NOTTINGHAMSHIRE V SURREY -
Specsavers County Championship - 13 July 2019
Nottinghamshire 20-1. Surrey 240.
Trent Bridge seems to have undergone a makeover,
of late. Once regarded as a seam-bowler’s paradise, the signing of
Indian spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin has changed all that.
On the same strip that hosted two matches in the
ICC World Cup recently, Nottinghamshire’s trio of slow bowlers -
led by the mercurial Ashwin - dismantled the Surrey batting line-up
on the first day of their Specsavers County Championship meeting.
The 32-year old international, with 11 wickets
from his first two outings for his new county, claimed figures of
six for 69 as the defending county champions were bowled out for
240.
Liam Patterson-White, who claimed five wickets of
his own during an eventful debut at Taunton earlier in the week,
bagged three more and Samit Patel made his own mark by dismissing
Scott Borthwick before tea.
Notts, bottom of the table and without a win in
any of their last 16 championship matches, reached the close on 20
for the loss of Ben Slater.
On a dry, used surface, the home side were clearly
hoping to bat first but after losing the toss they had the fillip of
taking an early wicket before Surrey recovered to reach lunch on 104
for two.
Ashwin was into the attack as early as the eighth
over and needed only four balls to add to his haul, trapping Ryan
Patel lbw for just a single.
After 40 minutes of play Rory Burns swept Ashwin
behind square for the first boundary of the match. A repeat attempt
proved to be the left-hander’s undoing, as umpire David Millns
raised his finger for the second time.
Dean Elgar cut Stuart Broad for four to bring up
his 50 from 82 balls with six fours. The South African looked in
imperious form but was left helpless by an outstanding delivery from
Ashwin that turned sharply and clipped off a bail.
Elgar’s dismissal for 59 ended a stand of 81
with Jamie Smith, who followed for 42.
The right-hander, 19 yesterday, was hugely
unfortunate as his timely clip was sensationally caught at short leg
by the sharp reflexes of Slater.
Ashwin’s fourth wicket of the day was followed
by Patterson-White’s first. The 20-year old, in his 12th over,
snaffled up a regulation caught and bowled to send back Will Jacks
for 14.
Borthwick fell for 29 in the final over of the
afternoon, opening a door for the home attack to march through after
the break.
The second new ball was only nine deliveries old
when Surrey were reduced to 224 for seven, as Jordan Clark drove
Ashwin to mid-off. Patterson-White pinned Rikki Clarke for the fifth
leg before of the innings, then bowled Morne Morkel, with a delivery
that turned sharply.
Gareth Batty looked to hit out optimistically but
presented Jake Libby with a simple catch at cover to give Ashwin his
sixth wicket.
Notts bowled their overs so quickly - with 67.2 of
them delivered by the spinners - that they had an over rate of +12
by the end of the innings.
In the tricky 30 minutes that remained, they lost
the out-of-form Slater, who popped up a catch to short leg off
Morkel.
Liam Patterson-White (who took 3-62): "As a
team we’ve had a very positive day. It’s almost the same as at
Taunton, with all 10 wickets falling to spin. We knew it was going
to turn but we didn’t quite expect it to be as much as that, so we’re
delighted to bowl them all out."
Asked if there was a weight of expectation on him
after taking five wickets in the last match: "More personal
expectation today. When I started my spell I felt a little bit more
under pressure, like I had to perform. I spoke to Ravi (Ashwin) and
he said that I’d earnt the right to bowl, so be relaxed, tie up an
end and the wickets will come. Eventually he broke through, getting
a first wicket in his 12th over, followed by two more. Everyone said
I’d deserved it, I felt personally that I hadn’t but sometimes
it goes your way and today it did again."
Dean Edgar (Surrey, 59): "It was a good day.
I think we would have liked to get to 250 for the extra batting
point but we’ve got the runs on the board. As we could see, the
nature of cricket here was quite slow today and we’ve now got
about five spinners who are going to put their hands up for a bowl
tomorrow and try and bowl Notts out. I’m glad we’ve got the runs
and hopefully we can have a lead going into when we bat for a second
time."
TEA REPORT
At the tea interval, Surrey have reached 193 for
six.
The visitors, who were 104 for two at lunch, lost
their two set batsmen soon after the resumption.
Dean Elgar cut Stuart Broad for four to bring up
his 50 from 82 balls with six fours. The South African looked in
imperious form but was then left helpless by an outstanding delivery
from Ravi Ashwin that turned sharply and clipped off a bail.
Elgar’s dismissal for 59 ended a stand of 81
with Jamie Smith, who followed for 42.
The right-hander, 19 yesterday, was hugely
unfortunate as his timely clip was sensationally caught at short leg
by the sharp reflexes of Ben Slater.
Ashwin’s fourth wicket of the day was followed
by Liam Patterson-White’s first. The 20-year old, in his 12th
over, snaffled up a regulation caught and bowled to send back Will
Jacks for 14.
Samit Patel, the third spinner to be used, quickly
got into the act, removing Scott Borthwick for 29, to another leg
before decision, in the final over of the session.
LUNCH REPORT
Bottom-of-the-table and without a win in any of
their last 16 championship matches, Notts made four changes for
their Specsavers County Championship fixture against Surrey at Trent
Bridge.
On a used surface, the home side were clearly
hoping to bat first but after losing the toss they had the fillip of
taking an early wicket before Surrey recovered to reach lunch on 104
for two.
Ravi Ashwin, with 11 wickets from his two previous
appearances for the county, took both of the wickets that fell.
The Indian spinner was into the attack as early as
the eighth over and needed only four balls to add to his haul,
trapping Ryan Patel lbw for just a single.
After 40 minutes of play Rory Burns (22) swept
Ashwin behind square for the first boundary of the match. A repeat
attempt proved to be the left-handers undoing, as umpire Millns
raised his finger for the second time.
Dean Elgar and Jamie Smith have so far added an
unbroken 59 together for the third wicket.
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