ANOTHER LARGE FOURTH INNINGS TOTAL

By Brian Sanderson,

There was a decision to be made which ground we should go to either  Chester-le- Street or Trent Bridge.As you can see by the photograph above we went to the final day between Nottingham and Middlesex.The charge for a pensioner to get into the ground is a well worth £10.We arrived at the ground about 10.30 enough time for Brian Workman to get some autographs and get a cup of excellent coffee before sitting in the pavilion to watch Middlesex batting. The cost of the coffee is £1.30  which is cheaper than Headingley.

When we arrived Middlesex were 221 for 5 and looking to get quick runs to set up a run chase.They lost four wickets but scored another 51 runs which left Nottingham to score 385 in 86 overs.

This is a photograph of Nottingham leaving the field thinking about quick start with their batting. This happen with Hales and Jaques putting on 108 in 18 overs at lunchtime. This allow me  to call into Nottingham cricket library to  look at their excellent archives. I could spend days there looking at their scrapbooks.One I looked at today had belonged to Crawford White who wrote for The Dailey Express and was about 1961 season.

After lunch Ravi Patel, left arm spin bowler,got rid of the both openers but not before Jaques had scored 76 and Hales for 94.At tea Nottingham were 234 for 2 and heading for a victory

It was left to Wessels and Taylor to seal Nottingham third win this season. This was Nottingham third highest run chase of all time.I thought the Middlesex attack should have been good enough to stop Nottingham win but a short boundary on one side and bad bowling made certain this did not happen. Nottingham now go top of the league so we made the right choice of matches to see.

Tomorrow Faversham evening league in the Yorkshire country side.