Nottinghamshire 367 for 8 (Duckett 197*, Haynes 74, Slater 65, Hannon-Dalby 4-58) vs Warwickshire
England batter Duckett constructed an excellent unbeaten 197 off 230 balls as his facet made erratic however extremely entertaining progress to 367 for 8.
The primary two championship matches of the season at Edgbaston having yielded 2,496 runs, Nottinghamshire captain Haseeb Hameed didn’t hesitate to decide on to bat, however he perished early and carelessly when he lifted Hannon-Dalby to cowl within the seventh over. The Yorkshiremen ought to have had additional instant success when Slater edged to 3rd slip earlier than he had scored however Jake Bethell grassed a simple probability.
It proved a expensive reprieve as Duckett and Slater added 146 in 32 overs. Slater batted with rising fluency, 52 of his 65 runs coming in fours, earlier than Hannon-Dalby returned to unfurl a beautiful away-cutter that took the sting by way of to wicketkeeper Michael Burgess.
That triggered the lack of three wickets for 15 runs as cricket’s enduring means to convey individuals all the way down to earth with a jolt spectacularly confirmed itself. Final week, Will Younger and Joe Clarke shared 397 runs in a file partnership towards Somerset at Taunton. This time they managed simply 5 between them after falling to the primary and final balls of a Will Rhodes over, each candy outswingers which had been nicked to Burgess.
Duckett superior to his twenty seventh first-class century from 126 balls and located a strong accomplice in Haynes. The previous Worcestershire participant struck 11 fours in a beautiful knock earlier than the brand new ball introduced one other cluster of wickets. Hannon-Dalby produced a nifty in-ducker which trapped Haynes lbw after which Hasan Ali had Lyndon James caught behind and bowled Calvin Harrison who supplied no shot.
When Olly Stone, again within the crew towards his former team-mates instead of Brett Hutton (achilles harm) edged Hannon-Dalby to second slip, Nottinghamshire had been eight wickets down and Duckett nonetheless wanted 9 for his double ton. The primary 4 of these got here from an audacious ramp over over the wicketkeeper’s head off Rhodes, however then dangerous gentle closed in to go away the England man poised on the brink in a single day.
