Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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.

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
One Day nameNotts Outlaws
Personnel
CaptainSteven Mullaney
One Day captainList A captain
Steven Mullaney
T20 captain
Dan Christian
CoachPeter Moores
Overseas player(s)Dan Christian (T20)
Team information
Founded1841
Home groundTrent Bridge
Capacity17,500
History
First-class debutSussex
in 1835
at Brighton
Championship wins6
Pro40 wins1
FP Trophy/YB40/Royal London One-Day Cup wins3
T20 Blast wins1
B&H Cup wins1
Official websiteNottinghamshire CCC

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 have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level 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. 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 Harold Larwood and Bill Voce. Strong batting from George Gunn, Arthur Carr and 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 Bruce Dooland, arrested the decline but until the signing of the incomparable Garfield Sobers in 1968, the team was weak. Sobers hit Malcolm Nash of Glamorgan for six sixes in an over in a County Championship game at Swansea in his first season. 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 New Zealand all-rounder Richard Hadlee, South African captain Clive Rice and England batsman Derek Randall led the team to the County Championship in 1981. The club's most successful season came in 1987, as Rice and Hadlee marked their departure with the double of County Championship and NatWest Trophy. Chris Broad and Tim Robinson continued the club's long tradition of batting excellence into the England team but for some years the club struggled to repeat those achievements, although they did claim a Benson & Hedges Cup in 1989 and a 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 Stephen Fleming captaining the team to victory. However, the success was not sustained in 2006 and Notts were relegated by a margin of just half a point, although they had more success in the shorter formats and ended up runners-up on their debut appearance at 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 Friends Provident Twenty20 Cup. Drawn against Somerset, Notts lost on the Duckworth Lewis method. However, they won the County Championship on the last day, having lost the preceding two matches, with Somerset in second place tied on points but with one less win. 2013 brought a second major trophy of the Read era with victory in the YB40 one-day competition. While further titles eluded them, Notts remained a fixture in the First Division of the Championship this decade under Read's long-running captaincy, also featuring a number of England players including Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Alex Hales, James Taylor and Samit Patel. In 2017, trophy success returned to Notts. Under the Captaincy of Dan Christian, they won their first T20 Blast trophy beating Birmingham Bears in the final, whilst in the same season securing the Royal London One-Day Cup with victory over Surrey.

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
Batsmen
1Sol Budinger England (1999-08-21) 21 August 1999Left-handedRight-arm off breakOccasional wicket-keeper
3Chris Nash England (1983-05-19) 19 May 1983Right-handedRight-arm off break
7Ben Compton England (1994-03-29) 29 March 1994Left-handedRight-arm off break
10Alex Hales*  England (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989Right-handedRight-arm mediumList A & T20 only
17Ben Duckett*  England (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994Left-handed—Occasional wicket-keeper
26Ben Slater England (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991Left-handedRight-arm medium
33Joe Clarke England (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996Right-handed—Occasional wicket-keeper
99Haseeb Hameed*  England (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997Right-handedRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
5Steven Mullaney* England (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986Right-handedRight-arm mediumClub Captain
21Samit Patel*  England (1984-11-30) 30 November 1984Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
22Liam Patterson-White England (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
45Lyndon James England (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
54Dan Christian*  Australia (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumCaptain (T20);
Overseas player (T20 only)
77Peter Trego England (1981-06-12) 12 June 1981Right-handedRight-arm medium
90Joey Evison England (2001-11-14) 14 November 2001Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keeper
23Tom Moores England (1996-09-04) 4 September 1996Left-handed—
Bowlers
8Stuart Broad*  England (1986-06-24) 24 June 1986Left-handedRight-arm fast-mediumEngland Test contract
11Harry Gurney*   England (1986-10-25) 25 October 1986Right-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumList A & T20 only
18Tom Barber England (1995-08-08) 8 August 1995Right-handedLeft-arm fast
19Luke Fletcher* England (1988-09-18) 18 September 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
20Matt Carter England (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996Right-handedRight-arm off break
28Jake Ball*  England (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
32Zak Chappell England (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
47Jack Blatherwick England (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium

Former players
Further information: List of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club players

The players with over 400 first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire are[4]:

The players with over 600 total appearances (first-class, list A and twenty20) for Nottinghamshire are:

Club captains

A full list of captains of the club from its formation to the present day:[5]

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 – 398 A Shrewsbury and W. Gunn v. Sussex, Nottingham, 1890
  • 3rd – 367 W. Gunn and J. R. Gunn v. Leicestershire, Nottingham, 1903
  • 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 (1) – 2004

Second XI honours
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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. [https://cricketarchive.com/Nottinghamshire/Records/Firstclass/Miscellaneous/Most_Appearances.html
  5. Nottinghamshire Club Captains. Retrieved on 6 February 2011.
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