Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Trent Bridge (day 4)
Nottinghamshire 451-8 dec: Haynes 159 & 178-1 dec: Hameed 109*
Leicestershire 365: Hull 97, Scriven 54; Pennington 5-49
Notts (15 pts) drew with Leics (11 pts)
A battling rearguard motion by Leicestershire’s Tom Scriven and Josh Davey in a 106-run last-wicket stand thwarted title-chasing Nottinghamshire’s bid to power a end result on the ultimate day of a match with penalties at each ends of the County Championship Division One desk.
Nottinghamshire have been 178-1 within the second innings when the gamers shook arms on a draw at 16:20 BST, Leicestershire having made 365 of their first innings in reply to the house facet’s 451-8 declared.
House skipper Haseeb Hameed’s unbeaten 109 was his second century of the season, though as Leicestershire bowled solely their spinners to avert a possible factors deduction for gradual over-rate, the circumstances weren’t precisely testing.
The guests – underneath risk of an instantaneous return to Division Two after successful promotion for the primary time final season – had been 201 runs behind on first innings and 7 wickets down in a single day, elevating Nottinghamshire hopes that they might implement the follow-on and nonetheless have time to bowl them out once more.
That first a part of that situation regarded like coming to fruition as Leicestershire slipped to 259-9 within the day’s first six overs, nonetheless 43 in need of what was wanted to keep away from the follow-on.
However, drawing on the third-day heroics of Josh Hull for inspiration, Scriven (54) and Davey (49 not out) put collectively what was a file partnership for this fixture to make sure that Nottinghamshire must bat once more.
Dillon Pennington took 5-49 and debutant Tom Giles 3-52 for defending champions Nottinghamshire, who drop to second place within the Division One standings, albeit on 163 factors solely 4 behind new leaders Somerset. Warwickshire are only a level additional behind in third spot.
The scrap on the different finish of the desk includes all groups from fifth-placed Glamorgan downwards. Leicestershire stay within the backside two, however on 113 factors are simply seven behind Yorkshire (120 factors) with Essex on 122 and Surrey and Glamorgan every on 124.
Pennington had accomplished his second five-wicket haul of the season by having Ian Holland caught at first slip earlier than Giles, having fun with an excellent first style of first-class cricket after changing Brett Hutton as an damage substitute on day three, claimed his third wicket when he dismissed Ben Cox leg earlier than.
However by the point off-spinner Freddie McCann eliminated Scriven as Leicestershire have been bowled out for 365, solely 43 overs remained within the match, too few for there to be a practical likelihood of a constructive consequence because the lack of a lot of the opening day to the climate was keenly felt.
Scriven and Davey’s partnership was a file for the final wicket by both county within the historical past of this fixture, bettering the 103 by Sam Staples and Invoice Voce for Nottinghamshire at Leicestershire’s Aylestone Highway floor in 1933.
It had been solely right down to Hull’s extraordinary 97 as nightwatcher on day three that Leicestershire started the ultimate morning nonetheless in with a shout of avoiding the follow-on.
And, having watched their fellow seamer bat for 5 and 1 / 4 hours, Scriven and Davey demonstrated that they too may reply in adversity, irritating Nottinghamshire for nearly two and a half hours earlier than Scriven’s resistance was lastly cracked.
Leicestershire’s work was not full, although, with an over-rate of minus three from Nottinghamshire’s first innings to take care of.
Therefore the 41 overs Nottinghamshire confronted of their second innings consisted totally of spin – together with from Sheridon Gumbs and Hamza Shaikh, neither of whom had beforehand bowled in a first-class match.
In opposition to these choices, Hameed, who has had a lean season by his latest requirements, handed fifty for under the third time in 19 innings earlier than reaching his twenty first profession first-class ton from 109 balls with 9 fours and a six.
McCann, opening rather than Ben Slater, who had not been on the sector all day, was the only real casualty, caught behind off the occasional off-spinner Rishi Patel.
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