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Kevin Whately from inspector Morse among the crowd yesterday.Class from Rahane on on the pitch yesterday less so off it couple of young Indian fans asked him for an autograph when he walked to the dining area at lunch and he said he would sign for them when he came back but he then dodged them by walking back to the changing room via the fox bar not the best PR

Out of the 8 sides who played yesterday 5 didn't have an OS player and Lancs and Northants played 1.Dont agree that with the Notts fans that we are cheating but considering its supposed to be a devlopment competition maybe 2 world class overseas and 6 players over 30 goes against the spirit a wee bit.

Not sure about that Robert Lord Freddie McCann Farhan Ahmed and the useless Tom Moores

John Alford charged with 6 child offences Inc one with a 13 year old Just gutted he was one of my heroes a kid in the late 80s loved Gonch and Robbie Wright in Grange Hill

Agree its shocking at least with the BBC coverage we get Alex Hartley bundle of energy and very easy on the eye

Yep looking forward to watching Notts academy

Sad to see as expected Notts taking no interest in the one day cup not even bothering with an OS player you would think after the shambles in the T20 they would want to compete in this competition obviously not

Yep obvs we are alot weaker but most counties just don't seem that interested at all Notts being a prime example the side they fielded yesterday was a disgrace

We should still be the favourites to retain the one day cup most sides sadly treating it as a development competition again. Think we are one of the few sides maybe The only one that will be fielding 2 OS players and top quality one's as well

Can't see any more of our players being called up to the hundred

Didn't realise Lilley averaged 20 that's a fairly decent average in T20 esp with that strike rate seems the criticism maybe unjustified. Shame the speed gun wasn't working last night would have shown Nick Knight up who said Hull needs to add pace he was clocked at 93mph v Yorkshire

We are struggling just as much but unlike sides like Middlesex we have been either brave or foolish take your pick and still gone for decent overseas players .One of the problems with cricket is that unli,e football success on the pitch don't really make a difference financially that much Essex being a case in point .Crowds stay low either way and sponsors aren't going to pay that much more because you start winning a few games

Are you sure about Ben Mike can't recall reading anything about him being called up?Still not affected has much as most clubs with 2 quality overseas batsman plus Wright to come back

Sadly through fact is unlike in Leicester they have a real interest in cricket in Nottingham. We have around 2K members they have around 9K. Wish I had a pound for everytime some ex player speaks at the cricket society and opens up with this is the biggest crowd I've seen at Grace Road

Yes to be fair he did have a decent world cup but its the batting where Notts are short

Have to disagree about Samit he's been poor as a batsman for around 3 years now with a very low strike rate although yes he had a couple of good knocks against us he's not scored many otherwise. With all the money I presume they have available you would have thought Notts would have gone for a couple of big name overseas players instead they sign one very average Afghanistan player and play average players like Martindale Montgomery and Moores would would get nowhere near the foxes side

Good point looking at the squads this year it does seem a number of clubs don't seem that fussed about the blast a few sides not even signing an overseas player while others going for pretty much cheep fairly unknown options not sure of the reason why

Just learned after providing the Charles Palmer suite free for over 20 years the club makes a fair amount behind the bar the club will be charging £200 plus vat to the Leicester cricket society this year to hold meetings. This is really poor from the County who have always had a strong relionship with the society

Yep money well spent

Don't understand the Lewis Hill situation he's an attacking batsman who always scores quickly they even have Evans in the squad in front of him

Still in the mix that's for sure think we will need to win 3/4 though to qualify

Yep only world class players like Pegguy Arphexed win trophies

Not sure but we could have done with Notts winning that game tbh to keep it more open

An educated guess that's the kind of figure the specialist T20 players get for flying around the world to play a couple of games sometimes more. Remember Dwayne Bravo got paid 20k for playing one T20 match for Essex and that was years ago.Also know an ex committee member who confirmed these are the kind of figures that the club got quoted when they were looking for short term signings for a game or 2

It's not just against the foxes he scores runs against everybody outstanding player. The annoying thing is Patel has been finished as a T20 batsman for a good couple of years he very rarely scores at much more then a run a ball which is why Notts let him go but he's managed to turn back the clock in both matches against us,The £10k or so we spent on Stirling proved to be money down the drain