Notts v Lancs Trent Bridge 5/9/21 to 8/9/21

[lancsdes]

Sorry just posted on the wrong thread. What was the point of sending out nightwatchman then when he was going to be at non strikers end? I know he did get to face a couple but even that was strange. Hope he can see off the rest of the shine in the morning.

Impressed by Balderson tonight.

[Dave Towers]

Davies not exactly departing in glory.

[exile]

For once I feel slightly sorry for Davies: he was obviously trying to rein himself in, which is not his natural game.  Difficult to assess the state of the match.  Notts got off to a flier because Lancs couldn't stick to a bowling plan - far too many balls either wide or on the batsman's legs - but then lost their last 7 wickets for 61.  The Notts new ball bowling at the end of the day was far more accurate than ours had been but it was careless of Wells to clip the ball to forward short leg.  It's not as if he didn't know the fielder was there.    

[Admin]

Notts view

There were half-centuries for Ben Duckett, Sam Northeast and Joe Clarke on the opening day of the LV=Insurance County Championship clash between Nottinghamshire and Lancashire, as the Green and Golds posted 272 and claimed wickets late in the day.

Group One winners Notts imposed themselves on the first two sessions, but Lancashire fought back, the hosts losing five wickets for 19 runs either side of tea before Luke Fletcher led a one-man rally, helping the last two wickets add 42.

Lancashire will have work to do on the second day, however, after closing on 28 for two, having lost Alex Davies, who was caught behind without scoring, and Luke Wells, well held at short leg, both off the bowling of Brett Hutton.

On what looked like a seamer-friendly pitch, Nottinghamshire lost only one wicket for 97 before lunch and were 211 for four at tea, yet will feel satisfied with their total after being asked to bat first.

Duckett, who survived a chance to wicketkeeper George Lavelle on 55, added only four when he offered a catch to mid-off soon after lunch as Lamb gained his first success.

Danny Lamb also dismissed Clarke - dropped by Lavelle off Bailey on 26 - who passed fifty for the seventh time this season only to be leg before for 54.

Northeast drove nicely to pick up 11 fours on his home debut, but edged behind off Bailey, who struck again on the stroke of tea when Lyndon James drove straight to cover.

After tea, Lancashire's Saqib Mahmood left the field with an injury, the second suffered by a Lancashire bowler. Steven Croft - picked ahead of leg-spinner Callum Parkinson - damaged a hand fielding in the slips in the third over and could not bowl until midway through the final session.

After Clarke’s departure, George Balderson had Steven Mullaney caught at first slip, then Lamb picked up two more as Liam Patterson-White was superbly taken at second slip and Hutton caught behind. Tom Moores was leg before trying to paddle Wells but Fletcher hit four fours and a six in adding 27 before he was caught on the midwicket boundary.

[lancsdes]

Agree that we shouldn’t be opening with Balderson. Still thought he was impressive , both temperament and technique wise this evening. That is the job of professional coaches to see things that we haven’t seen. We don’t often get that at Lancashire so hope they are right. There are examples where they do get it right; Tom Bailey a case in point.

[chris]

Sept 5, 2021 23:04:26 GMT lancsdes said:

Agree that we shouldn’t be opening with Balderson. Still thought he was impressive , both temperament and technique wise this evening. That is the job of professional coaches to see things that we haven’t seen. We don’t often get that at Lancashire so hope they are right. There are examples where they do get it right; Tom Bailey a case in point.

He has opened from time to time throughout his career to date.  Not regularly, but there examples of matches he has opened at all age group levels from under 14 to England under 19 and also Lancashire seconds. 

Like any player if it means playing for the 1st XI he will say yes straight off.

[happy larry]

The captain is due a big score lets hope its today

[exile]

A bad morning for Lancs.  Notts have bowled far better than Lancs did and have given very little away.  Balderson played a poor shot to be caught at midwicket but the other three wickets to fall have been the result of accurate bowling on what used to be called a "sporting" pitch. I think that's the end of our championship hopes. 


Added later: Vilas disgracefully sawn off.  Even Bracegirdle was astonished.  Risky for Vilas to pad up but there was no way that Hartley could have known that the ball would come back in and hit the stumps.  

[exile]

Sadly, we are being completely outclassed in this game and are going to lose by a hatful.  Our bowlers don't know how to bowl on this pitch and Notts are just having it easy.

[Dave Towers]

Probably just as well we only won one ten tosses in the previous phase of the championship if this is what happens when we put the opposition in.

Vilas made that score of 189 in his first innings of the season but that apart his season has been very mediocre and his decisions in one day matches seem to attract quite a bit of criticism.

[man in the stand]

Without Mahmood we've done ok to get Notts five down. If we can get the rest and keep the lead under 250 then possibly we could win....

[exile]

Unless the pitch flattens out, I don't think we've any hope at all of winning or even saving this game.  We lost it in the first two sessions yesterday, when we gave away a cartload of runs.  On this pitch you have to keep the ball up to the bat and bowl on off-stump.  Anything wide or on the batsman's legs just disappears to the boundary.  Fletcher, Hutton and Patterson seem to have understood this but not our bowlers until too late.  We are likely to be set something north of 300 tomorrow and I don't see us getting close unless there is a massive upturn in application and technique. 

[Admin]

Uncle Ken's report

Notts on top after Lancs batting falters

Lancashire had a poor day with the bat being bowled out for 168 inside 53 overs to hand the initiative, and a significant lead, to Nottinghamshire on the second day of this LV= Insurance County Championship match at Trent Bridge.

The hosts steadily built on their 104-run advantage but were made to work hard by the Red Rose bowling attack, who shrugged off the loss of the injured Saqib Mahmood, with a fine effort that produced five wickets as Notts reached the close on 127-5 in their second innings and ahead by 231 runs.



Resuming on 28-2 Lancashire lost four wickets in each of the first two sessions to be bundled out for 168 inside the first half of the day with Notts pace bowlers Brett Hutton taking 5-62 and Dane Paterson 3-39.

Both bowlers found just enough movement to trouble the batsmen but it was the leading wicket-taker in the Championship, Luke Fletcher who struck first when George Balderson on 19 flicked a delivery to Liam Patterson-White at short mid-wicket in the fourth over of the day.



Lancashire then enjoyed their best partnership of the innings between Josh Bohannon and nightwatchman Danny Lamb for the fourth wicket,.

Bohannon continued his good form with some eye-catching shots including three boundaries from one Hutton over as play moved into the second hour of the day.

But having batted beautifully thus far Bohannon fell for 35 to a good seaming delivery from Hutton that nipped away and found an edge, caught by Ben Duckett at second slip the ball after the pair had posted their 50 partnership off 84 balls to leave Lancashire 82-4.



Danny Lamb, who drove Hutton for four from the second ball of the day, had contributed ninety excellent minutes of support in his role of nightwatchman before falling for 15 after edging a defensive shot against Paterson to wicketkeeper Tom Moores.

And Lancashire next lost Rob Jones for 14 when he edged Hutton to slip in the last over before lunch with the Red Rose in trouble on 111-6.

Steven Croft shrugged off any problems with his damaged thumb to bat with positive intent from the off when play resumed, scoring all the runs added before Dane Vilas was adjudged lbw for 15 offering no shot to become Hutton’s fifth wicket of the innings.



Croft had batted nicely but was next bowled for 25 by Paterson with a delivery that nipped back and kept a touch low and the same bowler then trapped Bailey lbw for 0.

George Lavelle, batting at number 9, boosted the scoring with some good shots in his 39-ball innings of 32 but Lancashire’s 168 was just four runs higher than their lowest total of the season when they were bundled out by Glamorgan at Cardiff back in June.



Without the injured Mahmood the Red Rose attack plugged away through the second half of the day, restricting the Nottinghamshire scoring to under three runs per over and all three remaining front-line seamers persevered to pick up some good wickets.

George Balderson hurried a delivery through Ben Slater's defence after the Notts openers had put 51 runs on for the first wicket, Lamb nipped one back to have Ben Duckett lbw for 44 and Lavelle pulled off a spectacular diving catch after Sam Northeast attempted to cut a wide delivery from Bailey to have the hosts 85-3.



Balderson prised out Joe Clarke with an edge to Jones at second slip for 22 and Bailey found some bounce to induce an edge from Steven Mullaney to Lavelle for 1.

Lyndon James (18 not out) and Tom Moores (11 not out) will resume in the morning and Lancashire still have a lot to do if they are to stay in this game.

Ken Grime

[exile]

A rather optimistic report from Grime, although there is a hint in his last sentence that he knows we are going to lose.  The best we can hope for is that the pitch flattens out - not unknown at Trent Bridge - and we can bat out for a draw but a heavy defeat is odds-on.  Unless the pitch is damp and/or it seems likely that the ball will swing, it is nearly always a mistake to bowl first.  

[Admin]

Target 444