Nottinghamshire welcome Essex to Trent Bridge this weekend for an LV= Insurance County Championship encounter between 6 and 9 May - a fixture you can watch live at trentbridge.co.uk/live.

If you wish to score along with the action, find a downloadable scorecard here.

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 an unchanged 13-man squad for the fixture.

Preview: 500-wicket Fletcher striving for further success 

  

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 two-hour final session from 4pm.

96 overs are scheduled per day. Overs lost to bad weather can be made up in subsequent days, up to a maximum of eight per day. In the case of a longer day, times will be announced each day. 

 

Memorable meeting

David Hussey bludgeoned a career-best 275 as Nottinghamshire secured a resounding victory over Essex at Trent Bridge in 2007.

Hussey’s 227-ball assault on the visiting attack included no fewer than 14 sixes – just two fewer than the world record for a county innings at the time.

The Australian’s departure merely cleared the stage for Chris Read, with the wicketkeeper unbeaten on 165 when Stephen Fleming declared Notts’ innings closed on 664/7.

The declaration left the hosts with a 347-run advantage after both first innings, a target which Essex never threatened to overhaul despite resistance from Ryan ten Doeschate (102).

Mark Ealham (4/47) and Paul Franks (3/42) led the charge for the Green and Golds, with Ealham taking the final wicket to secure victory by an innings and 112 runs. 

 

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.