Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team represents Nottinghamshire, see The Blaze (women's cricket).

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
One Day nameNotts Outlaws
Personnel
CaptainHaseeb Hameed
One Day captainHaseeb Hameed
Joe Clarke
CoachPeter Moores
Overseas player(s)Mohammad Ali
Fergus O'Neill
Kyle Verreynne
George Linde (T20)
Peter Siddle (T20)
Team information
Founded1841; 185 years ago (1841)
Home groundTrent Bridge
Capacity17,500
History
First-class debutSussex
in 1835
at Brighton
Championship wins7
Pro40 wins1
One-Day Cup wins3
T20 Blast wins2
B&H Cup wins1
Official websiteNottinghamshire CCC

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Nottinghamshire. The club's limited overs team is called the Notts Outlaws.

The county club was founded in 1841, although teams had played first-class cricket under the Nottinghamshire name since 1835. The county club has always held first-class status.[1] Nottinghamshire had competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level elite domestic cricket competition in England.

The club plays most of its home games at the Trent Bridge cricket ground in West Bridgford, Nottingham, which is also a venue for Test matches. The club has played matches at numerous other venues in the county.[2]

History

Nottingham Cricket Club

Main article: Nottingham Cricket Club

Nottingham Cricket Club is known to have played important matches from 1771 onwards.[3] Its main opponents were other town teams, especially Sheffield. The town club called itself Nottinghamshire when playing its first inter-county match versus Sussex at Brown's Ground in Brighton on 27, 28 & 29 August 1835.[citation needed]

Foundation of county club

The formal creation of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club was enacted in March or April 1841 (the exact date has been lost). William Clarke established Trent Bridge as a cricket venue adjacent to the public house he ran. It was Clarke's successor as Nottinghamshire captain, George Parr, who first captained a united England touring team in 1859. The club elected its first president, Sir Henry Bromley, in 1869.[4]

Professionals

Early professional greats such as Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury ensured that Notts were a force in the period before 1900. Thanks largely to the outstanding bowling combination of Tom Wass and Albert Hallam, the county won the County Championship in 1907 when George Gunn, John Gunn and Wilfred Payton were also prominent.

Between the wars Notts enjoyed the services of the famous bowlers Harold Larwood and Bill Voce. Strong batting from George Gunn, Arthur Carr and Dodger Whysall saw them emerge as champions in 1929 after losing the title on the final day of the season in 1927. Prior to the second war, opening batsman Walter Keeton gained Test recognition, though the bowling was less effective.

Through the early fifties the team was weak. The signing of the Australian leg break bowler Bruce Dooland, arrested the decline but until the signing of the incomparable Garfield Sobers in 1968, the team was weak. Sobers hit Malcolm Nash of Glamorgan for six sixes in an over in a County Championship game at Swansea in his first season. Mike Harris scored heavily in the 1970s, including nine centuries in 1971 but apart from Barry Stead, the bowling lacked penetration.

1970s and 1980s

Nottinghamshire enjoyed one of their strongest teams in the late seventies and early eighties when the New Zealand all-rounder Richard Hadlee, South African captain Clive Rice and England batsman Derek Randall led the team to the County Championship in 1981. The club's most successful season came in 1987, as Rice and Hadlee marked their departure with the double of County Championship and NatWest Trophy. Chris Broad and Tim Robinson continued the club's long tradition of batting excellence into the England team but for some years the club struggled to repeat those achievements, although they did claim a Benson & Hedges Cup in 1989 and a Sunday League title in 1991 under Robinson's captaincy. Former Warwickshire off spinner Eddie Hemmings made a significant contribution while local seam bowler Kevin Cooper was a consistent wicket taker.

21st century

The following decade was one of underachievement, but in 2004, Nottinghamshire enjoyed a highly successful season, gaining promotion to both the Frizzell County Championship Division One, after winning Division Two, and also Totesport Division One. In 2005, Nottinghamshire won their first County Championship title since 1987, New Zealand's Stephen Fleming captaining the team to victory.[5] However, the success was not sustained in 2006 and Notts were relegated by a margin of just half a point.[6] They had more success in the shorter formats and ended up runners-up on their debut appearance at Twenty20 Cup finals day. In 2007, Notts won promotion back to the top flight of the County Championship, finishing second in Division Two.[7]

In 2008, the first season of Chris Read's captaincy, they came close to winning both the County Championship and NatWest Pro40 outright, losing to Hampshire on the final day and Sussex on the final ball respectively. In 2010, Nottinghamshire made it to Finals Day of the Friends Provident Twenty20 Cup. Drawn against Somerset, Notts lost on the Duckworth Lewis method. However, they won the County Championship on the last day, having lost the preceding two matches, with Somerset in second place tied on points but with one less win.[8] 2013 brought a second major trophy of the Read era with victory in the YB40 one-day competition.[9] While further titles eluded them, Notts remained a fixture in the First Division of the Championship for the next decade under Read's long-running captaincy, also featuring a number of England players including Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Alex Hales, James Taylor and Samit Patel. In 2017, trophy success returned to Notts. Under the captaincy of Australian Dan Christian, they won their first T20 Blast trophy beating Birmingham Bears in the final,[10] whilst in the same season securing the Royal London One-Day Cup with victory over Surrey.[11]

Read, by now only captaining the first-class team, retired in 2017[12] and was replaced as club captain by Steven Mullaney,[13] with Christian continuing to lead the T20 team. Despite struggles in the longer game, Notts won a second T20 Blast title in 2020, beating Surrey in a rain-affected final.[14] Notts were relegated from Division One of the County Championship in 2019.[15] They returned to the top tier as Division Two champions in 2022.[16] Haseeb Hameed took over as the club captain in 2024.[17] In 2025, Notts overhauled three-time defending champions Surrey in the closing weeks of the season to win their seventh County Championship title and first in 15 years.[18]

Players

Current squad

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of his shirt.
  • ‡ denotes players with international caps.
  •  *  denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
12 Ben Martindale  England (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 23) Left-handed Right-arm medium
17 Ben Duckett* ‡  England (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 31) Left-handed — England central contract
26 Ben Slater*  England (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 (age 34) Left-handed Right-arm medium
30 Jack Haynes*  England (2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break
44 Freddie McCann  England (2005-04-19) 19 April 2005 (age 20) Left-handed Right-arm off break
88 Travis Holland  England (2006-01-21) 21 January 2006 (age 20) Right-handed —
96 Sam Seecharan  England (2006-08-16) 16 August 2006 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium
99 Haseeb Hameed* ‡  England (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Club captain
— George Munsey ‡  Scotland (1993-02-21) 21 February 1993 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm medium White ball contract
All-rounders
8 Lyndon James*  England (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium
10 Benny Howell  England (1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium White ball contract
15 Joe Pocklington  England (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
22 Liam Patterson-White*  England (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 27) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
— George Linde ‡  South Africa (1991-12-04) 4 December 1991 (age 34) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Overseas player (T20 only)
Wicket-keeper
23 Tom Moores*  England (1996-09-04) 4 September 1996 (age 29) Left-handed — White ball contract
33 Joe Clarke*  England (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 29) Right-handed — Captain (T20)
97 Kyle Verreynne* ‡  South Africa (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player
Bowlers
3 Conor McKerr  South Africa (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast UK Passport
4 Robert Lord  England (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
7 Farhan Ahmed  England (2008-02-22) 22 February 2008 (age 18) Right-handed Right-arm off break
9 Olly Stone* ‡  England (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast
11 Fergus O'Neill  Australia (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player
13 James Hayes  England (2001-06-27) 27 June 2001 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
16 Brett Hutton*  England (1993-02-06) 6 February 1993 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
18 Dillon Pennington*  England (1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
24 Josh Tongue* ‡  England (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast England central contract
48 Tom Giles  England (2006-05-17) 17 May 2006 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
77 Francis Moore  England (2006-12-25) 25 December 2006 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
— Mohammad Ali ‡  Pakistan (1992-11-01) 1 November 1992 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player
— Peter Siddle ‡  Australia (1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 (age 41) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player (T20 only)

Former players

Further information: List of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club players

The players with over 400 first-class appearances for the club are:[19]

The players with over 600 total club appearances (first-class, list A and twenty20; reflecting the introduction of one day county cricket in 1963) are:

Club captains

A full list of captains of the club from its formation to the present day:[20]

Records

Team totals

  • Highest total for – 791 v. Essex, Chelmsford, 2007
  • Highest total against – 781/7 dec by Northamptonshire, Northampton, 1995
  • Lowest total for – 13 v. Yorkshire, Nottingham, 1901
  • Lowest total against – 16 by Derbyshire, Nottingham, 1879

Batting

  • Highest score – 312* W. W. Keeton v. Middlesex, The Oval, 1939
  • Most runs in season – 2,620 W. W. Whysall, 1929

Highest partnership for each wicket

  • 1st – 406* D. J. Bicknell and G. E. Welton v. Warwickshire, Birmingham, 2000
  • 2nd – 402 Haseeb Hameed and B. M. Duckett v. Derbyshire, Derby, 2022
  • 3rd – 392* W. A. Young and J. M. Clarke v. Somerset, Taunton, 2024
  • 4th – 361 A. O. Jones and J. R. Gunn v. Essex, Leyton, 1905
  • 5th – 359 D. J. Hussey and C. M. W. Read v. Essex, Nottingham, 2007
  • 6th – 372* K. P. Pietersen and J. E. Morris v. Derbyshire, Derby, 2001
  • 7th – 301 C. C. Lewis and B. N. French v. Durham, Chester-le-Street, 1993
  • 8th – 220 G. F. H. Heane and R. Winrow v. Somerset, Nottingham, 1935
  • 9th – 170 J. C. Adams and K. P. Evans v. Somerset, Taunton, 1994
  • 10th – 152 E. B. Alletson and W. Riley v. Sussex, Hove, 1911

Bowling

  • Best bowling – 10/66 K. Smales v. Gloucestershire, Stroud, 1956
  • Best match bowling – 17/89 F. C. L. Matthews v. Northamptonshire, Nottingham, 1923
  • Wickets in season – 181 B. Dooland, 1954

Honours

See also: List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales

First XI honours

Division Two (2) – 2004, 2022

Second XI honours

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Formerly known as the Gillette Cup (1963–1980), NatWest Trophy (1981–2000) and C&G Trophy (2001–2006).
  2. ^ Formerly known as the Sunday League (1969–1998).

References

  1. ^ ACS (1982). A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS.
  2. ^ Cricket grounds in Nottinghamshire. Cricketarchive.com, Retrieved on 18 March 2010.
  3. ^ J. Pycroft The Cricket Field: Or the History and Science of the Game of Cricket (1868), p. 44
  4. ^ "Sir Henry Bromley". Trentbridge.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Nottinghamshire crowned County Champions". ESPN. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Durham dig in to clinch draw and relegate Notts". The Independent. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  7. ^ "NOTTS RETURN TO DIVISION ONE". Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Nottinghamshire win County Championship on dramatic final day". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  9. ^ "YB40: Nottinghamshire beat Glamorgan to win Lord's final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Samit Patel helps Nottinghamshire sink Birmingham to win T20 Blast". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Alex Hales's record-breaking 187 not out helps Nottinghamshire beat Surrey". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Chris Read: Nottinghamshire captain to retire at the end of 2017 season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Steven Mullaney says being named Nottinghamshire's new captain is a 'huge honour'". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  14. ^ "T20 Blast: Notts Outlaws beat Surrey to win trophy for second time". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  15. ^ "NOTTS' RELEGATION CONFIRMED FOLLOWING WARWICKSHIRE DRAW". Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  16. ^ "County Championship: Nottinghamshire win Division Two title after thumping Durham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Haseeb Hameed: Nottinghamshire batter named captain for 2024 season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  18. ^ "Notts celebrate title win by beating Warwickshire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  19. ^ "Trent Bridge". Cricketarchive.com.
  20. ^ Nottinghamshire Club Captains. Cricketarchive.com, Retrieved on 6 February 2011.
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