Arthur Shrewsbury was arguably the greatest batsman to have played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. In an age when WG Grace was a ‘master of all he surveys’ Shrewsbury managed to be rated at the top of the tree along with the great batsman. With a multitude of records, he was a 27-year veteran with…
We’ve been calling him Scotch John for the last ten years… It’s only now that he tells me his name is ‘Duncan’… Those of you who know will know, Scottish by name, Nottingham by nature, John, sorry Duncan, has been on the barrels at Trent Bridge since the days of Eddie Hemmings it seems? Things…
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…
The UK’s biggest elite cycling race the Tour of Britain will pass through Nottinghamshire later this year as well-renowned cyclists from across the globe take on the county’s streets for stage five of the competition. Starting in Central Avenue, West Bridgford, the event will pass iconic locations such as Trent Bridge and Sherwood Forest before…
Trent Rockets have completed their line ups for the upcoming Hundred season with a few usual suspects and a couple of new faces making up the men and women’s teams for this summer’s second ever franchise competition. Whilst many of the Trent Bridge based teams players had already been secured before the draft was made,…
Nottinghamshire 130/1 & 192/5 v Warwickshire 197/4 dec & 115/3 (Friendly) 26.03.22-27.03.22 *two day match drawn The sun shone on Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire over the weekend as both sides shown glimpses of what’s on offer this coming season ahead with competent displays in a friendly match at Trent Bridge that was split into two maximum…
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…
Tomorrow (Thursday 19th August) see’s the final of the Royal One Day Cup which is this year hosted at Trent Bridge and whilst Nottinghamshire Outlaws in the end, failed to make it beyond their group, they’ll be two quality teams on show as North meets West with Durham taking on Glamorgan. Yesterday Durham saw off…
England return to test action in Nottingham for the first time in three years as they take on India in a five day game from Wednesday 4th August in the first match of a five game series against the world’s second highest ranked side. Last time at Trent Bridge it was a convincing 203 run…
Trent Rockets Women 110/7-133/5 Southern Brave (The Hundred Women) Trent Rockets Men 127/1-126/8 Southern Brave (The Hundred Men) Trent Bridge witnessed a mixed day of action in their first showing of The Hundred on Saturday, as the Trent Rockets welcomed the Southern Brave for a pair of top quality, 100-ball matches. With all that action…
A thumping 78 run win against Durham on Sunday at Trent Bridge ensures that defending champions Notts Outlaws will face Hampshire Hawks at home in the Quarter Finals of the Vitality Blast on Wednesday 25th August ahead of a potential finals’ day date of September 18th. Notts topped the North Group by six points above…
Nottinghamshire have drawn with Durham at the Emirates Riverside to secure the points needed to take them to the next step in the Division One County Championship title race. After scoring 328 in the first innings, Nottinghamshire earned the six points needed to see them through to the second stage of the competition which resumes…
Nottinghamshire 400/5dec v Worcestershire 80 & 150 (County Championship Group One) *Nottinghamshire win by an innings & 170 runs 20.05.21 – 23.05.21 A career best ten match wickets for Luke Fletcher and a fabulous first innings 177 not out by Ben Duckett helped Nottinghamshire to a third successive County Championship win as the side top…
Nottinghamshire Cricket Club allowed supporters through their gates yesterday to enjoy for the first time in two summers, County Cricket at Trent Bridge, but with just 15.5 overs played of day one of their sixth Group One game of the season, it wasn’t really an occasion to celebrate for those long returning fans as the…
At just 34 years young, which believe me, is still very young for a cricketer, Harry Gurney has sadly announced his retirement from the sport he loves, saying “The time has come for me to hang up my boots”. The former England International has been suffering with a long-term shoulder injury which saw him miss…
Nottinghamshire 323 v Essex 99 & 194 (County Championship Group One) *Nottinghamshire win by an innings & 30 runs 06.05.21-09.05.21 Like busses, you wait for one for so long and suddenly, two then come at once. The story of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and their three year chase in search of a red ball win,…
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club are once again in action from 11am today as they begin their second match in Group One of the County Championship against Warwickshire at Trent Bridge. After a battling draw against Durham last week, Notts will be confident against a side who also drew their opening match of the campaign against…
It was a delightful day in the spring sunshine yesterday with the Trent Bridge pitch looking fantastic, green gleaming central of the empty white seated surroundings and blue skies of the borough of Rushcliffe. Notts opened their summer of cricket on the opening day of a three day practice match against Oxford University, a friendly,…
Trent Rockets have replaced Head Coach Stephen Fleming with Andy Flower as yesterdays 2021 Draft Day for the delayed ECB backed hundred ball cricket tournament took place with Timm van der Gugten and Samit Patel notable picks made by the East Midlands based franchise. Fleming was set to Coach the Rockets in the competitions inaugural…
Notts Outlaws take on Derbyshire Falcons tonight as the green and golds aim to win their sixth successive Vitality Blast T20 match having already cemented their place in the Quarter Finals in a competition they won as recently as 2017. The Outlaws who also made finals day last season before losing to Worcestershire by one…
