Nottinghamshire welcome Warwickshire to Trent Bridge this weekend for an LV= Insurance County Championship encounter between 15 and 18 April - a fixture you can watch live at trentbridge.co.uk/live.

Read on for all you need to know about the encounter, including: 

 

How to follow the action 

We hope you'll agree that our live stream – available at trentbridge.co.uk/live – has got you covered for the 2021 campaign. 

You'll be able to enjoy the exploits of the Green and Golds with our multi-camera ball-tracking setup, while action replays, in-game statistics and live reaction will take you to the heart of the action.

Take a look at what to expect here...

You can also find regular live updates and video highlights throughout the day on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

 

Squad News

Nottinghamshire have named a 12-man squad for the fixture.

Preview: Slater on the fourth-day fight that stands Notts in good stead 

  

Hours of Play 

Play is due to commence at 11am, but you can follow the build-up live at trentbridge.co.uk/live from 10.45am.

Lunch is scheduled for 1pm, with the afternoon session to commence at 1.40pm.

Tea is set to be taken at 3.40pm (or when 32 overs remain in the day, whichever is later), before a final session from 4pm.

With the funeral of HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, taking place on Saturday, there will be some changes to timings on the first three days of the fixture.

As a mark of respect, all nine LV= Insurance County Championship matches will pause between 2:50-4:10 on Saturday to coincide with the funeral.

Whilst play is paused, the two sides will take 20 mins for the tea interval leaving one hour of playing time to make up.

Thirty of those minutes will be made up on the Saturday, with an extra 15 minutes added to days one and two.

Hours of play are as follows:

Days 1 & 2 (Thursday & Friday)

1100-1300, 1340-1540, 1600-1815 

Day 3 (Saturday)

1100-1300, 1340-1450, 1610-1830

Day 4 (Sunday)

As normal

 

Memorable meeting

His most iconic bowling performance may have occurred on his home turf, but before 8/15 came 8/52 - and this time, Stuart Broad was wearing his home county's pristine white flannels. 

Edgbaston was the venue for Broad's 2010 tour de force, with the paceman ripping through Warwickshire's top order at Edgbaston.

Ian Westwood, Jonathan Trott, Darren Maddy, Tim Ambrose, Chris Woakes - quite the list of county and international luminaries saw their innings perish in the hands of the Nottinghamshire cordon, as Broad extracted the perfect amount of movement away from the  bat.

Jim Troughton lost his middle stump, current Notts Assistant Coach Ant Botha miscued to mid-on, and Rikki Clarke was trapped lbw first ball as Broad helped to dismiss the hosts for exactly 100 in their second innings.

It was the defining contribution as the Green and Golds moved to the head of the County Championship table.

 

The 2021 County Championship

All 18 First-Class counties will compete for two red-ball trophies this summer.

The first stage of the LV= Insurance County Championship sees the counties divided into three groups of six, with these groups seeded according to First-Class performances from 2019 and 2020.

Nottinghamshire are in Group 1, alongside local rivals Derbyshire, reigning County Champions and Bob Willis Trophy winners Essex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Durham.

Notts will play each side at home and away, before progressing to the divisional stage of the Championship in late August.

In this final stage of the season, the top two sides from each group will take their place in Division 1, with the third and fourth-placed teams moving into Division 2, and the fifth and sixth-placed sides going into Division 3.

Each county will then play four further matches, but will not play against the side in their division that they also faced in their group. Instead, half of the points accrued from the two games between the sides in the group stages will be transferred into the Divisional stages.

Those sides in Division 1 will be able to compete for both red-ball titles, with the side which finishes top being crowned County Champions before the top two sides play out a red-ball final at Lord’s for The Bob Willis Trophy. 

View Notts’ fixtures for the 2021 season here.

Playing conditions will mirror those used in the 2019 County Championship, with no over limit imposed on first innings, the return of a new ball at 80 overs, and conventional follow-on targets. However, the toss will return, and eight points will be awarded to each team in a drawn fixture.

 

Weather Forecast

View the latest weather forecast here. Should any inclement weather be in the offing, we will keep you up to date with the prospects of play on our live stream and social media channels.