Notts Outlaws head to Chelmsford on Sunday to face Essex in the Royal London One Day Cup.

The Outlaws remain unbeaten in Group B with two wins and a no result from their three matches and will be looking to maintain that start to the 50-over campaign.

Head To Head

Nottinghamshire and Essex have met on 50 separate occasions in one-day cricket, with the matches having been staged at eight separate venues.

The head-to-head record lies in favour of Essex, who have an overall advantage of 24 wins to 18. There have been two No Results and six abandonments.

21 of the matches were played at Trent Bridge; Lord’s has staged two major domestic finals and the two counties also met at Edgbaston in the Refuge Assurance Cup.

In Essex, five different grounds have been used, Colchester, Ilford, both grounds in Southend (Southchurch Park and Garon Park), plus the county headquarters at Chelmsford.

Notts have won 12 times in Essex but not since 2006 when they were triumphant at Colchester. They have tasted success eight times at Chelmsford, most recently in 2000.

They have also been defeated on 12 occasions in Essex, also with eight losses coming at Chelmsford.

 

Last Time

The last one-day meeting at Chelmsford took place on 1st May 2011 and it was Essex who ran out winners by seven wickets, despite an assured 116 from Alex Hales.

Notts registered 287 for seven, after winning the toss and batting; a decent total that had been held together by a fine knock from Hales who asserted himself with 12 fours and three sixes before lofting Lonwabo Tsotsobe to Adam Wheater.

His partnership with Samit Patel was particularly fruitful with 124 runs being added before Patel’s dismissal. Notts were 150 for one after only twenty overs but Patel’s wicket was quickly followed by those of Voges (4) and Mullaney (10). 

Chris Read made 23 whilst Scott Elstone finished unbeaten on 35 but Sam Wood had an unhappy baptism on his first team debut when he was run out without facing a ball.

Essex were able to name an experienced top five with England duo Alistair Cook and Ravi Bopara adding 110 runs for the second wicket.

Cook notched 96 before he was bowled by Luke Fletcher and Bopara was caught by Neil Edwards at long-on, off Patel, for 50.

Notts remained in the hunt with the hosts required to maintain a rate just shy of ten an over with ten remaining. Their wickets in hand allowed James Foster and Matt Walker to play positively to secure victory with an over to spare.

Foster hit 66 from 44 in his century partnership with Walker who found the boundary seven times in his rapid 45 as the hosts’ reached their target with one over to spare.

 

History

In 1969, the opening round of the very first John Player League competition saw Nottinghamshire travel to Chelmsford to face Essex. The home side made 185-9 with Notts only able to muster 148 all out in reply.

Nottinghamshire’s Peter Hacker produced his best figures in List A cricket in a John Player League match against Essex at Chelmsford in 1980. The left-arm fast-medium bowler returned figures of 7.3-1-16-6 to help his side to an 18-run victory.

Nottinghamshire lost the 1985 final of the NatWest Trophy to Essex by just one run at Lord’s. Seemingly out of it when they began the final over still requiring 18, Derek Randall had other ideas as he hit the first three balls for boundaries and followed that with a brace of twos. Requiring only two from the final delivery, bowled by Derek Pringle, Randall chipped to mid-wicket, where Paul Prichard held the catch to shatter Nottinghamshire’s dreams.

A tense conclusion to the 1989 Benson and Hedges Cup final at Lord’s saw Nottinghamshire sneak past Essex from the last delivery after Alan Lilley’s 95 not out had lifted his side to 243-7 from their 55 overs. Notts lost openers Broad and Pollard early in their reply but experienced trio Robinson (86), Johnson (54) and Randall (49) all kept the chase alive. Eight were needed from the last over and four from the final ball. Forty-year-old Eddie Hemmings stepped back to cut John Lever away to the backward-point boundary to give Notts their only title in the competition.

The domestic Sunday competition in 1989 was sponsored by Refuge Assurance and at the conclusion, the top four sides contested the Refuge Assurance Cup. Nottinghamshire, who finished fourth in the league, defeated Lancashire in the semi-final, with Essex overcoming Worcestershire. The final was played at Edgbaston and having restricted Essex to 160, Tim Robinson’s Notts were favoured to lift the silverware but fell five runs short after Derek Pringle claimed figures of 4-20.

 

Stats (for all one-day matches between Notts & Essex)

Highest Team Total:

Notts: 288-5 (Trent Bridge, 1997)

Essex: 309-4 (Trent Bridge, 2004)

Highest Individual Innings:

Notts: 116 AD Hales (Chelmsford, 2011)

Essex: 171 GA Gooch (Trent Bridge, 1985)

Best Bowling:

Notts: 6-16 PJ Hacker (Chelmsford, 1980)

Essex: 6-33 TD Topley (Colchester, 1988)

 

 

Played For Them Both

Outlaws’ fast bowler Andy Carter spent a short period on loan with Essex in 2010, playing three first class matches and one List A match for the Chelmsford-based county.

He picked up 13 wickets in his championship outings, including figures of five for 40 against Kent at Canterbury.

Carter’s List A debut for Notts had been against Essex at Garon Park, Southend in 2009, when he picked up the wickets of Varun Chopra, Graham Napier and Tim Phillips

Other players who have represented both counties include Andre Adams, Hashim Amla, James Franklin, Jason Gallian, Will Jefferson, Ian Pont, Barry Stead and Peter Such.

 

Milestones

Hales (99) needs one more appearance to reach 100 in List A cricket.

Luke Fletcher (44) and Jake Ball (43) are approaching 50 wickets in List A cricket.

 

Tickets

For details of admission prices and all other matchday information please refer to the official Essex County Cricket Club website www.essexcricket.org.uk

Coverage

BBC Radio Nottingham will be providing on-line commentary on this and every Notts match throughout the season. Access the on-line coverage via the BBC Sport website or app.

Follow the live scorecard, regular text updates and radio commentary through your perfect match-day companion Trent Bridge Live.

 

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