Trent Bridge. The grandest of stages, upon which the finest players take their game to new heights.
And when those with a connection to this parish do so, it is altogether more special.
As England Men prepare to face West Indies in Nottingham - with Nottinghamshire's Ben Duckett having established himself at the top of the order for the Three Lions - we look at three recent examples of heroics on home turf.
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Tammy's 208
For Tammy Beaumont, this was the rarest of opportunities.
To be playing a red-ball fixture at all was novelty enough, given its rarity in the women’s game.
For it to be a Test at her adopted home of Trent Bridge - host venue of The Blaze - was potentially a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
And how she made the most of it.
Across two scorching days of the 2023 Women's Ashes Test, Beaumont displayed her sheer mastery as a red-ball opener.
A record-breaking crowd for a Women's Test in England were treated to an innings of almost complete control. Disciplined when required, expansive when afforded the opportunity, Beaumont’s footwork was nimble, her sweeps sweetly struck, her drives expertly-placed
Ball-by-ball, run-by-run, the crowd rallied and roared as the three-digit number beside Beaumont’s name slowly crept upwards
Indeed, she only betrayed nerves as she inched through the 190s with the odd moment of indecision between the wickets.
Ultimately, that drama only made the century-clinching moment all the sweeter
Beaumont would ultimately make 208 - the highest Test score ever made by an Englishwoman. And her home crowd revelled in it.
Broad's best
Thursday 6 August 2015.
An overcast morning over West Bridgford as England hosted Australia. A toss won by the hosts, and a decision taken to bowl first.
An impeccably observed silence honouring the recently departed Clive Rice. A squally shower causing a delayed start.
Then Stuart Broad and his teammates took to the field and the rest, as they say, was history.
This was a morning of Ashes cricket like no other. Broad, legs pumping, treated his Trent Bridge backyard like his personal playground.
Chris Rogers was first to go, edging the Nottinghamshire seamer’s third ball to first slip. By the time he had bowled his 20th, he had already secured a five-wicket haul.
Each Australia batter that dared to prod outside off-stump soon found himself trudging back to the Pavilion. None would depart so disbelievingly as Adam Voges, who fell victim to Ben Stokes' brilliance at fifth slip as Broad looked on, wide-eyed, hands over mouth.
By lunch, Australia were 60 all out, and Broad had eight wickets. 48 hours later, they had regained the Ashes.
Hales hammers hundreds
For over 15 years, Alex Hales has made quite the habit of producing awe-inspiring feats on home soil.
Most unforgettable of all, perhaps, were the England opener's demolitions of Pakistan and Australia in 2016 and 2018, as the Three Lions set, then obliterated, the One-Day International record score.
After a somewhat circumspect start against the Men in Green in 2016, Hales accelerated upon reaching his half-century, bringing up his second 50 runs in just 28 balls en route to the fourth ODI ton of his career.
The records continued to tumble for the right-hander, as he breezed past his previous best List A score and achieved the highest ODI score Trent Bridge had ever seen.
Then, Robin Smith’s 23-year record for England's highest ODI score fell when Hales hit his 22nd boundary. He departed soon after, having made 171.
Two summers later, the Outlaws icon was at it again
Batting at number three, Hales smashed 16 boundaries and five maximums as the hosts, put in to bat, racked up a colossal 481-6 from their 50 overs
His 147 from 92 balls was the defining contribution as the Three Lions hammered what was then a world record ODI total.