INTERESTING DAY AT TRENT BRIDGE

By Brian Sanderson,

I had a chance to go down to Trent Bridge to see the first day of the vital match between  Nottingham and Yorkshire.On the way down the A1 I passed a salt sprending lorry and a sign for flooding but arriving at the ticket office the sun was shining.

Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat and hopefully for two days in order to win the First Division Championship which Yorkshire last won in 2001.Yorkshire opened with Lees and Lyth eventhough Joe Root was back from England.

The two of them put on a excellent partnership of 176 which gives them average of 76 in the championship this season.Lees was always struggling against the excellent spin bowling of Gary Keedy,ex Yorkshire , Lancashire and Surrey.He is aged 39 and this brought up the question who is the oldest player to play for Nottinghamshire in the last few years..The answer was given by cricket guru PeterWynne- Thomas , Jack Bond who was a player manager in 1974 when he was 42 years old.

Lees was caught by a excellent catch at short leg by Wessells ex South Africa.He had scored 86 and looked  as if he would score another hundred.

Next to go was Adam Lyth caught and bowled Keedy. What would have happen if Keedy had stayed at Yorkshire and Stemp had not come from Worcester.?

When the new ball was taken two more wickets fell ie Root and Bairstow. So it will be left mainly to Gary Ballance tomorrow to secure another batting point for Yorkshire and bat as long as possible. His score at the moment is 82 and Leaning is batting at the other end on 8 .