Notts Outlaws host Essex Eagles in the quarter finals of the NatWest T20 Blast at Trent Bridge on Monday evening, 8 August 2016 with a 6.30pm start.
The clash is a repeat of the 2013 match, at the same stage, when the visitors took the spoils.
Notts have not been defeated in this competition since the beginning of June and have established a county record by winning their last eight matches in a row.
Essex come to Nottingham having finished fourth in the South Group table this year.
The prize for both counties is a place at this year’s Finals Day, to be held at Edgbaston on Saturday 20 August.
Head To Head
The 2013 quarter final tie at Trent Bridge was the only previous occasion that Notts and Essex have faced each other in the domestic T20 competition.
Notts will be looking for revenge after suffering a 47-run loss on that occasion.
Last Meeting
Exactly three years ago, 8th August 2013, Notts Outlaws faced Essex Eagles at Trent Bridge at the same quarter final stage of the domestic T20 competition.
In front of a crowd of 12,106, the Outlaws slipped to a 47-run loss, their third consecutive defeat at the same stage of the competition.
Essex made 187 for six, after being put in, with Ryan ten Doeschate scoring 82 and Ian Butler taking three for 23, his best for the Outlaws, and Jake Ball two for 38.
In reply, Notts’ openers were quickly out of the blocks and put 42 on in the first three overs but then 35-year old David Masters accounted for Alex Hales, Michael Lumb and James Taylor inside eight deliveries.
David Hussey led the fightback with 61 before becoming the first wicket to fall in a Shaun Tait hat-trick as Notts folded for 140 in 17.2 overs.
Tait had made his Test debut at Trent Bridge in 2005 and found another reason to cherish the ground as he then had Butler (1) caught and White (0) yorked to claim a hat-trick and end with figures of four for 29.
Essex advanced to the Edgbaston Finals Day but were defeated by Northants Steelbacks at the semi final stage.
History
This will be Nottinghamshire’s eighth T20 quarter final, all of them at home. Notts are also on an eight-match unbeaten run – Surrey (13) and Yorkshire (9) are the only county sides to better this recent sequence.
Notts have only reached Finals Day on two occasions, 2006 and 2010.
Stats
Highest Team Total
Notts: 220-4 v Leics (Leicester 2014)
Essex: 242-3 v Sussex (Chelmsford, 2008)
Highest Individual Score
Notts: 97 MH Wessels v Durham (Chester-le-Street, 2015)
Essex: 152* GR Napier v Sussex (Chelmsford, 2008), the highest of nine centuries scored by Essex batsmen in domestic T20 cricket.
Best Bowling
Notts: 5-22 GG White v Lancs (Trent Bridge, 2013)
Essex: 6-16 TG Southee v Glamorgan (Chelmsford, 2011)
Played For Them Both
William Ingleby Jefferson made 61 first class appearances for Essex between 2000 and 2006. He scored a total of 4136 runs at an average of 41.77, with 11 hundreds.
He was less successful in his 22 matches for Notts, between 2007 and 2009, scoring 939 runs at an average of 26 with only one hundred.
Will Jefferson also played in 23 T20 and 24 one-day matches, whist on the staff at Trent Bridge.
Others to have represented both counties include Andre Adams, Hashim Amla, Andy Carter, Mike Field-Buss, James Franklin, Jason Gallian, Ian Pont, Barry Stead and Peter Such.
Other Links
The Bravo brothers should have split loyalties over this fixture, with the West Indies’ internationals each having first sampled county cricket with one of these counties.
Top order batsman Darren Bravo played four class matches for Nottinghamshire in 2011, scoring 248 runs, with a best of 70.
He also made three one-day appearances for the Outlaws, hitting 62 against Lancashire at Trent Bridge.
His half-brother, all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, was recruited by Essex solely for the 2010 Finals Day. He scored 5 and took one for 46 in the semi final loss to Hampshire.
Did You Know?
England’s 1966 World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst played one first class match for Essex. In 1962, against Lancashire, at Aigburth, Liverpool, he made scores of 0 not out and 0 before dedicating himself to football.
Milestones
Michael Lumb (4887) needs a further 113 to reach 5000 runs in T20 cricket.
Riki Wessels (3498) needs a further 2 to reach 3500 runs in T20 cricket.
Riki Wessels (1901) needs 22 more runs to go past David Hussey (1922) into third on the Notts Outlaws leading run list.
Harry Gurney (49) needs one more wicket to become the fifth Outlaws bowler to take 50 wickets for the county in T20 cricket.
Patel (49) needs one more catch to reach 50 in T20 cricket.
Coverage
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Notts Outlaws will face the Essex Eagles in the quarter-final of the NatWest T20 Blast, with a 6.30pm start on Monday 8 August at Trent Bridge, and tickets are on sale now.