The new cricket season is upon us, with the opening round of matches in both the Nottinghamshire Premier League, and Bassetlaw & District League, this coming Saturday, and there’s some interesting openers to be seen. Cavaliers & Carrington CC, last season’s Premier Division champions, by four from Cuckney CC, have brought in Viken Kedaira, from…
Trent Rockets have announced plenty of new draft signings ahead of the upcoming 2023 Hundred season as Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sam Hain and Indian all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur, amongst others, were some of the biggest name players to be called up. Kaur has represented India on 277 occasions playing a century and a half of those in…
Trent Rockets have announced their ‘retained’ list on deadline day, long ahead of the third season of Cricket’s Hundred ball tournament which starts this summer. The male side are last years champions after a brilliant campaign and will be again keeping the likes of Dawid Malan, Alex Hales, Rashid Khan, Lewis Gregory, Luke Wood, Colin…
There’s a heady list of past athletes to have played more than on sport in the county of Nottinghamshire, and we’ve already covered a few of those, but, surely up there, in the echelons of the greats, is Nottingham-born, rugby union legend, Vincent Cartwright. A recipient of both the DSO (Distinguished Service Order) and the…
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club have announced New Zealand International Colin Munro as their overseas player for the T20 team ahead of this summer’s Vitality Blast campaign. Munro helped Trent Rockets to win the Hundred competition last year and is familiar with the surroundings at Trent Bridge, he’ll bring quality and experience to the side after…
Not many will remember the short spell that South African batsman Hashim Amla had with Nottinghamshire in 2010, but those fans who got to watch the elegant free scoring star from Durban play at Trent Bridge, will fondly reminisce on some unforgettable performances as the counties temporary overseas star. Today, Amla announces his retirement from…
The Owzat-Cricket Nottinghamshire Premier League will, when the new season begins this coming April, start with a dozen teams in each of its two divisions following the successful promotions of both Notts Unity Casuals CC, and Papplewick & Linby IIs CC. Last time around, the leagues’ Premier Division eventually saw Cavaliers & Carrington CC take…
Ben Duckett became the first Nottinghamshire batsman to score a century for England since Stuart Broad in 2010 as he hit a super-fast 107 from 110 balls in a record-breaking day in Rawalpindi. The tourists first test match for seventeen years in Pakistan included a bludgeoning batting display started by Duckett and his opening partner…
It wasn’t quite the redemption innings he’d have hoped for but nonetheless the inclusion of maverick batter Alex Hales was fully justified by Sunday lunchtime gone as the returning Nottinghamshire player helped England to win the ICC T20 World Cup after three years of international exodus. After bowling out Pakistan in the final for just…
What a year it has been for Nottinghamshire batsman Haseeb Hameed, in helping his side win the County Championship Second Division, scoring 1,235 runs at an average of 58.80 in the process, the England International has now earned himself a two year contract keeping him at Trent Bridge until at least 2024. Red ball vice-captain…
During the mid-nineties, I lived in West Bridgford with my ex-wife and two young children. My son Matt was always cricket crazy, taking after his Dad and for a bit of fun, from about 4 years old, I used to run a cricket session for him and his mates from the local Primary School on…
Nottinghamshire 662/5dec & 121/2dec v 207/9 & 114/9 Durham (County Championship Duvision Two) 26.09.22-29.09.22 *day four (of four) Nottinghamshire win by 426 runs After securing promotion yesterday, Nottinghamshire needed only a couple of hours to finish the job and beat Durham to win the County Championship Second Division title today in front of a home…
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,…
England Women will play their first-ever five day test match at Trent Bridge next summer as they take on Australia in the Ashes in a cricket first for the two teams involved. Previously the England women’s team have only played four day matches and will for the first time at Trent Bridge, face Australia over…
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…
Cavaliers & Carrington CC added yet another trophy to their ever-bulging, trophy cabinet, when lifting this seasons’ Dan Sutton Sutton Trophy (Cavs’ third in succession), seeing off Papplewick & Linby CC, by one wicket, at Blidworth Colliery Welfare, over the weekend, thus completing the double. The victors, who have lifted numerous trophies in the Owzat…
The Royal London One Day Cup Final heads to blighty tomorrow as Kent Spitfires take on Lancashire in the showpiece premiere 50 over competition in English cricket at Trent Bridge. The tournament in recent years has diminished in value no thanks to the introductions of even shorter formats in the domestic game, T20 & Hundred…
On Saturday morning gone, on what was day three of a delayed test match between two commonwealth nations, players from England and South Africa walked out of the Pavilion at the Oval Cricket Ground to deathly silence, despite over 25,000 spectators being in attendance. The whole crowd, stood to pay their respects for the passing…
Nottinghamshire 201 & 390/7dec v 93 & 257 Leicestershire (County Championship Division Two) 07.09.23 *day three (of four) Nottinghamshire win by 241 runs Nottinghamshire closed out a fabulous 241 run win against bottom of the table Leicestershire to stretch their lead at the top of the County Championship second division (temporarily at least) to fifty…
Alex Hales has received his first England call up since 2019 after the Notts Outlaws and Trent Rockets star batter was selected as a replacement for the time-out taking Jonny Bairstow for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup. After helping Trent Rockets to winning the Hundred over the last month, Hales who has had a turbulent…
