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Post by Admin on Aug 14, 2020 16:23:32 GMT
Off to Trent Bridge we go for what is a home game, Notts have lost 17 out of 21 four day games drawing the other four let us hope they don't break their non winning streak  We will also be up against Paul Allott's best mate  Glen Chapple has named a 13-man squad for the Bob Willis Trophy fixture against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. The Head Coach could play an unchanged XI from last week's win at Durham, with all 11 players again named in his squad. Saqib Mahmood picked up a slight injury in the final One-Day International against Ireland and has taken longer than hoped to respond, so is not ready to resume four-day cricket. He will continue to train alongside the squad. Graham Onions is also receiving treatment on a back injury picked up prior to the Leicestershire match and is not available for selection.  |
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Post by apm51054 on Aug 15, 2020 9:46:44 GMT
Win toss and bowl
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Post by chris on Aug 15, 2020 15:03:19 GMT
So here's a few questions.
Is Gleeson injured? If not why was he left out?
Why no travelling cover in the squad for a possible front line seamer failing a late fitness test, or waking up with a bad back? As it was the choice was either Jones or Hartley. No Lester? No Burrows? No Moulton? No Lamb?
So after selecting Hartley why not bat first to bring the two spinners into play for the final innings? Why put them in?
If you select a young specialist spinner, why not give him a bowl? After all you have reached tea at 218/1? Not 150/8.
What do you think that says to the young spinner? After all the change bowlers are going at 4 an over. If the captain doesn't want to bowl him, why not play Jones?
Why, just out of interest, put them in? Why not play the match in Lancashire, where you might have an idea of the surface and whether to insert or not?
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Post by Admin on Aug 15, 2020 18:15:04 GMT
Bob Willis Trophy, Trent Bridge (day one):
Notts 268-2: Duckett 116, Slater 111*
Lancashire: Yet to bat
Notts 2 pts, Lancs 0 pts
Scorecard
Centuries by Ben Slater and Ben Duckett ensured that Nottinghamshire dominated the first day of their Bob Willis Trophy match against Lancashire at Trent Bridge.
By the time bad light ended play 18.4 overs early the home side were 268 for two with Slater 111 not out and Joe Clarke unbeaten on four.
However, the centre-piece of the day was the 178-run partnership between Slater and Duckett, a stand which has left Steven Mullaney's team well placed to post a formidable total in this game after perhaps their best three sessions of a truncated season.
Slater, who made 172 against Lancashire while on loan recently at Leicestershire, reached his second century in five innings off 194 balls, 14 of which he had hit to the boundary.
But the opener was nothing like as fluent during the afternoon - he had reached his fifty off 63 deliveries before lunch - and it was left to Duckett to push the score along with his typical sweeps and cuts during a second session when Lancashire's bowlers went wicketless.
Relive Saturday's Bob Willis Trophy action
The former Northamptonshire batsman reached his fifty off 69 balls with seven fours, although he was nearly caught when edging Tom Bailey to the right of Keaton Jennings at second slip.
However, four balls after Slater reached three figures, Duckett achieved the same landmark off 139 balls with 16 fours when he clipped Bailey to the fence at square leg.
Four overs later Duckett was leg before wicket for 116 when playing across the line to Bailey but these first two and a bit sessions will have been very welcome to Mullaney's team, who were asked to bat first on a rather cloudy morning.
The home batsmen will now look to post a large total and bat only once in a game which seems likely to be interrupted by rain over the next three days.
The only batsman to be dismissed in the morning session was the former Lancashire opener, Haseeb Hameed, who put on 78 in nearly 90 minutes with Slater and had made 22 when he was leg before wicket to George Balderson when trying to work a good length ball to leg.
That success apart, Lancashire's pace bowlers failed to make the most of the conditions, with Luke Wood so far wicketless on his return to the county he left last autumn.
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Post by Admin on Aug 15, 2020 18:25:22 GMT
So here's a few questions.
Is Gleeson injured? If not why was he left out?
Why no travelling cover in the squad for a possible front line seamer failing a late fitness test, or waking up with a bad back? As it was the choice was either Jones or Hartley. No Lester? No Burrows? No Moulton? No Lamb?
So after selecting Hartley why not bat first to bring the two spinners into play for the final innings? Why put them in?
If you select a young specialist spinner, why not give him a bowl? After all you have reached tea at 218/1? Not 150/8.
What do you think that says to the young spinner? After all the change bowlers are going at 4 an over. If the captain doesn't want to bowl him, why not play Jones?
Why, just out of interest, put them in? Why not play the match in Lancashire, where you might have an idea of the surface and whether to insert or not? Weather conditions may have hyad a bearing on batting second, as for playing at home availability of grounds with Covid biosecurity |
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Post by Admin on Aug 16, 2020 18:28:31 GMT
Zero play
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Post by Admin on Aug 17, 2020 20:40:23 GMT
Bob Willis Trophy, Trent Bridge (day three):
Nottinghamshire 472: Slater 142, Duckett 116, Mullaney 67, Clarke 57
Lancashire 129-6: Croft 37*; Chappell 3-38, Trego 2-32
Lancashire (1 pt) trail Nottinghamshire (7 pts) by 343 runs with four wickets remaining
Scorecard
Nottinghamshire completely dominated day three after piling up 472 against Lancashire at Trent Bridge.
But, although they reduced Lancashire to 129-6, they must still take 14 wickets on the last day if they are to record their first victory in a four-day county match since 2018.
After Zak Chappell took three wickets in a long evening session, Lancs still need 144 to avoid the follow-on.
Earlier, Notts' overnight centurion Ben Slater was finally out for 142.
He was well caught low down in the gully after making his highest score for Notts in a 409-minute innings that began on Saturday morning before Sunday's total wash-out.
Relive Monday's action in the Bob Willis Trophy
After Joe Clarke was out for 57, Lancashire took five further wickets in the session but since they all fell after the 110th over, they did not earn any more bonus points .
Notts skipper Steven Mullaney (67) helped steer the side past the 400-run landmark to claim all five batting points.
The visitors' reply began badly when Keaton Jennings edged Chappell to Lancs old boy Haseeb Hameed at third slip before Alex Davies and Josh Bohannon followed in the space of four balls.
When Liam Livingstone drove loosely at Mullaney and was bowled for 14 Lancashire were 59-4 and there was at least another 90 minutes left to play.
Dane Vilas and Steven Croft combined to put on 50 for the fifth wicket but Chappell returned to claim the vital wicket of Vilas, who was caught behind for 26.
George Balderson was then caught at point off Peter Trego, leaving Croft unbeaten on 37 at the close.
Nottinghamshire captain Steven Mullaney:
"I was going to bowl if I'd won the toss on Saturday and it took two very special performances from Ben Duckett and Ben Slater to apply the pressure. I'm very happy with where we're at.
"It's been a long couple of days but we've backed up the work done by the two Bens. It would have been easy to think the job was done but we wanted to get five batting points, then put Lancashire under pressure.
"I wanted to get as many as we could and now they need 273 to avoid the follow-on, and enforcing the follow-on is going to be our best chance of winning."
Lancashire batsman Steven Croft:
"We controlled the run rate in the morning and the attitude we showed was brilliant but then we're disappointed with the way things went.
"Winning was out of the question this morning and so we were always fighting to save the game.
"But we let ourselves down a bit when it was our turn to bat. It's been a long day and we're disappointed with where we are."
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Post by apm51054 on Aug 18, 2020 12:00:23 GMT
Bowled out for 173 following on 2-0
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Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2020 17:49:15 GMT
Better performance in the second innings after the dire effort in the first apparently Notts would also have bowled first if they had won the toss
Bob Willis Trophy, Trent Bridge (day four):
Nottinghamshire 472: Slater 142, Duckett 116
Lancashire 173 & 120-0: Davies 69*, Jennings 37*
Notts (16 pts) drew with Lancashire (9 pts)
Nottinghamshire's Bob Willis Trophy match against Lancashire at Trent Bridge ended in a draw after the visitors lost no wickets in either the afternoon or evening sessions on the final day.
At the end of the match Lancashire were 120-0 with Keaton Jennings on 37 not out and Alex Davies unbeaten on 69.
Nottinghamshire took 16 points from the game to Lancashire's nine and both sides will almost certainly now need to win their last two games to stand any chance of qualifying for the final at Lord's on September 23.
The untroubled ease with which Lancashire's batsmen secured the draw on a blameless pitch made something of a contrast to their first innings, which ended 90 minutes into the first session, with Dane Vilas' side forced to follow on 299 runs behind after being bowled out for 173.
In the morning it had taken Nottinghamshire nearly an hour to take their first wicket of the day when Steven Croft, having reached his fifty off 103 balls, could only fend Tom Barber's excellent bouncer to substitute fielder Liam Patterson-White in the gully.
Relive Tuesday's action from the Bob Willis Trophy
Croft's departure for 59 brought Luke Wood in, along with the Lancashire skipper, Vilas, who was running for Wood to prevent him further damaging his injured hamstring.
However, Vilas was only in the middle for 25 minutes before Wood skied a low full toss from Barber to Ben Slater at short leg and departed for six.
Tom Bailey hit his first ball for four but was caught at second slip by Ben Duckett when slashing at his second.
In the next over Liam Hurt was caught by Tom Moores off Peter Trego for a single and Lancashire had lost their last three wickets for five runs in eight balls.
Tom Hartley, playing in his second first-class match, was left unbeaten on 13. The 22-year-old had batted longer and faced more balls than anyone else in the innings except Croft.
Trego finished with 3-33, Barber 3-42 and Zak Chappell 3-48.
Nottinghamshire took eight bonus points from the game to Lancashire's one and dominated this match for most of the first seven sessions.
Nevertheless, Steven Mullaney's team are still searching for their first four-day win since June 2018.
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