Bright knocks from Hales and Taylor

Seal Outlaw win

A rapid opening partnership of 89 in fewer than 10 overs between man of the match Alex Hales and Riki Wessels ensured an easy victory under the Trent Bridge lights over a disappointing Hampshire outfit.

Read won the toss and inserted Hampshire. Gurney and Lumb (with a slight back niggle) were rested from the Guildford line-up and were replaced by White and Carter as Notts decided to use an extra bowler.

Weather, will it make or break the season?

We're now approaching a crucial time of the season at Trent Bridge, fixtures in all 3 competitions now come thick and fast over the next couple of weeks, but will the weather behave?


Rain is falling again on the East Midlands today, play at Northampton delayed, but tomorrow is the start of 11 days cricket at Trent Bridge in the space of 16 days featuring LV=, Pro40 and a T20 Quarter Final. Some forecasters predict a wet week ahead, brightening towards the weekend, but as always, we will get whatever the weather throws at us but could it cost Notts too many points? Home fixtures have the added advantage of the improved drainage and also tomorrow's Pro40 is on Sky, so bring your brolly we'll play regardless.................


Warwickshire grabbed an advantage of playing a game a day out of sync with Notts and clocked 5 extra points that they might not have gone for if they weren't aware of the points taken elsewhere, playing on the best day of the week, weather-wise.. Of course its all swings and roundabouts, Notts will get their chances too, hopefully. Roll on the summer, soon.

Today posted on the BBC a picture of New Road Worcester, under 18 inches of water in places - with more rain to come.










Yesterday's fun and games on Surrey TV
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BILLY TO RETURN

Billy Dot Ball aka Bilal Shafayat has been included in the Hampshire squad for tomorrow's Pro40 game. He could face Graeme White or Andy Carter if Harry Gurney is rested!

Tuesday

It's not raining, yet!


Lunchtime and still not raining!




What's Wayne White been up to?


Leicestershire head coach Phil Whitticase hopes a two-match club ban handed to Wayne White for an "on-field issue" will act as a "wake-up call". (It wasn't at Uxbridge, so was it in the game at Grace Road on Saturday, game that the Foxes won?)


"I am looking to Wayne to take his medicine, come back stronger and show us what a good player he is."


"It's about the team. Every player has to do what's right for the team. There was an issue, it is something we have dealt with. We will keep it in-house and deal with it in the right way."


"He is a very fine cricketer," Whitticase added. "He bats, bowls and fields and we have to make sure he is dong those skills well for the team."


Nottsview: 

• Leicestershire have form with in-fighting and fall-outs. Wayne White and Josh Cobb were very vocal when Taylor and Gurney jumped-ship! 
• Wayne White comes across as a spirited fighter, perhaps some of his fight has been in the wrong direction. 
• Does new-Skipper Cobb need to keep a tighter rein on some of his team?
• A lack of detail always leads to speculation and rumour, so what do we think might have happened?

Big Bash - Big Shake-up

Yesterday, preliminary squads in the next Big Bash were announced, with a few changes in domestic personnel  from the last one. Our eternal David Hussey is still a Star whilst Adam Voges is a Scorcher. 

v Surrey at Guildford CB40 2012

Surrey Collapse in throwback to a Bygone Age


With a match scoring rate of less than four an over with a big crowd at a festival venue, this match was a throwback to the golden age of Sunday cricket, all that was missing were the dolly birds dishing out the free ciggies!

Pattinson early strikes destroy Surrey

The Pro40 game between Middlesex and Leicestershire at Uxbridge was abandoned because of the state of the ground after all the rain there but Nottinghamshire had  moved to the other side of London where Outlaws were able to take on Group B league leaders Surrey at Guildford

bowled 2 overs today 0/15

Gareth Batty won the toss and elected to bat with a punctual start time. Chris Read opted to open the bowling, T20-style with a spinner but this time it was Samit Patel in the firing line rather than Graeme White, as in the previous experiment. The successful first over of 4/1 was just a prelude to a Darren Pattinson induced destruction during the power-play. Surrey at one point languished at 8/5 and needed to rebuild which they did for the next dozen overs or so until Ansari became the sixth man out on 46/6. At "half way" Surrey were 51/6. From this position Surrey's tail had little choice but to go Gung-ho which was relatively effective and collectively they dragged the score to 123 off 33.4 overs


Surrey 123


Matt Spriegel 39
Gareth Batty 24
Zafar Ansari 16
Jon Lewis 16


Harry Gurney 4/22
Darren Pattinson 3/27
Jake Ball 2/20


Surrey opened their bowling with off spinner Matt Spriegel but he didn't relieve the ball and maintained a very tight spell, bowling out 8-0-20-0.


After 10 overs Outlaws were 40/2. Over 12, bowled by Stuart Meaker, went for 20 runs (2 no balls), relieving much of the pressure applied by Spriegel.
At half way, Notts found themselves 84/2; Surrey choosing to restrict rather than attack, with their battery of spinners, Kartik and Batty in tandem.
Samit Patel was third man out, 96/3 in the twenty-fourth over to Murali Kartik, bringing Adam Voges to the crease only for him to return in the next over, caught behind off Batty. Riki Wessels fell in Batty's next over 105/5, 26.4 ov.
Skipper Chris Read (13*) used his experience, seeing Notts home with 57 balls to spare.


Outlaws 124/5 30.3 ov


James Taylor 41*
Alex Hales 23
Samit Patel 21


Gareth Batty 2/23




Also in Group B; Somerset beat Scotland by 60 runs at Taunton, Craig Meschede 4/27
Hampshire beat Durham at the Armitage Shanks Bowl by 4 wickets.

Leap-frogging Bears

5/77

Warwickshire took advantage of knowing what had happened to Notts yesterday and made the most of the weather at Edgbaston today.; maximising their batting points and then bowling an unfocused Sussex out to reap 11 points from their draw, leap-frogging Notts to the top of the league in the process. 

Match Drawn at Uxbridge

Over night rain on top of the sodden playing surface combined with a yellow weather warning for the SE England region meant the abandonment of the game at Uxbridge was a formality, an hour before the game was due to begin today.

Strauss restores parity.

Notts Dominate in the Battle of Uxbridge

Middlesex v Notts at Uxbridge 2012

Voges ton as Notts build solid lead.

Adams' wing-man 'n' all travel to Uxbridge

Notts have announced an extended squad for their return to first class cricket, at Uxbridge.


Andre Adams and Benny Phillips are added to the T20 hardcore squad.


Graeme White is there (in the squad) for Samit Patel, currently on England duty but only getting a light shift , so could travel south tonight.


Alex Hales is reportedly recovered from his quad strain - it certainly didn't stop him from go-karting yesterday (as littered all over the twittersphere shows).

Dino Retires

Michael Di Venuto today announced his retirement from County Cricket. 

Leicestershire Benefit

Leicestershire are having a club benefit for the club. As part of this a number of staff and playing staff past and present are jumping ship out of a plane. Perhaps the money raising element buys the parachutes. Due to jump are Matthew Hoggard, Paul Haywood, Josh and Russell Cobb, Greg Smith and Michael Thornely at Langar (where-else) on Sept 17.

Flops on the field have created testing times for the Foxes with finances not being helped by the rotten weather.

On Wednesday it was announced that Matthew Hoggard has stood-down as the Foxes' One day Captain and that Josh Cobb would be taking over that role for the rest of the season.


Ramnaresh Sarwan has extended his contract with the struggling club until the end of 2014!!

Last ODI

Old Trafford hosted the last of the Aussie-bashing, waste of time Series.
Rain reduced the game to a 32 overs each game.


George Bailey (46*) dragged a suicidal Australian score to 145/7 (2 run outs and a stumping) from their 32 overs.


Fifties from Cook and Bopara saw England home by 7 wickets and a Duckworth fudge!


Series: England win 4-0

And the point of it all was what????


The Australians getting acclimatised to England conditions ready for the future Ashes tour, haven't played in the ODIs - Phil Hughes and Mitchell Starc - might it have been best served (for the Aussies) to have allowed some of the up and coming Australians to play in England as Overseas players for the 2012 season instead of this series?


Yes Notts could have had David Hussey too, but he can't change the weather, can he?

New Deals

Ex-Hampshire's Benny Howells has signed a 2 yearer for Gloucestershire after a trial period as cover for injured Dan Housego.

South African, Johann Myburgh has extended his stay at Durham until the end of this season.




Day One


In shortened first day of the resumption of white cricket at New Road, 2 wickets for the returning Alan Richardson helped hold Durham to 127/4 from the 42 overs possible.

Cuckney areT20 Champions 2012

Cuckney won Nottinghamshire Premier League's Grand Day Out, T20 Final at Trent Bridge yesterday, beating Wollaton by 3 runs.

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