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Steve Rhodes urges divisional rivals to lead homegrown path rather than resort to Kolpaks

10 October 2017 0 comments

…a core of local talent, Worcestershire beat Nottinghamshire to the title to seal a memorable year for the county. “We’ve dug the footings and we’ve started to lay some of…

James Pattinson ruled out of the Ashes for Australia with back injury

4 October 2017 0 comments

…seamer was in fine form for Nottinghamshire in this year’s County Championship taking 32 wickets in five matches at an impressive average of 12.06 to help Chris Read’s side to…

Chris Read backs Notts to succeed in top flight

3 October 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Bruce Talbot Chris Read believes Nottinghamshire can be a force in Division One next season after producing another of his famous rescue acts to help them…

England announce Ashes squad that sees Ballance and Vince recalled

27 September 2017 0 comments

…that allows white-ball specialist Jake Ball to show what he can do after steering Nottinghamshire to a One-Day Cup and T20 Blast double this season. Ball and the rest of…

Keaton Jennings becomes latest in exodus at Durham

26 September 2017 0 comments

…will remain, “family” to me. The 25-year-old follows Graham Onions in moving to Emirates Old Trafford as Durham continue to lose grip on their first-team stars. Nottinghamshire were thought to…

Ian Botham criticises ECB for allowing Durham stars to be poached

20 September 2017 0 comments

…rivals. Highly-rated T20 captain Paul Coughlin became the latest player to leave Durham over the past year as Nottinghamshire completed a three-year deal for the all-rounder, much to the frustrations…

Match winners show up in all shapes and sizes in cricket

13 September 2017 0 comments

…underdog, but the undervalued, after Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat Birmingham Bears in a match dominated by the bulky figure of Samit Patel. Samit, who scored an unbeaten 64, bowled his four…

Essex show how to develop stars from Division Two into Division One

13 September 2017 0 comments

…of players that moved from Leicestershire to Nottinghamshire such as James Taylor or Stuart Broad were classic examples of this. So do players now have to move from Division Two…

Jason Roy gets recall to England ODI fold

5 September 2017 0 comments

…14-man squad for the five-match ODI series: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Liam Plunkett…

2016 stars Hameed and Woakes come into form as England squad takes shape before Ashes

15 August 2017 0 comments

…Alex Hales, dropped after failing as an opener last summer, has found a timely return to form with Nottinghamshire after choosing to drop down into the middle order, scoring a…

Self-minded Boycott riled up his team-mates not just opposition bowlers

9 August 2017 0 comments

…Lillee which I can still see now, and an acrobatic tumble to avoid the great bowler’s wrathful bouncer which ended with the Nottinghamshire entertainer rising to his feet and doffing…

No regrets over ditching Leicestershire for Notts, says Greg Smith

8 August 2017 0 comments

…for Nottinghamshire and the way I was handled. “Arguably I played more than I should’ve done at Leicestershire and didn’t quite get the games at Nottinghamshire but I won’t look…

Yorkshire’s Peter Handscomb weighs in to Australia contracts dispute

31 July 2017 0 comments

…Pattinson’s coming back, he’s done well at Nottinghamshire, Paddy Cummins is hitting his straps and staying on the park, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood do their thing and to top…

Pringle column: Being hit by a ball is often an unavoidable thing

18 July 2017 0 comments

By Derek Pringle For those doubting the destructive power of a cricket ball to damage, both physically and psychologically, look no further than Luke Fletcher, the Nottinghamshire Outlaws bowler whose…

England look to banish memories of 2016 as Women’s World Cup draws big media audience

17 July 2017 0 comments

…for Nottinghamshire in the T20 Blast. It’s time bowlers seriously consider wearing some sort of head protection, because Fletcher turned out to be lucky. If this warning isn’t heeded, the…

Planet Cricket – Hooray for Zimbabwe who get long awaited win

17 July 2017 0 comments

…months between competitive cricket. Recall what Taylor said after he left for Nottinghamshire in 2015, complaining about the dearth of Zimbabwe fixtures. “I started getting mentally stale in Zimbabwe… If…

Fletcher: ‘Me and Hain will go for a beer together’

11 July 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) Nottinghamshire bowler Luke Fletcher has spoken of his lucky escape after suffering a horrific-looking head injury in Saturday’s T20 match with Birmingham Bears. In a freak accident…

England beware… Pattinson is causing havoc for Notts

3 July 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Dave Bracegirdle It took just over 15 minutes of the first day for Nottinghamshire to seize a vice-like grip on this contest and snuff out any…

Behind the scenes – the women making strides in running the County scene

27 June 2017 0 comments

…chief executive of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, is philosophical about her role. “I’ve always said that I don’t think that there is any such thing as ‘just a woman’,” remarks…

Clark sends Durham to victory on a day of firsts

26 June 2017 0 comments

…against Glamorgan and Kent respectively after previously notching his first List A ton in a match-winning knock against Nottinghamshire. After falling short against the Welsh outfit in Swansea, he was…

‘We have a freakish bowling attack’, says Fletcher after rampant Notts win

26 June 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Matt Davies Nottinghamshire tightened their grip on top spot in Division Two after thrashing Leicestershire. The gulf between the sides was such that the result represented…

Patel shows all-round worth with career-best 257*

19 June 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Andy Stockhausen Samit Patel admitted to feeling like a “bag of nerves” as he closed in on a notable personal milestone. The fact the Nottinghamshire batsman’s…

Neil Manthorp column – Players must embrace what is a special tour

30 May 2017 0 comments

…– one was at Lord’s and the other was against Nottinghamshire. But they lost only two, as well, at the Oval and a peculiar match against Kent during which disinterest…

Alison Mitchell column – Sledging ain’t all that heavy, he’s my brother

9 May 2017 0 comments

…the One-Day Cup match for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire last week. Root the elder did go on to offer some words of advice to his sibling after the game – not…

England v South Africa: Kolpak Absentees Put Proteas on the Back Foot