Now that the domestic season has drawn to a close, it's time to look back on a summer boasted highs and lows, ups and downs and no shortage of drama, in the eyes of those who took part in it.

The first to cast an eye back is Nottinghamshire bowler Harry Gurney, who has been at the forefront of the county's bowling attack in all formats:

 

It’s a strange one, but three of the main standout matches this summer, for me at least, came against Lancashire.

The first game in the season really stands out as a highlight, taking that final wicket in a hard-fought game. I tried to york Ashwell Prince, but it ended up being a horrible full toss that somehow bowled him around his legs to win that game. It was a great way to start the season.

 

Gurney celebrates the wicket of Ashwell Prince with Samit Patel

 

The highlight of the T20 Blast was the opening night here against Lancashire again, with all the pomp and circumstance. It was in front of the sky cameras, with fireworks and a huge crowd in attendance.

For a group game to have had that many people there was brilliant, the atmosphere was great and we beat the eventual finalists, a good side boasting Jimmy Anderson and Jos Buttler, to have brushed them aside at Trent Bridge made for a really good evening. 


Trent Bridge ahead of the first ball of the NatWest T20 Blast

 

The final delivery of my Lancashire hat trick came in the Championship game in Liverpool.

That was a great day, from both a personal and team perspective. It was another had fought game going into the third day, which turned out being the last one. We knew we needed some early wickets. Sidds and Fletch didn’t get any and I came on and got four in a spell… for some reason I woke up that morning and felt like I was going to have a good spell.

After providing those wickets in the morning, I had been looking forward to just watching the run chase. The wickets tumbled though, until Fletch and Ready batted for about an hour, just ticking off the runs we needed.

I was padded up for a couple of hours, it was torture. Andre was the next man in, and you never know what you’re going to get batting below him. When that wicket went down we needed seven to win. Andre whacked a four and a two, then one up in the air and he was gone. 


Chris Read grins as Gurney hits the winning runs against Lancs in Liverpool

 

Glen Chapple had been bowling brilliantly all afternoon, he was into his seventeenth over of 38 of the innings and I went in and thought ‘if it’s on my stumps hit it straight, if it’s short get out of the way of it and if it’s on the legs try and work it off the pads’. I never had any vision of a shot through the off side, but I saw that half volley and my eyes lit up. 

I never thought I’d be hitting the winning runs in a championship match, but there we go.