Sussex 565 (Jordan 147, Burgess 146, Archer 72) and 229 for 7 dec (Wells 103, Carter 4-106) drew with Nottinghamshire 477 (Root 132, Read 124)
It took simply one season. Nottinghamshire, relegated from Division One in 2016, have actually won promo in 2017. Having actually led Division Two with difference, a trail-blazing start seeing them set the requirement that, for a while, couple of might match, they use second-place. The treble might not have actually happened, however absolutely nothing of what Nottinghamshire have actually performed in all types of the video game, winning the Royal London Cup and the NatWest T20 Blast, has a whiff of failure about it. Essex may have won the County Championship, however Nottinghamshire were the very best group in the nation. Rather a task for Peter Moores’ very first season in charge.
Just just recently has actually there been factor to question that. They entered into this last match versus Sussex requiring 12 indicate protect promo, and 12 was precisely what they got. A stubborn efficiency with the ball, saw them yield 565 in Sussex’s very first innings, after decreasing the hosts to 107 for 5. Needing all 5 batting points to properly supplement points for a draw, they crashed to 65 for 5. Chris Read, for one last time, dragged his side out of a hole and, ultimately, to the promised land.
A postponed 1pm start ended with handshakes at 4.30 pm: Sussex not asking Nottinghamshire to bat, rather biding their time as Luke Wells finished a stunning hundred. Upon handshakes, the bails were snapped off on Read’s profession.
He was hugged by all, strolling through a guard of honour on the field before a larger one, enhanced by viewers and the whole Sussex team, welcomed him off and up the stairs towards the Nottinghamshire dressing space. He informed BBC Nottingham that it was just when he strolled off and saw the ovation in his honour that it occurred to him. And us, too. English cricket will go on, however it will do so without Read.
Read’s quality and durability can be seen in his numbers: 348 very first class looks – 15 of which Test matches for England – in addition to 333 List A and 119 T20s matches. A very first class tally of 16,237 runs from 525 innings, 25 hundreds and a batting average of 37.07 highlights his class in front of the stumps, transitioning from an age of wicketkeeping as an expert ability, to present day, when they are needed to pull their weight with the bat. His 124 in the very first innings carried Nottinghamshire towards the benefit points transport that validated their promo. Naturally, it lagged the stumps where he set the requirement that lots of will desire however couple of can follow.
Check out gathered 1580 terminations in all types, with 1101 terminations in the very first class video game – the 1101st of them, today, when he cleaned out 3 fielders to take a popped-up catch from Michael Burgess for Sussex’s seventh second-innings wicket.