Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire - County Championship Division One – Match Update
Nottinghamshire 118 v Worcestershire 130 (49.4 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866 lead by 12 runs with 0 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
In the County Championship Division One match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 and Worcestershire, fans at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, witnessed a tense opening day of the four-day match as both sides exhibited some of the finest fielding traits on April 05, 2012.
Worcestershire after winning the toss put the hosts into bat on a seaming wicket to restrict them from scoring a big total.
Fans, who had gathered to cheer for the home side, received some early shocks as Nottinghamshire failed to pulverise the bowlers early on, losing their first wicket with only four runs on the board.
23-year-old opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Hales-c985, was the one who lost his wicket on the fourth delivery of the day after scoring four runs off a boundary.
Then with 17 runs on the scorecard, the side suffered the loss of their second wicket when number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981, fell after failing to cope with the bowling onslaught he was up against. The batsman walked off the field after scoring just three runs off 22 deliveries.
From here, things went awry for the hosts as the batsmen kept losing wickets regularly, adding pressure on the upcoming batsmen to keep the scoreboard moving and prevent further loss of wickets.
With the carnage of the wickets, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Franks-c2163, was the last man standing for his team as he belted a brave knock of 51 runs off 83 deliveries to help his side amass 118 runs on the board as the team fell at the end of their first innings on the first day.
25-year-old pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richard-Andrew-Jones-c84854, was the man of the moment for the fielding side as he bagged six wickets, leaving the hosts is complete disarray.
Bowling out their opposition before the day’s end was a great accomplishment for Worcestershire and they now had the opportunity to bat for as long as they could to further humiliate the home side.
However, their batting order also failed to rally a massive total in the first innings as Nottinghamshire bowled them out on 130 runs in 49.4 overs.
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