Nottinghamshire CCC - The return of DaveK

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What a fall from grace for Samit! England test player in the winter and now seemingly cast aside by Notts less than a year later.

[DaveK93]

What a fall from grace for Samit! England test player in the winter and now seemingly cast aside by Notts less than a year later.

Ousted by the youngsters! Although with England duty looming, he may get his chance.

[UTBash]

Ousted by the youngsters! Although with England duty looming, he may get his chance.

I love Patel on ICC!

[DaveK93]

Worcestershire vs Nottinghamshire

Squad News:



Broad and Swann go to play against New Zealand, so Patel and Phillips come in. Franks is replaced by Fletcher as well.

Toss: Worcestershire win the toss and bowl first

Nottinghamshire Innings:
Well, that was unexpected. Taylor and Hales both failed to get starts, but that brought Ramshaw to the crease alongside McGregor. They smashed the Worcs attack all over the place. Ramshaw eventually fell just before the end, but Patel came in and got a few runs. A great batting performance.

Worcs Innings:
Worcs never really got going, as all the bowlers picked up wickets. Patel got a couple of wickets standing in for Swann, and Adams was once again consistent. Shahzad was also impressive, and a crushing win all-round.



Batting Award:
McGregor – a great unbeaten maiden OD century

Bowling Award:
Shahzad – set the innings off well

Points:
Worcs 0, Notts 2

[DaveK93]

I love Patel on ICC!

He'll play a few I would imagine, but I decided the youngsters deserved a chance. Certainly when Swann isn't available, Patel is the spinner.

[DaveK93]

Surrey vs Nottinghamshire

Squad News:



Back to the CCD1 then, and with that, a change. Murray drops out, Cowan replacing him.

Toss:
Surrey win the toss and bat first.

Day 1:
Honours even on Day 1, Surrey finishing on 303-6. If Smith hadn’t have been dropped, we may have been better off, but a quick start on Day 2 would be nice.

Day 2:
We bowled Surrey out for 349, so we are even on points to start with. We bowled well, and Patel picked up the last wicket just before the next point was gained.
We failed to make our good start count as we collapsed to 253-9. Only Ramshaw made a decent start, and this game isn’t looking great for us.

Day 3:
After being bowled out for 280, Surrey made hay. They declared with 5 overs left leaving me 406 to win. We dropped De Bruyn twice, I’m seething. We saw the day out on 14-0.

Day 4:
And again…. Only just though. Some good quick batting throughout the day from everyone, but special credit to Taylor and Read, who controlled the innings well. Also, to Ajmal Shahzad, whose 21 from 9 put us back in the match when we looked out of it. I suppose if you are going to win, do it with style!



Batting Award:
Ramshaw – not the highest score, but gave us a chance after a controlled first innings.

Bowling Award:
Phillips – his 3 wickets in the first innings came at key points of the match

Points:
Surrey 6, Notts 21

[KGKOOLKAT777]

Wow, you have really got the hang of handling the chases.

[DaveK93]

Wow, you have really got the hang of handling the chases.

can't wait for a normal first class game to appear now!

[DaveK93]

Warwickshire vs Nottinghamshire

Squad News:



Massive blow for us as James Taylor is out for a month. Michael Lumb returns as the obvious replacement, certainly in the shorter forms of the game.
Other than that, I’m keeping faith with the rest of my team.

Toss:
Warwickshire win the toss and bowl

Oh dear. We really didn’t play well. At least Hales and Ramshaw got runs. Credit to Warwickshire for making look easy, although having Chris Woakes batting at 3 was pushing it a little bit.



Batting Award:
Hales – slow at the start, but a good performance.

Bowling Award:
Shahzad – at least he got some wickets

Points:
Warwicks 0, Notts 2

[DaveK93]

Nottinghamshire vs Netherlands

Squad News:
We take the chance in this match to rest players against some apparently weaker opposition. Carter, Gurney, Mullaney, Murray and Kelsall all play in this match, meaning that Hales and Adams amongst others can rest.



Toss:
Nottinghamshire win the toss and elect to bat.

Nottinghamshire Innings:
We batted well. Not quite as many runs as I’d have liked perhaps, but certainly batted well. Murray finally got a good OD score, and Ramshaw continued his good form. There were also runs for Patel and Mullaney as we set an imposing target.

Netherlands Innings:
The Netherlands never really looked in this. I feel a bit sorry for Carter who only got one over, but Mullaney and Gurney were bowling well enough that they got left on. Patel also picked up wickets, as we closed out a comfortable win, massively boosting our run-rate.



Batting Award:
Joseph Murray – good, quick scoring for his first OD half century

Bowling Award:
Mullaney – showed that he should play more often, taking 4 wickets

Points:
Notts 2, Netherlands 0

[DaveK93]

Sussex vs Nottinghamshire

Squad News:



Adams, Hales, Shahzad all return for this, Mullaney keeps his place for this match.

Toss:
Nottinghamshire win the toss and bat first. No Day 4 batting drama for me this time.

Day 1:
We finished on 292-9, and definitely need to push for any extra bonus points we can. Cowan missed out on a century by 2 runs, but it was a good performance on a pitch that it looks very bowler friendly.

Day 2:
Sussex finished 5 behind on 292-6. We didn’t quite get the bonus point, but we started well with the bowling instead. The second session didn’t go to plan though, and Sussex got away from us, before some late wickets brought the game back a bit.

Day 3:
We finished the day 249 ahead thanks to some sensible batting from Hales, Ramshaw and Read.Hopefully we can get a decent lead by the end of the next session, so that we can have a crack at trying to win the match.

Day 4:
We declared on 424-8, both Ramshaw and Read getting good centuries. It meant that Sussex had to get 385 in two and a bit sessions.
Neither team really forced the issue, and although we took five wickets, they were too late to chase the win. A comfortable draw.



Batting Award:
T Ramshaw – Highest ever FC score

Bowling Award:
Fletcher – Bowled well in both innings, is starting to improve.

Points:
Notts 8, Sussex 9

[DaveK93]

Yorkshire vs Nottinghamshire

Squad News:



Lumb in for Murray in the only change

Toss:
Notts win the toss and bat first

Day 1:
We smashed Yorkshire across the park as we reached 354 on day 1. We may have been all out, but we got points in quickly, and it gives us more time to have a go at the Yorkshire batsmen.

Day 2:
Gale and Rashid dominated as Yorks reached 335-4. They got lucky at times, and despite our good start, we are on the back foot yet again.

Day 3:
Having finally bowled Yorks out for 496, we got to 60-0. It was a rain affected day, and pretty much confirms that this match will definitely be going to a draw.

Day 4:
A bore draw in the end, and I’m fairly comfortable with it after some more poor bowling



Batting Award:
Cowan – scored well in both innings

Bowling Award:
Adams – took the most wickets, may have to have him open the bowling

Points:
Notts 8, Yorks 10

[DaveK93]

Derbyshire vs Nottinghamshire

Squad News:



Phillips comes in for Mullaney in the only change

Toss:
Notts win the toss and bat.

Day 1:
A rain hit day saw us reach 213-3. Hales and Cowan both got half centuries, as does McGregor , who was unbeaten at the end of the day.

Day 2:
So I kind of lost track of time on this match… It was so rain affected that no result was reached. A bore draw.



Batting Award:
Hales – half century in both innings to keep him in good form

Bowling Award:
Andre Adams – At least he finally got rid of Chanderpaul

Points:
Derbys 8, Notts 8

[DaveK93]

After this season has finished, I will be quite happy for people to play my Notts team if they like, just post on here.

[DaveK93]

Nottinghamshire vs Warwickshire

Squad News:



No change to the squad for this match

Toss:
Nottinghamshire win the toss and bat first

Notts Innings:
Thanks to Lumb and McGregor, we posted a very competitive score. One of the better performances of the campaign so far, and we can look to avenge the earlier defeat by Warwickshire.

Warwickshire Innings:
Warwickshire never really got going, and some good wicket to wicket bowling by Phillips and Adams saw us win with ease. A comfortable victory for Nottinghamshire.



Batting Award:
M Lumb – aggressive scoring, looks to be regaining some form

Bowling Award:
B Phillips – tough choice, but he was slightly more economical

Points:
Notts 2, Warwicks 0