Notts go top with Bears

As expected the featherbed pitch was only winner at Trent Bridge as the match ended at 1715 with Sussex 36 runs ahead with five wickets intact and 11 overs to bowl. The eleven bonus points gained from the match ensured that Warwickshire and Notts are neck and neck at the top in terms of points but The Bears have a crucial game in hand.

Day 4 at Trent Bridge (and Edgbaston)

The fourth day starts with Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire level on points needing to take 10 wickets to win their corresponding games.

The benign Trent Bridge flat track looks less likely to yield wickets but Andre Adams isn't the country's leading wicket taker by chance.

• Match delayed at Edgbaston but due to start at 11.45 and the game at Leicester is also delayed by rain.
• In play at Trent Bridge on time
• Chris Nash moves to three figures, 100*, Joyce 81*
• Riki Wessels makes his Notts bowling debut
• Patel gets Joyce caught splendidly by Michael Lumb for 98 
• Brief interruption for rain and Notts take the new ball.
• Lunch 254/1, rain falling in Nottingham City Centre
• At Edgbaston, Surrey lunching at 83/1 .
• Surrey lose Harinath for a duck
• Rain returns to Edgbaston 87/2
• Sussex move on to 300/1 and play resumed at Edgbaston
• Chris Nash takes his personal tally to 150 not out
• Nash c Taylor b Carter 162, Sussex 315/2
• Surrey 113/3 
• Tea Sussex 352/2 2 ahead
• Luke Wells c and b Wessels 59

• Michael Yardy c Adams b Gurney 3 355/4
• Samit drops a caught and bowled chance, Sussex 30 ahead
• last hour, 6 wickets still needed
• Murray Goodwin bowled Samit Patel 31
• Match Drawn at Trent Bridge   Notts 11 points
• Match Drawn at Edgbaston Surrey 202/3 Zafar Ansari 83 not out  Warwickshire 10 points
• Well done to the Gymnastic boys including the lad from Keyworth, with the silver medal / correction bronze medal

Division One at the end of July 2012

Bat dominates ball

This game seems destined to become a bore draw, as in the 68 overs bowled during a showery day not a single wicket fell. Indeed it is now 88 overs since Lumb was bowled at 1629 yesterday, the last wicket to fall. The bat completely dominant over ball. The big talking point of the day was James Taylor surprise call up to the England squad for the Headingley Test; whether he plays is still up in the air as England may opt for five bowlers. He celebrated his call up by adding 57 runs off 63 balls as Notts declared their innings on a massive 520 for four declared. Taylor (163*) and Voges (44*) unbroken 5th partnership had added 148 runs in 49 overs.

Miller calls for Taylor

England selector Geoff Miller has turned to James Taylor to replace a withdrawing Ravi Bopara in the England senior Test squad for the second Test against the Proteas. Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad remain in the squad.


Have a read of this:


http://wickettowicket.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/taylor-made-for-international-cricket/








Result:


Durham beat Middlesex by 15 runs, incredibly.

Tons for Lumb and Taylor as Notts push home their Dominance

A day of total domination for Notts as they closed on 443 for four a lead of 272 runs over visiting Sussex. Notts found batting difficult early on with Lumb dropped in the covers and then in the sixth over of the day, Khan bowling from the Radcliffe Road got one to skid through Wessels (43) defences and leave only one stump standing (94 for two).

Notts Dominate on Day One

Notts suffered no obvious hangover from Wednesday night after dominating the opening day of their championship match against Sussex at Trent Bridge. On a warm sunny day, visiting skipper Mike Yardy won the toss and elected to bat on a greenish wicket. Notts selected their normal recent championship team on a day that Patel and Taylor got Lions call ups. The batting duo will miss the championship games at Taunton and at home to Durham in mid August. Hales who has had a mediocre season misses out and had a poor day in the field yesterday. Gurney (Pavilion End) and Phillips (Radcliffe Road) opened up with accurate spells as Sussex crawled to four without loss off the first seven overs.

Wickets for Fletcher and Big Ben Strikes Again

Nottsview has taken great interest in Luke Fletcher's struggles with his "injuries". On the Twittersphere he is frequently bemoaning what his new "fitness regime" entails, not usually a good sign of someone sticking to a "regime". Keep with it Luke, your county needs you!

Nevertheless; in a 2nd XI friendly against Glamorgan at Newport, Fletch took a couple of wickets as the Welsh were dismissed 85 runs short of their 368 target. There were wickets also for Sam Wood, George Bacon and Adam Tillcock (4/55) against a side containing Will Owen and Graham Wagg.

James Taylor has been usurped as England Lions captain by Eoin Morgan, just Samit Patel and Taylor are included in the squad from Notts. The LV= match at Taunton will have the two Notts Lions absent but also absent will be Somerst's two Lions, Compton and Kieswetter.

Hampshire Royals T20 Q/F continued 2012

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At an atmospheric Trent Bridge

T20 Quarter final 2012

Hampshire make experience tell

As feared the selection of three uncapped seamers cost Notts a place in Twenty/20 semi-finals. Their combined X-rated bowling figures of 11-0-115-2 do not need any further explanation. If Notts are celebrating a championship triumph in mid-September the amazing omission of Andre Adams will be forgotten, anything less and this night will be remember for all the wrong reasons despite this competition being very much of the Mickey Mouse variety.