Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Nottinghamshire. The club's limited overs team is called the Notts Outlaws.

The county club was founded in 1841, although teams had played first-class cricket under the Nottinghamshire name since 1835. The county club has always held first-class status.[1] Nottinghamshire had competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level elite domestic cricket competition in England.

The club plays most of its home games at the Trent Bridge cricket ground in West Bridgford, Nottingham, which is also a venue for Test matches. The club has played matches at numerous other venues in the county.[2]

History

Nottingham Cricket Club is known to have played matches from 1771 onwards[3] and 15 matches involving this side have been awarded first-class status from 1826. A single first-class match was played by a combined Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire side in 1803 but the first Nottinghamshire sides played in 1829. Eight matches played by this side between 1835 and 1840 have first-class status.

The formal creation of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club was enacted in March or April 1841 (the exact date has been lost). William Clarke established Trent Bridge as a cricket venue adjacent to the public house he ran. It was Clarke's successor as Nottinghamshire captain, George Parr, who first captained a united England touring team in 1859. The club elected its first president, Sir Henry Bromley, in 1869.[4] Early professional greats such as Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury ensured that Notts were a force in the period before 1900. Thanks largely to the outstanding bowling combination of Tom Wass and Albert Hallam, the county won the County Championship in 1907 when George Gunn, John Gunn and Wilfred Payton were also prominent.

Between the wars Notts enjoyed the services of the famous bowlers

Dodger Whysall saw them emerge as champions in 1929 after losing the title on the final day of the season in 1927. Prior to the second war, opening batsman Walter Keeton
gained Test recognition, though the bowling was less effective.

Through the early fifties the team was weak. The signing of the Australian leg break bowler

Mike Harris scored heavily in the 1970s, including nine centuries in 1971 but apart from Barry Stead
, the bowling lacked penetration.

Nottinghamshire enjoyed one of their strongest teams in the late seventies and early eighties when the

Sunday League title in 1991 under Robinson's captaincy. Former Warwickshire off spinner Eddie Hemmings made a significant contribution while local seam bowler Kevin Cooper
was a consistent wicket taker.

The following decade was one of underachievement, but in 2004, Nottinghamshire enjoyed a highly successful season, gaining promotion to both the Frizzell County Championship Division One, after winning Division Two, and also Totesport Division One. In 2005, Nottinghamshire won their first County Championship title since 1987, New Zealand's

Twenty20 Cup
finals day. In 2007, Notts won promotion back to the top flight of the County Championship, finishing second in Division Two.

In 2008, the first season of Chris Read's captaincy, they came close to winning both the County Championship and NatWest Pro40 outright, losing to Hampshire on the final day and Sussex on the final ball respectively. In 2010, Nottinghamshire made it to Finals Day of the

Royal London One-Day Cup
with victory over Surrey.

Read, by now only captaining the first-class side, retired in 2017 and was replaced as club captain by Steven Mullaney, with Christian continuing to lead the T20 side. Despite struggles in the longer game, Notts won a second T20 Blast title in 2020, beating Surrey in a rain-affected final.

Players

Current squad

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of his shirt.
  • ‡ denotes players with international caps.
  •  *  denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
10 Alex Hales* ‡  England (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium White ball contract
17 Ben Duckett* ‡  England (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 29) Left-handed — England central contract
26 Ben Slater*  England (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 (age 32) Left-handed Right-arm medium
30 Jack Haynes  England (2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm off break
32 Will Young* ‡  New Zealand (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player
44 Freddie McCann  England (2005-04-19) 19 April 2005 (age 19) Left-handed Right-arm off break
99 Haseeb Hameed* ‡  England (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Club captain
All-rounders
5 Steven Mullaney*  England (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm medium
8 Lyndon James  England (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium
12
Ben Martindale
  England (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 21) Left-handed Right-arm medium
14 Matt Montgomery* ‡  Germany (2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break
22 Liam Patterson-White  England (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
24 Tom Loten  England (1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium
31 Calvin Harrison  England (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Wicket-keeper
23 Tom Moores*  England (1996-09-04) 4 September 1996 (age 27) Left-handed —
33 Joe Clarke*  England (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28) Right-handed — Captain (T20)
89 Dane Schadendorf  Zimbabwe (2002-07-31) 31 July 2002 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium UK Passport
Bowlers
1 Sam King  England (2003-01-12) 12 January 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
2 Dane Paterson* ‡  South Africa (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player
9 Olly Stone* ‡  England (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast
11 Fateh Singh  England (2004-04-20) 20 April 2004 (age 20) Left-handed Right-arm off break
15 Toby Pettman  England (1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
16 Brett Hutton*  England (1993-02-06) 6 February 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
18 Dillon Pennington  England (1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
19 Luke Fletcher*  England (1988-09-18) 18 September 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
27 Ben Lister ‡  New Zealand (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Overseas player (T20 only)
35 James Hayes  England (2001-06-27) 27 June 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
— Farhan Ahmed  England (2008-02-22) 22 February 2008 (age 16) Right-handed Right-arm off break
— Fazalhaq Farooqi ‡  Afghanistan (2000-09-22) 22 September 2000 (age 23) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Overseas player (T20 only)
— Josh Tongue ‡  England (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast England central contract

Former players

Further information: List of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club players

The players with over 400 first-class appearances for the club are:[5]

The players with over 600 total club appearances (first-class, list A and twenty20; reflecting the introduction of one day county cricket in 1963) are:

Club captains

A full list of captains of the club from its formation to the present day:[6]

Records

Team totals

  • Highest total for – 791 v. Essex, Chelmsford, 2007
  • Highest total against – 781/7 dec by Northamptonshire, Northampton, 1995
  • Lowest total for – 13 v. Yorkshire, Nottingham, 1901
  • Lowest total against – 16 by Derbyshire, Nottingham, 1879

Batting

  • Highest score – 312* W. W. Keeton v. Middlesex, The Oval, 1939
  • Most runs in season – 2,620 W. W. Whysall, 1929

Highest partnership for each wicket

  • 1st – 406* D. J. Bicknell and G. E. Welton v. Warwickshire, Birmingham, 2000
  • 2nd – 402 Haseeb Hameed and B. M. Duckett v. Derbyshire, Derby, 2022
  • 3rd – 392* W. A. Young and J. M. Clarke v. Somerset, Taunton, 2024
  • 4th – 361 A. O. Jones and J. R. Gunn v. Essex, Leyton, 1905
  • 5th – 359 D. J. Hussey and C. M. W. Read v. Essex, Nottingham, 2007
  • 6th – 372* K. P. Pietersen and J. E. Morris v. Derbyshire, Derby, 2001
  • 7th – 301 C. C. Lewis and B. N. French v. Durham, Chester-le-Street, 1993
  • 8th – 220 G. F. H. Heane and R. Winrow v. Somerset, Nottingham, 1935
  • 9th – 170 J. C. Adams and K. P. Evans v. Somerset, Taunton, 1994
  • 10th – 152 E. B. Alletson and W. Riley v. Sussex, Hove, 1911

Bowling

  • Best bowling – 10/66 K. Smales v. Gloucestershire, Stroud, 1956
  • Best match bowling – 17/89 F. C. L. Matthews v. Northamptonshire, Nottingham, 1923
  • Wickets in season – 181 B. Dooland, 1954

Honours

See also: List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales

First XI honours

Division Two (2) – 2004, 2022

Second XI honours

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Formerly known as the Gillette Cup (1963–1980), NatWest Trophy (1981–2000) and C&G Trophy (2001–2006).
  2. ^ Formerly known as the Sunday League (1969–1998).

References

  1. ACS
    (1982). A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS.
  2. ^ Cricket grounds in Nottinghamshire. Retrieved on 18 March 2010.
  3. ^ J. Pycroft The Cricket Field: Or the History and Science of the Game of Cricket (1868), p. 44
  4. ^ "Sir Henry Bromley". www.trentbridge.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Trent Bridge".
  6. ^ Nottinghamshire Club Captains. Retrieved on 6 February 2011.

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