Nottinghamshire’s players have gathered for their official 2018 team pictures at Trent Bridge in all three kits – for Specsavers County Championship, Royal London One-Day Cup and Vitality Blast.
In the four-day competition, Notts will return to Division One after finishing second in Division Two last summer. They start their campaign this Friday (13 April) against Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford.
A first home game begins on Friday May 4 when Hampshire are the visitors to Trent Bridge.
The Specsavers County Championshiop squad (pictured above), lines up as follows, from left to right:
Back: Kunal Manek (Performance Analyst), Ben Kitt, Matt Carter, Matt Milnes, Billy Root, Liam Price (Strength and Conditioning Assistant).
Middle: Andy Pick (Bowling Coach), Ant Botha (Assistant Coach), Luke Wood, Jake Libby, Mark Footitt, Paul Coughlin, Tom Moores, Ross Herridge (Strength and Conditioning Coach), James Pipe (Club Physiotherapist).
Front: Luke Fletcher, Harry Gurney, Samit Patel, Peter Moores (Head Coach), Steven Mullaney (Club Captain), Sheldon Miller (Business Development Director of team sponsor John Pye), Paul Franks (Assistant Head Coach), Jake Ball, Riki Wessels, Chris Nash.
The Notts Outlaws begin their Royal London One-Day Cup fixtures against the same opposition, Lancashire, and at the same venue on Thursday 17 May.
The defending champions' first home match is at the north Nottinghamshire out-ground of Welbeck when they host Northamptonshire on Sunday 20 May.
The Royal London One-Day Cup squad (pictured above), lines up as follows, from left to right:
Back: Kunal Manek (Performance Analyst), Ben Kitt, Matt Carter, Matt Milnes, Billy Root, Liam Price (Strength and Conditioning Assistant).
Middle: Andy Pick (Bowling Coach), Ant Botha (Assistant Coach), Luke Wood, Jake Libby, Mark Footitt, Paul Coughlin, Tom Moores, Ross Herridge (Strength and Conditioning Coach), James Pipe (Club Physiotherapist).
Front: Luke Fletcher, Harry Gurney, Samit Patel, Peter Moores (Head Coach), Adam Pye (Managing Director of team sponsor, John Pye), Steven Mullaney (Club Captain), Sheldon Miller (Business Development Director of team sponsor John Pye), Paul Franks (Assistant Head Coach), Jake Ball, Riki Wessels, Chris Nash.
Last to get underway is the T20 competition, the Vitality Blast, which starts on Wednesday 4 July at Trent Bridge with an exciting re-run of last year’s final, as the 2017 champions face the Birmingham Bears.
The Vitality Blast squad (pictured above), lines up as follows, from left to right:
Back: Kunal Manek (Performance Analyst), Ben Kitt, Matt Carter, Matt Milnes, Billy Root, Liam Price (Strength and Conditioning Assistant).
Middle: Andy Pick (Bowling Coach), Ant Botha (Assistant Coach), Luke Wood, Jake Libby, Mark Footitt, Paul Coughlin, Tom Moores, Ross Herridge (Strength and Conditioning Coach).
Front: Luke Fletcher, Harry Gurney, Samit Patel, Peter Moores (Head Coach), Adam Pye (Managing Director of team sponsor, John Pye), Steven Mullaney (Club Captain), Sheldon Miller (Business Development Director of team sponsor John Pye), Paul Franks (Assistant Head Coach), Jake Ball, Riki Wessels, Chris Nash.
Absent from the pictures are Stuart Broad and overseas player Ross Taylor, who had been involved in the New Zealand v England Test series and Alex Hales, who was traveling to India to play for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.
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