slip off Coad, 48 for 1 in the 24th over. Revis came on for the 25th over. After seven consecutive maidens, a two through cover by Martindale off Coad took Notts to 50 in the 26th over. Martindale was doing all the scoring hitting Revis for three boundaries in the last over before the first interval. Notts 63 for 1 off 29 overs at lunch with Hameed on 26 and Martindale on 15. It had been a testing session for Notts against accurate bowling with the ball nipping around.

 

The struggles continued after lunch. In the 32nd over, Notts lost two wickets in two balls Martindale (16) and Clarke (0) both caught by Lyth at second slip, 64 for 3. Lyth took a good low diving catch to his right to remove Martindale. The catch to dismiss Clarke for a golden duck was easier and taken to Lyth’s left. Haynes hit the hat trick ball for four through square leg. A four through third man by Hameed off Cliff  in the 36th over took Hameed from 26 to 30 his first scoring shot in 55 balls and slowly his confidence returned with batting conditions considerably easier; 10 off the over with Cliff bowling a wide which went to the boundary. In a double bowling change, Hill and Coad returned for the 40th and 41st overs respectively. 

 

The Notts 100 came up in the 43rd over with a four through third man by Hameed off Coad. Haynes hit Hill for consecutive legside fours in the 46th over. Hameed got to his 50 off 145 balls with a four through third man off Coad in the 48th over. White came back for the 51st over and conceded two boundaries, both off the bat of Haynes. Revis returned for the 52nd over. Bess came on for the 57th over and went for 10 off his opening over – boundaries for Haynes and Hameed. The 100 partnership came up in 172 balls via single for Haynes off Revis in the 60th over. Just as Notts were gaining some momentum in the match, Hameed (71 off 187 balls, 11x4) edged Revis to keeper Bairstow who took the catch diving to his right, 172 for  4 in the 62nd over. The fourth wicket had added 108 runs. Not a classic innings from Hameed but at least he stuck around. Notts though very disappointingly lost their way from this point losing 6 wickets for 69 on a slow surface which now had little demons in it. Coad came back for the 63rd over. Notts 176 for 4 at tea off 64 overs with Haynes on 48 and Hay on 4.

 

Notts became becalmed once more with the only run scored in the opening five overs after tea bowled by Cliff and White being a leg bye. Then Haynes (48) was caught at cover point by Whiteman off Cliff, 177 for 5 in the 70th over. A careless shot and very much a wicket given away. Hay and the recalled James added 51 in 16 overs. Revis came back for the 73rd over. Bess returned for the 76th over.

 

The new ball was taken with Notts 208 for 5 off 80 overs – Coad going for nine in the 81st over, boundaries for both batsmen. However, Notts flimsy tail was exposed once more losing four wickets for 13 runs. There was a long stoppage when Bairstow standing up to Hill was struck. Hay (24) lost his concentration and he edged the first ball after the stoppage from Hill to Bairstow now standing back. An indeterminate shot against a straight delivery; 228 for 6 in the 86th over. Patterson-White was tamely caught and bowled on the drive by Coad in his follow through; 229 for 7 in the 87th over. Cliff returned and James (33), somehow mistimed a legside delivery and was caught at mid-on by Coad, 239 for 8 in the 92nd over. James had batted sensibly before this aberration. Four wickets for Cliff. Hutton (3) was strangled down the legside off White, Bairstow's third catch of the innings, 241 for 9 in the 95th over. You could put a strong case  that wickets 5 to 9 inclusive were all presented to Yorkshire by careless batting. But much credit to the Yorkshire seamers who gave Notts precious little. Stumps were drawn at 18:11 with Notts 242-9 off 96 overs with Stone on 1 and Ali on 0.

 

It was very much a battle between one team with real focus against another which had a very much jaded look. Notts total appears to be at least 100 under par. Notts will be hoping for a heavy dew overnight to spice up the strip but on the evidence of today they have a challenge to stay in this match as their disappointing September continues. MAG

23/09

The Nottinghamshire squad for the last time in 2026

Haseeb Hameed c

Ben Slater

Ben Martindale

Freddie McCann

Joe Clarke

Jack Haynes

Lyndon James

Mitch Hay x o

Liam Patterson-White

Brett Hutton

Tom Giles

Olly Stone

Farhan Ahmed

Mohammad Ali  o

Mukesh Kumar  o

Pre-counties, an older rivalry...

Then Marsden went in, in his glory and pride,

and the arts of the Nottingham Players defied.

Oh! Marsden at Cricket is nature’s perfection,

for hitting the Ball in any direction’.

1866 Tom Marsden

21/09

Advantage Warwickshire possibly following Leicestershire's potentially demoralising failure in the Metro Final, yet still in spite of the heavy points deduction for their self-confessed misdemeanors

surrounding their pitch preparations and the nature of the wicket resulting against Glamorgan, a win could still salvage Division 1 status if Essex continue to freefall.

Foxes spurred on

Notts are still with a whisker of an outside chance of Championship retention, fifteen points adrift of Bears, but will need Somerset not to beat Surrey and Bears to lose to Foxes to have any chance of overhauling the deficit, both bonus points and win points being crucial. Bonus points will be watched, counted and calculated probably on an hourly basis once the matches start on Thursday. The ball most definitely in Warwickshire's court and it's there for them to mess it all up with!