Dane Paterson has taken 510 first-class wickets at an average of less than 23LV= County Championship Division One, County Ground, Northampton (day three)Northamptonshire 158 & 72: Zaib 26; Paterson 5-16Nottinghamshire 255: Clarke 76; Sales 4-24Notts (20 pts) beat Northants (3 pts) by an innings and 25 runsMatch scorecard
Dane Paterson claimed five wickets against Northamptonshire to propel Nottinghamshire to a victory by an innings and 25 runs on the third day of their County Championship match at Wantage Road.
South Africa international Paterson’s first four scalps came in an opening burst of eight overs, all thanks to catches behind the wicket which left the Steelbacks reeling at 11-4. Despite Saif Zaib (26) putting up some resistance, they never recovered and were all out for 72.
It follows Northamptonshire’s first innings collapse on day two when they lost seven wickets for 17 runs and a similar dispiriting batting display in their last home game against Hampshire which also ended in an innings defeat.
Earlier Joe Clarke (76) scored his second half-century of the season to give Nottinghamshire a healthy 97-run lead which could have been higher but for career-best figures of 4-24 for James Sales and four wickets for Tom Taylor.
But any hopes that their efforts would open the game back up for Northamptonshire were soon dashed when Paterson had ball in hand.
Nottinghamshire resumed one run behind on 157 for four in testing conditions, the home bowlers frequently beating the bat and drawing the batters into playing outside off-stump.
They made early inroads, taking two wickets in five balls. Taylor picked up his third of the innings when Lyndon James (26) drove loosely to first slip where Ricardo Vasconcelos took a sharp catch. Steven Mullaney went quickly lbw without scoring.
By this stage Nottinghamshire were 184-6, just 26 ahead and Northamptonshire were hopeful of making short work of the lower order. But Liam Patterson-White stuck around with Clarke in a stand worth 58…
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