Ben Duckett struck 177 for Notts at Lord’s to place his facet in a powerful placeLV= County Championship Division One, Lord’s (day two)Nottinghamshire 364: Duckett 177, Hameed 55; Bamber 4-89Middlesex 111-2: Stoneman 60*Nottinghamshire 3 pts, Middlesex 3 ptsMatch scorecard
Mark Stoneman struck an unbeaten half-century as Middlesex’s under-pressure high order produced defiant resistance on a truncated second day towards Nottinghamshire.
The previous England opener had endured a tricky begin again in Division One with solely 27 runs in 4 innings, however performed confidently from the get-go, together with his 60 not out containing 10 fours.
Pieter Malan although fell lbw to Stuart Broad from what proved to be the final ball of the day, as Middlesex closed on 111-2, nonetheless 253 behind.
Earlier, England’s present opener, Ben Duckett, stretched his in a single day 119 to 177 in a Nottinghamshire complete of 364. Ethan Bamber was the decide of the house assault with 4-89, whereas Ryan Higgins returned 2-50.
Rain meant play started at 14:00 BST and Higgins initially annoyed Duckett and Steven Mullaney, however Martin Andersson was hit out of the assault by Duckett in three costly overs and when he gave strategy to Luke Hollmann, Mullaney struck the leg-spinner for a towering six.
Duckett twice drove the brand new ball again previous Toby Roland-Jones for 4, however the Middlesex skipper gained recompense, trapping Mullaney plumb, 4 in need of a half-century to finish a stand of 90.
From that time on solely Duckett held up the house bowlers for lengthy, reaching 150 together with his fifteenth 4.
Bamber bowled impressively to underline his standing because the inheritor obvious to Tim Murtagh and Higgins was rewarded for persistence with wickets in successive balls as first Duckett’s seven-hour vigil got here to an finish, earlier than eradicating Dane Paterson to finish the innings.
Nottinghamshire’s complete seemed daunting given Middlesex’s batting woes, however Stoneman started confidently, hitting Broad via mid-off and mid-on for 4.
Sam Robson although endured a nervier begin, taking…
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