The County Championship Cricket season begins at Trent Bridge with a four day game against Durham. Match begins at 11am.

 

Notts have won the toss & have elected to field first. The Notts team for the game 👇

 

Lunch.

Notts have taken three Durham wickets in the  morning session

Durham 118/3

 

Tea has been taken.

Durham are 243/5. 

3 wickets for O'Neill on his debut.

 

And that's the end of the first day's play.

Durham are 370 for 9.

Fergus O'Neill gets four wickets on his Notts debut.

The first day of Nottinghamshire's County Championship season is always an exciting time especially when there is plenty of Sun around to lift the mood.

I think both teams will be happy how things turned out at close of play. Durham posted a decent score & Notts took plenty of wickets.

Notts's new Australian signing O'Neil took 4 wickets on his debut & there were 2 wickets a piece for Tongue & Ahmed. Ackermann scored a Century for the visitors.

Notts will be looking to take the final  Durham wicket very quickly tomorrow morning, then look to bat well to match or even better the Durham score.

Day 2 about to start.

 

Durham are all out.

 

Lunch.

Notts are 48 / 0 in their first innings in reply the Durham's 378 a/o

 

Tea is taken

Notts are 166 for 2.

 

Stumps at the end of the 2nd day.

Notts are 297 for 5,

Ben Slater made 92,

Freddie McCann  made 79

Durham lead by 81 runs.

 

Day 3 resumes at 11am.

 

At Lunch Notts are 413 for 6.

Notts lead by 35 runs.

 

Tea has been taken.

Notts all out for 579. They lead by 201.

James made 125.

 

A productive days play for Notts with the bat and the ball opens the prospect of an exciting final days play tomorrow.

 

Underway on day four.

 

Lunch on the final day.

Durham are 177 for 5.

 

Tea has been taken.

Durham are 289 all out 

Notts require 89 runs from 40 overs to win the match.

 

A win for Nottinghamshire.

 

Couldn't have wished for a better start....bowling batting and fielding all a big improvement on last season......let's hope it continues until next September....Well done Notts...