It's Matchday. It's the first day of four Notts V Essex at Trent Bridge. Updates will follow.

 

 

 

Delay to the start due to rain.

Inspection at 11am

 

Good news, if no further rain, play to start at Midday.

 

Nottinghamshire have won the toss and will bowl.

Teams have been exchanged. Notts field a strong side for their first Championship game of the season.

 

His first wicket for Notts, new boy Dillon Pennington.

 

Notts take their 2nd wicket of the morning.

 

Lunch and Essex are 66/2.

 

After a frustrating Essex 3rd wicket Partnership, Paterson bowls Elgar for 80. 

Essex 170/3

 

Another wicket for Notts, Critchley lbw for 1. 

Essex 174/4 at tea.

That's Paterson's 100th wicket for Notts in just 20 matches.

 

Another wicket for Patterson.

Essex 176/5

 

Patterson has his fifth wicket, he bowls Rosington for 13.

Essex 194/6

 

James takes the wicket of Harmer lbw for 8.

Essex 217/7

 

That's the 8th wicket for Notts, Harrison with the wicket.

Essex 239/8

 

James splatters Snater's stumps.

Essex 239/9

 

End of the first day's play in Nottinghamshire's first Championship Cricket game of the season against Essex, and after being put in by Notts, Essex finish the day on 244/9 after a good performance by the Notts bowlers, the highlight being Patterson's 5 for 49.

 

Notts V Essex day 2

Essex resume their innings with Notts wanting one more wicket in Essex's first innings.

 

Pennington gets the final wicket for Notts & Essex are 253 all out.

 

Notts first innings begins with Haseeb Hameed opening up for the first time as Captain.

 

Notts lose their first wicket as Duckett is dismissed for 21.

Notts 33/1

 

Notts lose a quick wicket,  Slater for 9. Notts 46/2

 

Hameed is dismissed for 34.

Notts 79/3

 

At Lunch Notts are 93/3 

 

Notts lose their 4th wicket just after lunch, Montgomery for 2. Notts are 100/4

 

Update, Notts have gone onto 152/4 with Joe Clarke 50 not out.

 

Haynes reaches his half century on debut. Notts 183/4