Nottinghamshire’s seconds played out a draw with local rivals Leicestershire in a two-day friendly at Broomley, as bad light brought play to a conclusion with Notts having been tasked with a substantial run chase.
On the second day, Notts embarked on their second innings chasing Leicestershire’s combined total of 412; and the away side, who put on 183 all out in their first innings and trailing the hosts by 229 runs, clawed their way to 67 for two by the premature close.
On the first day of play on Wednesday, Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat; and the hosts put on 213 all out from 47.5 overs as Aadil Ali scored a half-century, while the pace of Matt Milnes and Dominic Brown each snared three wickets apiece for the visitors.
Notts, however, replied with 183 all out after resuming their overnight score of 143-9 as the lower order duo of Milnes and Paul Franks helped to reduce the arrears, before Franks was caught at deep mid-wicket by Rob Taylor off Rob Sayer’s bowler on 39, with Milnes unbeaten on 32.
Leicestershire began their second innings and swept their way to 199-4, declaring in the 46th over and holding a lead over their East Midlands counterparts of 229 runs; as opener Aadil Ali amassed 92 but fell in the 40th over, caught by Milnes at deep backward point off Matt Carter, the score at the time 155-4.
With 47 overs left to play in the match, Nottinghamshire opened their second innings with Greg Smith and Joe Barrett, but the home side struck immediately through Zac Chappell, the right-armer bowling the scoreless Smith in the first over, with Notts one for one.
The Seconds recorded 67 for two as, in the final session of the match, the light got progressively worse and play was brought to a close with Joe Barrett 17 not out and Anuj Dal undefeated on 25.
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