v Northamptonshire YB40 at Wantage Road

Taylor and Patel put Steelbacks away! Notts opened up their 40 over season with an easy victory over a poor Northants team on a warm afternoon with a large away following from Nottingham. Northants have decided to go for a light blue strip this season instead or their more traditional team colours and they were certainly off colour with bat, the ball and in the field.

v Durham LV= at Trent Bridge

Day 4 Durham Race home despite brave rear-guard Notts batting

Although coming close to miracle; Notts fell to a deserved defeat against Durham in the Trent Bridge sunshine. The inexplicable collapse last night on a featherbed pitch costing the home side the game.

v Derbyshire LV= at Derby

Day 4 Superb Broad is too good for Derbyshire A superlative new ball bowling effort by Stuart Broad ensured Notts beat the weather and cruised to an easy victory over a Derbyshire team that have relegation written all over them.

v Durham MCCU

Notts Record Win

On the third and final day, Notts swept the students away inside 55 overs, all out 121. Jake Ball 3/18 and of the 8 bowlers used only Paul Franks was wicket-less.

Good and Bad news for Derbyshire

v Middlesex LV= at Trent Bridge

Day Four Middlesex stroll to the easiest of victories 

Notts long barren run in the championship continues as Middlesex strolled to the easiest of victories by 10 wickets at 1240 today. It’s now been 10 matches without a championship win for Mick Newell’s outfit.

Postcard from NSW 4.1

Andy M made a journey to Bowral and the Don Bradman "shrine" there.

2013 Preview

As we approach the start of the new season, this Notts fan has familiar feelings to previous years.

Derbyshire pre-season friendly

You Only Live Twice Mr Chanderpaul

Monday - Day 2 Derbyshire supporters have been tempted with their first opportunity to see Shiv Chanderpaul in their colours today as the practice play gets another re-shuffle.

Chesney and Wayne batting for the hosts at a customary blowy County Ground Derby.

latest 46/0 from 10 overs

Both Madsen (35*) and Hughes (53*) retired with the score at 94/0 allowing Redfern and Chanderpaul to bat; Chanderpaul score just 1 before being trapped LBW by Jake Ball

latest 105/5 Redfern b Ball 3; Whiteley b Patel 7; as Poynton and Johnson go to graze in the pavilion for lunch.

132/6 Johnson retires to give Lazarus Chanderpaul another bat.

Chanderpaul managed better second of asking, 31* and Derbyshire declared on 181/8.

At Tea Notts were 22/1 Michael Lumb lasting just 5 balls c Madsen b Footitt 0

Patel dominated the scoring after tea, racing to 51* out of a Notts total of 70/1

Patel fell for 70 c Clare b Hughes, Notts latest 98/2

James Taylor retires on 50 - Notts 142/3

Close Notts 172/3 Kelsall 24* Franks 23*

v Leicestershire (pre-season friendly)

Day One of the red ball practice in the cold at Trent Bridge saw Leicestershire bat first, scoring 196/6 over their two 30 over sessions.

Hales and Lumb in their 30 overs after tea scored 102/0 (no extras, Hales 52* and Lumb 50*)

Day Two; as with the game against Northants, the teams had a re-boot and the scores reset. Friday again was cold with occasional sunny intervals.

Two quick wickets of Kelsall and Wessels was followed by a partnership between Read and Taylor with Taylor in particular finding the boundary with some regularity.
James Taylor (57*) retired at lunch while Chris Read went on to make 113* and Notts 213/9 by tea.

Leicestershire then had a bat in the final session.

Provisional 30

Foxes 40 over pre-season friendly

Steven Mullaney won the toss and inserted the hosts:

Cobb, O'Brien, Thornely, Eckersley, Boyce, Thakor, Smith, Taylor, Naik, Sykes, Freckingham, Williams


latest: 65/0 9 ov (Cross wearing the WK gloves) Cobb and O'Brien flying.

87/0 12 ov (Ball and White bowling........... not too successfully alas)

106/0 14 ov both Cobb and O'Brien have 50s

116/0 15 ov Wood and White bowling in tandem - with Outlaws having 3 spinners and Mullaney in their XI and spin isn't working at the moment, it doesn't look promising at this stage.

119/1 O'Brien st Cross b Wood 60

122/2 Cobb c Kelsall b Wood 53

128/2 20 ov - the 2 wickets slowed the rate only temporily as Thornely and Eckersley got themselves in, in cool conditions.

181/2 28 ov Thornely 36*, Eckersley 23*

224/3 33 ov Eckersley c Bacon b Ball 43

3 dropped catches in 2 overs as cold hands take their toll.

Thornely 77 ball ton races Foxes beyond 300

Endings closed on 328/3 Thorney 107*, Boyce 47*

Capt. Steven Mullaney took some stick (from Ben Phillips) for not bowling himself.



The young Outlaws reply started crisply if not spectacularly.

68/0 from 12 ov
123/2 from 23+ ov Cross 55 Kelsall 39
161/2 from 28 ov Wessels 46*

204/5

263/5 Outlaws lost by 63 runs



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Captain Mullaney

A green looking side take on Leicestershire Foxes today at Grace Road in a 40 over friendly.
The Notts Outlaws XI are:
Sam Kelsall, Matt Cross, Riki Wessels, Steven Mullaney (C), Sam Wood, Graeme White, Ben Phillips, George Bacon, Luke Fletcher, Jake Ball, Adam Tilcock

Matt Cross is a trialist, opener that keeps wicket from Scotland U19s, who last summer scored an unbeaten ton for Notts 2nds against the MCC Uni XI.