Sixteen-year-old Nottinghamshire spinner Farhan Ahmed became the youngest ever player to take a County Championship five-for and the youngest to take a 10-wicket haul in first class cricket in England. Farhan, brother of England and Leicestershire all-rounder Rehan, comes from a family of locally born cricketers and it was his performance, largely, that abled Notts…
Following on from their heavy defeat in the first match of the season, Nottinghamshire have managed to reach the mid-table range with one win in seven games in Division One of the County Cricket Championship. In a fixture spoiled by the rain, Joe Clarke struck a century and Lyndon James hit 96 batting at number…
Nottinghamshire 293 & 80 v Essex 253 & 374/9 dec (County Championship Division One) 05.04.24-08.04.24 *four day match Essex win by 254 runs For many a fan of the red ball game, the start of the County Championship summer season brings joy and optimism of those who’ve missed their cricket fix since September the previous…
After a disappointing campaign last season Nottinghamshire CCC will be looking for an improved performance this coming summer. Their opening fixture is a friendly with Cardiff UCCE at the end of March, and the first County Championship game is against Essex starting on April 5. New Zealand opener Will Young is set to play in…
It’s been a stop, start, stumbling season so far and we’ve not even hit the heights of summer yet. Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club have returned to the top tier of domestic red ball action after winning the second division of the county championship last season but it’s not all gone to plan three and a…
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club have achieved promotion to the County Championship First Division after securing the points they needed yesterday, during their four-day game with Durham at Trent Bridge. The home side scored the four batting points required en-route to a tenth highest ever Notts tally of 662/5 declared, before putting their opponents in bat,…
Worcestershire 390 v 128 & 183 Nottinghamshire (County Championship Division Two) 20.09.22-22.09.22 *day three (of four) Worcestershire win by an innings & 79 runs It took only an hour of day three for Nottinghamshire to succumb to an innings and more defeat as they woefully chased the County Championship Second Division title with a whimper…
Derbyshire 318 & 249/4 v Nottinghamshire 618/8 dec (County Championship Division Two) 18.07.22-22.07.22 *four day match drawn After the record breaking temperatures earlier in the week, it was the inevitable rain and stubborn batting from the Derbyshire top order which prevented Nottinghamshire from completing a victory on the final day of their latest County Championship…
Nottinghamshire 551/8 dec v Middlesex 376 & 261/1 (County Championship Division Two) 26.06.22-29.06.22 *four day match drawn It was the battle of the top two in the second division of the County Championship, and after four days of cricket the sides came out even despite Nottinghamshire being on top for most of the game against Middlesex….
Leicestershire 440 & 99 v Nottinghamshire 548/9 (County Championship Division Two) 12.06.22-15.06.22 *four day match Nottinghamshire win by an innings & 9 runs After their recent victory in the twenty20 competition, Nottinghamshire again met Leicestershire at Grace Road in the latest match in Division Two of the County Championship. A fantastic performance on the third…
Nottinghamshire 358 & 167/0 v Derbyshire 260 & 262 (County Championship Division Two) 19.05.22-22.05.22 *four day match Nottinghamshire win by 10 wickets Nottinghamshire romped to an easy ten wicket victory over their Midlands rivals Derbyshire in the latest round of Division Two County Championship matches. Chasing 165 to win on the final day they easily…
The cricketing summer of 1981 will always be remembered for England’s sensational Ashes victory over the Australians and the exploits of a certain Ian Botham and Bob Willis. It was also the season that a Midlands county won its first County Championship title in 52 years. In 1929, Nottinghamshire won their second ‘official’ county title…
Nottinghamshire meet Middlesex in the next round of the County Championship Division Two fixtures tomorrow, the four day game starting May 12, at the world famous Lord’s Cricket ground. Oddly enough, despite the two division set-up, this will be the first meeting between the two sides in a four-day game since September 2016. Both teams…
The enviable title of the highest run scorer in Nottinghamshire County Cricket club history goes to the ever-lasting George Gunn. An incredible career spanning 30 years (1902-1932), saw Gunn amass a mammoth 31,592 first-class runs at an impressive average of 35.69 in 583 matches. He smashed 55 centuries for the county along the way, together…
Nottinghamshire 266 & 233/5 v Worcestershire 159 & 339 (County Championship Division Two) 28.04.22-01.05.22 *four day match Nottinghamshire win by five wickets A third win in four County Championship matches this season ensures Nottinghamshire stay top of the division as they eye promotion back to the top tier of English red ball cricket. After winning…
Nottinghamshire 302 & 242 v Glamorgan 379 & 166/3 (County Championship Division Two) 14.04.22-17.04.22 *four day match Glamorgan win by seven wickets A first match of the season at Trent Bridge for Nottinghamshire ended in first defeat of the season as Glamorgan came out the better of the two sides in a game they controlled…
Nottinghamshire will host Glamorgan at Trent Bridge tomorrow in the clubs first home match of the County Championship Division Two campaign after a perfect winning start in Sussex last week. The green & golds beat their hosts in Hove by ten wickets in a game that went to the early stages of the last session…
Sussex 302/6 v Nottinghamshire (County Championship Division Two) 07.04.22 *day one (of four) Dave Bracegirdle set the tone, the legendary BBC cricket commentator for many of Nottinghamshire CCC’s games over the years including this one, commented overnight, it was ‘rainy and gusty’ on the south coast but ‘despite a most blustery morning’ in East Sussex…
As we aim to rid the April showers beneath the brighter, lighter, skies of the summer towards, the 2022 county cricket season is nearing upon us with kick off, bowl off, bat off, toss off, whatever you want to call it, tomorrow, Thursday 7th April, for many of the nation’s first class cricketing clubs, Nottinghamshire…
The fixtures for the 2022 summer cricket season have been announced today with Nottinghamshire heading to the South-East coast in early April to start their County Championship campaign at Sussex. The first competitive match of the new season will be at the idyllic 1st Central County Ground in Hove on April 7th but prior to…
