Red ball Cricket returns today with the first day of four, of the County Championship Division 1 match between Notts & Somerset.

Play is scheduled to start at 11am. Updates to follow throughout the match

 

Notts Captain Hameed wins the toss and Notts will bat first.

Notts team below ???? 

 

 

Lunch on the first day.

Notts are 111/3.

Haynes n/o 23, Clarke n/o 15

 

Update.

Clarke & Haynes both out after making 50s

Notts are 185/6

 

At Tea

Notts are 220 for 7

Harrison is 16 n/o

Stone is 12 n/o

 

 

 

Update

Notts have moved to 257/7 with Harrison & Stone on a 50 partnership. Notts have earned their first batting point.

 

At the end of day one Notts are in a handy position.

Notts 326/8

Stone 74 n/o

Pennington 18 n/o

 

Notts will resume the 2nd Day of their match against Somerset on 326/8 at 11am.

 

Update

End of the Notts innings.

Notts all out for 360.

Stone made a brilliant 83

Clarke & Haynes made 50s

Notts get three batting points

 

Lunch

Somerset 60/1, trail by 300 runs.

 

Somerset have had the better of the afternoon session  & at Tea are 173/ 2 trail Notts by 187 runs

 

STUMPS 

Somerset close on 293-4, just 67 behind the Notts first inns score of 360 (Stone 83). Tom Abell is 105 not out, with the four wickets shared around

Work for Notts to do tomorrow morning to avoid a first innings deficit on an increasingly benign pitch.

Lunch on day 3.

Somerset 424/8

They lead Notts by 64 runs.

 

Somerset 470 al out. Somerset lead by 110 runs

ALL OUT l Somerset's final wicket is that of Jake Ball, trapped lbw for 0 to Dillon Pennington who gets his first Nottinghamshire 5-fer (5-96). Migael Pretorius is unbeaten on 95. All out for 470, the visitors lead by 110. 

Bonus points to date 

Somerset 7, Notts 5.

 

Tea.

Notts are 72/0

Hameed 34 n/o

Slater 36 n/o

Somerset lead by 38 runs 

 

End of the third day.

Notts are 177/1

Slater n/o 70

Stone n/o 3

Hameed made 91.

 

 

Notts resume on the final day on 177/1 lead Somerset by 67 runs

Slater is on 70 n/o

Stone is 3 n/o

Can Notts force a result today, 

Lunch

Notts are 293/1

Slater 123 n/o

Stone 53 n/o

 

Tea

Notts are 396/2

Slater is 159 n/o

Young is 49 n/o

Stone the only man out today, was out for 63.

Looks like the game is going to end in a draw.

It's a very benign pitch, a batsmen's paradise.

 

The Match is drawn.

Notts finish on 425 for 2

Slater 168 n/o

Young 66 n/o

13 bonus points for Notts