With the return of Rothesay County Championship action to Trent Bridge following Nottinghamshire’s bye week, we are again offering you the chance to put your knowledge to the test.

Before every round of fixtures in this year’s Championship, you will be challenged to name a Green and Gold line-up from a memorable game against each 2025 opponent.

Ahead of the visit of Hampshire, it's a crushing innings win over the Rose and Crown on the occasion of Notts’ first-ever trip to their current home, Utilita Bowl, in June 2004.

 

1. Left-handed batter

Prolific opener with almost 20,000 First-Class runs to his name who played the bulk of his career at Surrey before joining Nottinghamshire at the turn of the millennium.

2. Right-handed batter, captain

Australian-born but thrice England Test-capped batter who joined Nottinghamshire in time for the 1998 season and remained in the East Midlands for nine years.

3. Right-handed batter

Batter who played four seasons with Nottinghamshire from 2003 after joining from Northamptonshire, and who went on to become an umpire after retiring.

4. Right-handed batter

South African-born veteran of over 100 Test matches for England who began his career on these shores at Trent Bridge, before later representing Hampshire and Surrey.

5. Right-handed batter

One of a pair of standout Australian brothers who represented his country in over 100 white-ball matches, as well as playing 81 First-Class games for Nottinghamshire, scoring over 6,000 runs.

6. Right-handed batter, wicket-keeper

Indubitable Nottinghamshire legend who was captain for 11 seasons, and who scored over 20,000 all-format runs alongside claiming a Notts record of 983 First-Class dismissals.

7. Right-handed batter, right-arm medium-fast bowler

All-rounder, capped by England 64 times in ODI cricket, who played for Notts between 2004 and 2009, and in 2006 won the Walter Lawrence Trophy for the season’s fastest hundred.

8. Left-handed batter, right-arm fast-medium bowler

Militarily-nicknamed long-serving all-rounder with over 7,000 runs and 524 wickets in First-Class cricket, who is now Assistant Head Coach at Trent Bridge.

9. Left-arm fast-medium bowler

South African-born son of an English father who took 251 First-Class wickets for Nottinghamshire, and shared his exact name with another man who would later also play for the Green and Golds.

10. Right-arm medium-fast bowler

Tall seamer who represented the Midlands as a junior hockey player, but who found his true calling in cricket as he took 88 First-Class wickets for Nottinghamshire over four seasons.

11. Right-arm leg-spin bowler

Australian overseas who was limited to just 47 international caps largely due to the presence of Shane Warne, but who still collected over 750 First-Class wickets, including more than 200 at Test level.