Notts Outlaws return to white ball action on Friday evening when they face the Durham Jets at the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, Chester-le-Street.

Just 48 hours after defeating Lancashire Lightning, at Old Trafford, James Taylor and his side will be hoping to take some momentum from that victory as they look to press for a place in the quarter finals.

The Outlaws have won their last two matches to move on to 12 points and currently sit fifth in the North Group table, one place and two points ahead of Durham Jets.

Head To Head

Notts Outlaws have played a total of 20 matches in the T20 format against Durham, winning ten, losing seven and with three matches being abandoned.

In the north east the Outlaws have won on three occasions (2010, 2012 and 2013), have lost four times (2003, 2005, 2009 and 2011) and the 2007, 2008 and 2014 matches were all abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Last Time

Last year’s match at Chester-le-Street, scheduled for July 4 2014, was abandoned without a ball being bowled, the third time that has happened in meetings between the two sides in T20.

Earlier this season, Notts triumphed by 15 runs at Trent Bridge after scoring 175 for seven.

Alex Hales made 67 and Samit Patel added 46 to put the game out of the reach of the Jets, who could only muster 160 for six in response.

History

On the very first day of T20 cricket in this country, back in 2003, the opening match of the new tournament featured Durham at home to Notts.

The game was played at Chester-le-Street on June 13 and it was Durham who emerged victorious, with a six-wicket triumph.

Jason Gallian skippered Notts and led the charge with an innings of 62 as his side posted 157 for seven.

Opener Nicky Peng led the response with an innings of 49, as the home county cantered to their target with five balls to spare.

Teams for that very first contest:

Durham: Peng, Mustard, Wells, Thorpe, G Pratt, Lewis, Muchall, Hunter, Phillips, Killeen, Davies

Notts: Gallian, Afzaal, Welton, Pietersen, Shafayat, Franks, Clough, Noon, Logan, Harris, MacGill

Stats (Notts v Durham in T20)

Highest Team Total

Notts 213-4 (Trent Bridge 2011)

Durham 187-8 (Chester-le-Street 2012)

Highest Individual Innings

Notts 96 MJ Lumb (Chester-le-Street 2013)

Durham 75 P Mustard (Chester-le-Street 2011)

Best Bowling

Notts 4-25 SJ Mullaney (Trent Bridge 2014)

Durham 5-26 ME Claydon (Chester-le-Street 2009)

Played For Them Both

Seven cricketers have played in first class matches for both Nottinghamshire and Durham. The first to do so was wicketkeeper Chris Scott, who played 63 times for Notts between 1981 and 1991, then moved north to join Durham for their debut season in the county championship.

Others to have represented the two counties include: Mark Saxelby, Nathan Astle, John Morris, Will Smith, Mark Davies and Will Gidman.

Milestones

Alex Hales (948) needs another 52 runs to reach 1,000 runs against Durham, across all three formats (24 innings).

James Taylor (1,935) needs 65 runs to reach 2,000 in T20 cricket.

Michael Lumb (4,347) currently lies in 21st spot on the list of most runs world-wide in T20 cricket. He would enter the top 20 if he goes past Ross Taylor (4,369), with Robin Uthappa in 19th (4,379).

Luke Fletcher (49) needs one more appearance for 50 in T20 cricket.

Do You Know?

Amongst the quaint-sounding villages local to Durham’s home ground at Chester-le-Street are the wonderfully-named ‘No Place’ and ‘Pity Me’.

Tickets

For all ticket and other matchday information for this fixture please see the official Durham County Cricket Club website, www.durhamccc.co.uk  

Coverage

BBC Radio Nottingham will be providing ball-by-ball commentary for this match, both on FM frequencies and on-line, via the BBC Sport website and app.

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

 

Notts Outlaws will next be in action with the return of 50-over cricket for the Royal London One Day competition throughout July and August starting with a weekend at Welbeck Cricket Club. Don't miss out on the next step of our summer of cricket and secure your seats now.