Fletcher’s comeback tale dented by late wickets

Nottinghamshire 383 (Lumb 108, Hutton 59, Mullaney 56, Clarke 4-72) and 21 for 3 need 206 more runs to beat Warwickshire 373 and 236 (Chopra 82, Trott 59, Fletcher 4-25, Patel 4-71) Scorecard

If the script he’d dreamed up for his Trent Bridge comeback was somewhat spoiled when Chris Woakes and Keith Barker countered his three-wicket new ball burst with hundreds on Sunday, Luke Fletcher was determined that no one would steal his storyline a second time as Nottinghamshire pushed for a second win of the season.

Showing stamina that mocks his build and accuracy that defies his rolling approach to the crease, Fletcher more than doubled his match haul with four more wickets as Warwickshire allowed the platform they had built to put themselves in control to collapse around them.

In a calamitous passage after tea, Warwickshire lost five wickets for 22 runs slide to 202 for 9. Woakes and Chris Wright added 34 runs for the last wicket. It left Nottinghamshire with what appeared to be a modest target of 227 to win, although after losing three wickets in the eight overs they were required to negotiate at the end of the third day it now looks considerably less straightforward.

What’s more they have already lost the two batsmen they would have trusted most to ease them home. Steven Mullaney fell to the fifth ball of the innings when he edged Barker to second slip and Michael Lumb, who played so well for his century on the second day, perished for just 8 when Barker moved one away to find the edge again, Varun …

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