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Patel’s blaze of glory can’t save Nottinghamshire
- Updated: May 18, 2016
Warwickshire 373 and 236 (Chopra 82, Trott 59, Fletcher 4-25, Patel 4-71) beat Nottinghamshire 383 (Lumb 108, Hutton 59, Mullaney 56, Clarke 4-72) and 173 (Patel 124, Barker 4-38) by 53 runs Scorecard
Despite the intervention of the weather, which delayed the start of the final day until a quarter to three, a terrific match was granted a fitting finish and a positive result after Samit Patel delivered what will surely be recalled as one of the innings of the season even when this summer has run its full course.
Warwickshire’s winning margin, which takes them to the top of the Division One table, was comfortable in the end but felt anything but after the sometime England batsman, such a joy to watch when everything comes together and such a source of frustration that he cannot seem to make it happen just a little more often, had threatened to conjure the most unlikely of victories for his side from what had appeared a hopeless position.
Wobbling at 21 for 3 overnight and needing 206 more runs from 47 overs when a drenched outfield was finally dry enough for play to begin, Nottinghamshire seemed down and out when Keith Barker quickly dismissed Greg Smith and Riki Wessels with consecutive swinging deliveries to have them 25 for 5.
Patel was in next and it seemed a victory of sorts that he was able to survive the hat-trick ball. No one could have imagined that, a couple of hours later, Warwickshire would have nine players on the boundary, even with Nottinghamshire nine wickets down, still unsure that the seemingly impossible was not about to happen.
In broad terms it had been a …
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