Disgusting from Essex at the end there, Porter cheated.

Some bloke called Ethan Brookes is playing a lovely little innings down at Chelmsford right now...

You look at the scores on paper and its easy to poke at the batters, I get it. But from actually watching the game it's been clear that the biggest gap in quality has been the bowling. Tongue, Hutton and O'Neill have been brilliant. Tongue is genuinely quick, looks like he's up at around 90mph and accurate with it. Compare him to Booth, great kid, huge heart, doing well but Tongue is levels above him, quicker, taller, more penetrative. He hasn't played any First Class cricket for a good while up until a fortnight ago, imagine him at full pelt?! The figures may look unremarkable but every time he's had the ball in his hand he's looked a menace. Hutton has gotten more out if this pitch than OHD and Bamber (he's had a bad game) combined, I'd say his got a bit more nip than them both too. He's challenged the front pad throughout. O'Neill, I mean when you compare the Notts overseas bowler to our overseas bowler it's complete one way traffic. O'Neill is a bit quicker, a good bit taller and considerably more accurate, barely bowls a bad ball. Sets his own fields too and clearly has a good grasp of the game situations.

Imagine if Stone and Pennington played?!

Yes, the Notts bowling attack is way better than ours, but only a touch more experienced I'd say. We just lack pace, like last season, if it doesn't come with the new ball then it doesn't come at all. It's gonna be a problem at home particularly because the Edgbaston pitches are notably low and slow.

There's probably not that much between the batting line ups in terms of quality, and there is definitely something in this pitch, the Notts bowlers have been good enough to exploit it though, ours haven't.

A word on the batting, they did show fight at least, we may have got blown away this evening had we been in this situation last season. Maybe.

white-lightning wrote:

Josh Tongue looks sharp. Did we not try to sign him before he left Worcestershire?

Dunno. We were in for Fergus O'Neill this winter.

edit to say 'Fergus O'Neill' apologies

Frustrating to lose a wicket close to tea just as we looked like getting settled.

We beat the bat loads, shame we just chucked in the odd 4 ball here and there.

McCann never looked comfortable, hopefully Vish can get on a roll...

Conditions are clearly better now but we've bowled poorly. Still finding the odd edge here and there mind...

Much better overheads now, sunny.

Feel like Barnard played a poor shot. Hain decision looked harsh.

Terrible batting conditions though, the ball has gone passed the bat loads, particularly from the bowling of Tongue. Good bowling attack this.

Really not a lot Yates, Davies or Shaikh could do about their dismissals but that was poor from Mousley.

Forecast would suggest we may get a full day tomorrow. It is changeable though and would seem (seam?!) it's gonna be overcast all day.

Shame we lost that toss.

Green pitch and ball swinging.

Taz :(

A word for Dandy who top scored in both innings and kept wicket.

Blimey he only played about 4 games in that comp and that was way back in January.

I love the lad but he's made of glass.

No Pennington for Notts.

Should be Fernando getting dropped, no question as a left armer if you camt swing the ball at medium pace, yer cannon fodder im afraid.

Was impressed by Taz and the wicket taking threat he seemed to pose.

5fer incoming for Fernando.

18 year old keeper/batter from Coventry, Oliver Dandy made a ton today. Bats like Ben Duckett, sweeps spinners loads.

Absolutely. Mikkyk last paragraph there is very true.

People shouldn't get too carried away by the win. People on here would have wanted effigy burning had we lost though. Look at the comments on here during that first session.

Bit uneasy with the criticism of the Durham attack, feel it takes away from how we performed. Granted, its not West Indies of the 80's but Potts is an elite performer at county level and will get more Test caps, Raine has well over 400 First Class wickets at around 26 and had a great game, Doggett took an 11fer in the Sheffield Shield final only 3 weeks ago and was the comps 5th highest wicket taker despite missing 3 games whilst playing for Australia A, he's certainly no mug...time will tell.

We held our own, just, against a decent attack i think.

Was definitely a new ball pitch though, throughout, things tended to get easier for batters after 40 or so overs, nominally speaking.

Will Rhodes what's the score, Will Rhodes Will Rhodes what's the score...!