Peter Moores spoke about consistency before Nottinghamshire’s trip to Leicester.

Consistency in their efforts on the field, consistency in the desire to hunt for victory and consistency in performance.

If the first two days of the Green and Golds’ fixture at the Fischer County Ground are anything to go by, the Head Coach will be extremely pleased.

On the back of a strong showing versus Lancashire at Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire have dominated proceedings since first pitching up in Leicester.

Resuming on 48-0, after bowling the hosts out for 222 on the first day, Haseeb Hameed and Ben Slater were quickly into their work on the second morning.

Hameed, who had dominated the scoring on the first evening with a dazzling array of strokeplay, wasted little time in getting back into his groove, punching Gavin Griffiths to the boundary with the second ball of the day.

Whilst rain delays could have taken all the headlines on a frustrating second day it was instead the sheer amount of milestones reached in the 60.1 overs possible that stole the show.

In the morning session alone, Hameed and Slater surpassed individual 50s and they shared in their first century partnership as an opening pair.

Slater meanwhile, the leading run scorer in the Bob Willis Trophy to date, notched up 5,000 runs in First-Class cricket when he reached 57*.

The left-hander, happy to be the quieter of the pairing in the early part of the day, was now matching his partner blow for blow and running the home attack ragged.

Six Leicestershire bowlers tried, and ultimately failed, to take the opening breakthrough in the morning session, Hameed and Slater adding 95 runs with ease to lunch on 144-0.

The weather had its moment during the majority of the afternoon session, the players heading off and on the pitch with frustrating regularity.

However, before the rain arrived the opening stand had moved on to 158-0, the highest in the Bob Willis Trophy this summer. Milestone number five.

When the rain had finally had enough of toying with the two sides, the story was no different.

To their credit, Leicestershire’s bowlers maintained a solid line and length throughout the day. But Hameed and Slater were up for whatever they threw at them.

The opening duo were still going on their merry way as the 200 partnership came up, the Green and Golds then just trialling by 22 runs on first innings.

That was where their run of personal and team milestones came to an end however, both departing in the 80s as Leicestershire enjoyed some late delight, Nottinghamshire closing on 221-2.

Day three will be pivotal for both sides in this clash, with the Green and Golds looking to pile on a big first innings score to give them a chance of a push for victory.

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