5 Go to Sri Lanka

Not a missing Enid Blyton book but the England Selectors latest publication:

England

T20 World Cup Squad

Stuart Broad (Captain, Nottinghamshire)
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Ravi Bopara (Essex)
Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire)
Danny Briggs (Hampshire)
Jos Buttler (Somerset)
Jade Dernbach (Surrey)
Steven Finn (Middlesex)
Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)
Craig Kieswetter (Somerset)
Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire)
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)
Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire)
Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)
Luke Wright (Sussex)

Back to winning ways

Proof that  84 + 71 really is greater than 102; those being the contributions of Michael Lumb, Chris Read and Mark Stoneman as Notts Outlaws beat Durham Dynamos by 43 runs, the game ending in the 79^th over of the hot, sunny, humid day. 

CB40 Squad includes Pattinson

The usual names feature minus the two Leicestershire signings from last year, Taylor (Test duty) and Gurney (Injury) but plus Scott two tons this week Elstone. Patto's name is included in the squad - he did bowl 6 overs last Monday and he did perform bottle and twelfth man duties for the Durham Championship defeat.

Unlike the Bears Notts haven't taken in any loanees to cover for absentees, rather the reverse:

Swann, Broad, Taylor, Patel, Hales have all been loaned to England at one time or another this season.

David Hussey on a season / 12 month long loan to Australia

Luke Fletcher absent due to weighty issues for several months

Hutton and Wood loaned to England u19 

With current injuries to Pattinson, Gurney and Adams 

You could say Notts' squad was thread-bear .................................... but still no loanees; BUT watch out we've got Scott Elstone

All Round Elstone

Academy settle for a winning draw against Mark Nelson's Papplewick

The Nottinghamshire Academy are the side in second and took 16 points from their draw against Papplewick; they struck the days largest total when they declared after 46 overs with 295 for 2 with Scott Elstone starring with an unbeaten 109 from just 68 balls with 11 fours and 6 sixes and he shared a stand of 149 for the second wicket with Hassan Azad (94) after Sam Kelsall went for 46. Papplewick may be in tenth spot but they will have taken confidence from their reply of 233 for 6 from their 54 overs in which Mark Nelson took much of the credit with 132 from 145 balls and Elstone rounded off a good day taking 3-52.

Wood cuts down Notts' title ambitions

An heroic effort to score 366 runs to keep their championship hopes alive ended with a 16 run defeat for Notts yesterday. Durham batted on for another four overs and added 24 runs for the loss of Collingwood who was bowled by White for 59. Durham 325 for eight declared setting Notts 366 runs to win off 90 overs.

1500th Notts ton

Durham step closer to Victory

Durham are strong favourites to win today having a lead of 341 runs with three second innings left. Given their cautious approach to batting late last night they may even bat briefly today; but if Onions shows any of the form he showed on Thursday they should win the game comfortably.

Day 2 v Durham LV= 2012 Onions 9

A superlative bowling effort from Graeme Onions put Durham on top at Trent Bridge today. Onions not required by England got to Trent Bridge ready for the afternoon session; he subsequently took nine wickets for the best figures on the ground since Mushtaq Ahmed bowled Sussex to the championship and condemned Notts to relegation in the final game of the 2006 season.

Durham LV= Day 1 at Trent Bridge 2012

Notts won the toss and put Durham in on a green, muddy-coloured looking wicket. The humid atmosphere would have been good for swing bowling, had it not been windy but nevertheless Notts made inroads into the Durham batting before the forecast rain arrived.

Four given the sack

At a training session / Sports day at Trent Bridge available on a well known social networking site
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.477232055631474.103177.123405077680842&type=1 

all of Notts' injury / fitness casualties were caught on camera; Dre, Patto, Harry G and Fletch!

It looks like Steven Mullaney wants to win!

v Somerset CB40 at Taunton 2012

Bu-spin-ess as Usual!    

Business as usual for Notts; spinning pitch and another loss as they were humiliated in the Taunton sunshine yesterday.