Notts crash out at hands of Worcs, rain

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Worcestershire 138 for 1 (Fell 63*, Mitchell 61*) beat Nottinghamshire 284 for 8 (Patel 55, Christian 54, Wessels 50, Barnard 3-45) by 35 runs (DLS method)Scorecard

Half-centuries from Tom Fell and Daryl Mitchell helped Worcestershire to a place in the knockout stages of the Royal London Cup after victory over Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

Fell followed up the unbeaten century he had scored against Lancashire 24 hours earlier with 63 not out, whilst Mitchell, Worcestershire’s captain, was undefeated on 61 when the rains came, leaving their side victors by 35 runs on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern. Set to score 285, the Rapids had reached 138 for 1 after 24 overs when the umpires decided that the conditions had become unplayable.

Notts had posted 284 for 8 from their 50 overs, Samit Patel top-scoring with 55 and there were also half-centuries for Dan Christian and Riki Wessels but all three batsmen fell soon after reaching the milestone. Ed Barnard was the pick of the Worcestershire attack, taking 3 …

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