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Meanwhile, Bangladesh are in danger of losing a fourth consecutive ODI

The Preview by Madushka Balasuriya in Colombo27-Jul-2019

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The margin of defeat may have been large, but Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal was optimistic in his analysis of the first ODI.”I thought the wicket was really good, 310 [314] I felt was a decent score. At half time we were happy, because I thought we came back strongly. And we believed that we had a chance of chasing this down,” he said after the game on Friday.But, of course, that analysis was with a certain Lasith Malinga removed from the equation. Fortunately for Bangladesh, all their future equations for the remainder of this series will not involve Malinga.While that may give their top order a little more cause for optimism, there were nevertheless a few other concerns. In the field Bangladesh were sloppy, their bowlers wayward, and their batsman – Malinga yorker victims aside – wasteful. In summary, this looked a far cry from the team that had performed so admirably at the World Cup, and they will be fired up to take this series to a decider.For Sri Lanka, much went right in the first game. They will have been pleased to see the top order clicking into gear, and the pace and threat of seamers Lahiru Kumara and Nuwan Pradeep would also have offered hope going forward. However, a lack of finishing ability at the death with the bat could have come back to haunt them on another, Malinga-less night, while their continuing inability to pick up wickets in the middle overs, nor stem the flow of runs therein, was again highlighted.All things considered, expect a much closer affair second time around.

Form guide

Sri Lanka WLWLW (last five completed matches, most recent first)
Bangladesh LLLWL

In the spotlight

Tamim Iqbal got a Malinga classic to uproot his stumps in the first game, to go with a dropped catch earlier in the match. With Malinga now no longer a threat, Tamim will be hoping to build a better platform for his middle order to capitalise on.Lasith Malinga was almost a one-man wrecking crew on Friday night, but his performance overshadowed that of Nuwan Pradeep, who picked up three wickets himself. Now tasked with leading the line on his own, Pradeep needs to show Sri Lanka’s fast-bowling legacy is in good hands.

Team news

Sri Lanka (probable) 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Kusal Perera (wk), 3 Avishka Fernando, 4 Kusal Mendis, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Lahiru Thirimanne, 7 Dhananjaya de Silva, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Dasun Shanaka, 10 Nuwan Pradeep, 11 Lahiru KumaraBangladesh (probable) 1 Tamim Iqbal (capt), 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Mohammad Mithun, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Mahmudullah, 6 Sabbir Rahman, 7 Mossadek Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan, 9 Shafiul Islam, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Rubel Hossain

Pitch and conditions

Khettarama has always been good for batting, as it proved in the first ODI. With the skies expected to be clear, winning the toss and batting should be a no-brainer.

Stats and trivia

• It has been 23 completed games since Sri Lanka last won two ODIs in a row, dating back to August 2018. They haven’t won a home series since defeating West Indies in November 2015
• Apart from Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka is now Bangladesh’s most frequent ODI opponent with 46 games played between them
• Bangladesh haven’t lost four ODIs in a row since 2017

Quotes

“I thought we started very poorly with the ball, we gave away way too many easy boundaries to them. The whole batting line-up, right throughout, was also very disappointing.”

“We have some good fast bowlers, but we also need to keep an eye out for new talent that we can fast track. Do they bowl a good slower ball, or a good yorker? We need to find bowlers like that and get them to focus on improving those particular skills. If we keep waiting for bowlers to gain experience before coming into the side, we’re going to miss out on talent.”

Nat Sciver’s 59 from 37 balls set the platform for England before a career-best 4 for 18 from Sophie Ecclestone helped seal a convincing win

The Report by Alan Gardner23-Jun-20181:54

‘Tried to keep the stumps in play’ – Ecclestone

ScorecardEngland halted New Zealand’s 12-match winning streak in T20 internationals as Nat Sciver and Sophie Ecclestone produced the telling individual contributions in a 54-run win at Taunton. Batting first for the second time in the day, England made 172 for 8 from their 20 overs before career-best figures of 4 for 18 from Ecclestone helped derail New Zealand.There was no lack of energy as England set about defending their target, despite having been beaten in deflating circumstances by South Africa in the first match of Saturday’s double-header. Katherine Brunt claimed the key wicket of Suzie Bates lbw and New Zealand were unable to build partnerships, eventually dismissed with nine balls to spare.”Two games in a day is tough physically and mentally, and I think we’ve dealt with it brilliantly with the response we’ve had – particularly with the ball,” England captain Heather Knight said. “It was really pleasing to come away with the win. We talked about parking [the defeat] quickly, we didn’t have much time to dwell on it, and it was all about character and trying to put in a much-improved performance and nail our basic skills. I think we did that much better.”Knight had no hesitation choosing to bat first after winning the toss again, despite South Africa overhauling a target of 161 earlier in the day. Sciver’s powerful contribution, 59 off 37 balls, was the innings of substance required, but it needed some stout blows from Anya Shrubsole – including the only six of the innings – to ensure New Zealand’s task would be more demanding.Sciver was badly dropped at deep midwicket on 21, by Lea Tahuhu off the bowling of Bates, to continue a day of poor fielding by all three teams. England were three down and looking for a spark, and Sciver responded to her life by kicking on to a 31-ball fifty, reached with a dismissive lash over cover.England were grateful for Sciver producing her most-significant contribution of the home summer so far, having seen the in-form Tammy Beaumont fall short of 50 for the first time in five innings – bowled by Hayley Jensen attempting a trademark scoop; with Sarah Taylor run out for 1 after Jensen got a fingertip on Beaumont’s straight drive and Danni Wyatt the first of three wickets for Leigh Kasperek, England had fallen to 58 for 3 in the eighth over.Knight and Brunt produced cameos but, after Sciver was caught trying to clear short fine leg, it was time for some old-fashioned slogging from the tail, as Shrubsole, Ecclestone and Danielle Hazell added 32 from the last 17 balls.In response, Sophie Devine launched the second ball of the New Zealand reply over deep midwicket for six. Tash Farrant received the same treatment as Shrubsole, but then made the breakthrough to send Devine back for 13, and the big moment of the chase came when Brunt trapped Bates in front of leg stump with a delivery that perhaps kept a touch low on the worn pitch – the same one that had been used for three previous games.Bates’ dismissal had been preceded by Katey Martin playing out a maiden from Ecclestone. The 19-year-old spinner returned to bowl Martin for 16 in the 11th over, Knight chipping in with a wicket either side, and Ecclestone then helped round up the lower order as she attacked the stumps and found just enough turn – even beating the usually immaculate Taylor at one point, with Bernadine Bezuidenhoudt out of her ground. Unperturbed, Ecclestone bowled Bezuidenhoudt next ball.A second victory in three matches lifted England to four points in the tri-series standings, with one more fixture to come against New Zealand. South Africa, who resurrected their chances of reaching the final after twice conceding record totals in women’s T20I, will play New Zealand first in Thursday’s final double-header in Bristol.

Worcestershire closed within 27 runs of Glamorgan’s first innings as they enjoyed the best of the first day in Cardiff

ECB Reporters Network14-Apr-2017
ScorecardFile photo – David Lloyd fell 12 runs short of a century•Getty Images

Glamorgan threatened Worcestershire’s dominance at times but the visitors were well placed at the end of the opening day in Cardiff. When rain and bad light ended play with 12.3 overs remaining, they had reached 180 for 4 – a deficit of only 27.David Lloyd scored 88 and Glamorgan’s last two wickets added 102, to rescue them from 105 for 8, and they then reduced Worcestershire to 1 for 2 at the start of their innings. But they recovered thanks to an unbroken partnership of 100 for the fifth wicket between Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Ben Cox.Joe Leach, in his first game as Worcestershire’s captain, opted to field first under cloudy skies, and his decision was soon vindicated as both Glamorgan openers were back in the pavilion after the opening overs. John Hastings, in his first game as Worcestershire’s overseas player, took the first wicket with his eleventh delivery when Jacques Rudolph edged to slip, before Leach had Nick Selman caught behind.Lloyd, who bagged a pair in the first game at Northampton last week, was off the mark with a six over fine leg, but then lost partners in quick succession, as Leach squared up Colin Ingram first ball, Hastings bowled Aneurin Donald, and Chris Cooke failed to beat Tom Fell’s direct hit from midwicket to leave Glamorgan 46 for 5.Wickets continued to fall after lunch, with Kiran Carlsen and Marchant de Lange falling to Ed Barnard and Harry Podmore removed by Jack Shantry. Lloyd and Lukas Carey retrieved Glamorgan’s parlous position, however, with an attacking partnership of 68 at eight runs an over. Carey belied his position of No. 10 with an array of attractive strokes, and when he was out Glamorgan were within 27 runs of a batting point. This was achieved as Michael Hogan helped add a further 34, before Lloyd’s splendid innings ended 12 runs short of his century, when he lofted Shantry to extra cover.Carey then made immediate inroads when Worcestershire batted, when, after bowling a wide with his first ball, he had Daryl Mitchell caught by the wicketkeeper two deliveries later. In the next over Hogan dismissed Brett D’Oliveira in identical fashion, before Fell and Joe Clarke settled down to share a partnership of 79 for the third wicket. Clarke, who toured with the England Lions during the winter, played an assured innings before he was caught down the leg side off Lloyd and, with no addition to the score, Carey bowled Fell in the next overWith Worcestershire 80 for4, Glamorgan were back in contention, but Kohler-Cadmore and Cox consolidated their team’s position with the best partnership of the day. They were rarely in trouble against Glamorgan’s five-man pace attack, with Kohler-Cadmore striking Carey for three successive fours when the young seamer overpitched.Kohler-Cadmore reached his fifty shortly before the close and, with Cox also showing impressive form, Glamorgan will need to take early wickets if they are to restrict Worcestershire to a modest first-innings lead.

Offspinner Mark Craig has been called into New Zealand’s squad for the opening Test against Australia in Wellington, which begins on Friday

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Feb-2016Offspinner Mark Craig has been called into New Zealand’s squad for the opening Test against Australia in Wellington, which begins on Friday. New Zealand Cricket selectors named Craig as a replacement for Mitchell Santner, was ruled out with a foot injury.Santner experienced soreness in his right foot following the second ODI against Australia. A subsequent scan revealed a bone bruise and the decision was made to have Santner sit out. A decision about Santner’s availability for the second Test will be made later.”It’s unfortunate for Mitch as he has been a key player for us so far this summer,” New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said. “The positive news is that we picked it up early and hopefully Mitch can make a quick recovery.”Craig was part of the New Zealand squad for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka in December but was not selected to play. His last Test match came against Australia in the inaugural day-night Test, in Adelaide, where he finished with match figures of 2 for 75 in a three-wicket defeat.Squad for the Wellington Test: Brendon McCullum (capt), Corey Anderson, Doug Bracewell, Trent Boult, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Mark Craig, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling (wk)*, Kane Williamson*

Glamorgan’s chances of reaching the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals disappeared as Gloucestershire trounced them by nine wickets in the final group match at Cardiff.

31-Jul-2013
ScorecardMichael Klinger saw Gloucestershire storm to victory•Getty Images

Glamorgan’s chances of reaching the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals disappeared as Gloucestershire trounced them by nine wickets in the final group match at Cardiff.Chasing 142 to win, captain Michael Klinger helped Gloucestershire achieve the double over Glamorgan with 86 from 59 balls with 11 fours and a six, as Gloucestershire won with 22 balls to spare.Glamorgan needed to win to qualify for the last eight but it was a disappointing end to their T20 campaign after they had won their opening four games. Glamorgan, who included former England bowler Simon Jones, were put into bat and could only make 141 for 5 from their 20 overs despite Jim Allenby batting through the innings, scoring 85 from 58 balls with four sixes and six fours.His dominance was highlighted with only two other batsmen – Marcus North and Murray Goodwin – getting into double figures. And out of 13 boundaries in the innings Allenby struck 10 of them with Glamorgan struggling to dominate a largely inexperience attack.Openers Allenby and captain North, who was promoted up the order, gave the home side a useful platform scoring 41 from the opening six-over Powerplay. But runs dried up as North was bowled by the impressive Benny Howell leaving Glamorgan 55 for 1 in the ninth over.The big-hitting Chris Cooke failed to make his mark as he holed out to deep midwicket for just 6 and Nathan McCullum, pushed up the order, was out leg before. It saw Glamorgan struggle to 73 for 3 in the 12th over.Glamorgan failed to get a boundary from the eighth to the 14th over until Allenby struck his fifth four which saw him reach his 50 from 42 balls. It was Allenby’s third half century in nine T20 matches this season. Allenby struck a six to bring up the 100 and followed that up with another six off the final ball of the innings.Gloucestershire, through Klinger and Chris Dent, made a positive start reaching 18 for 0 after the first two overs from Michael Hogan and Jim Allenby. Klinger and Dent each struck a boundary off Wagg as Gloucestershire reached 32 after four overs.Glamorgan gambled on slow left armer Dean Cosker bowling the final over of the Powerplay but 12 runs came from it as Gloucestershire reached 50 for 0 after six overs. After Gloucestershire had got to 65 for 0 after eight overs McCullum came into the attack to have Dent caught at long-off.By the halfway stage Gloucestershire reached 79 for 1 with 15 coming off the 10th over from Simon Jones. Klinger went to a 37-ball half-century as Gloucestershire cruised to victory in the 17th over.

The BCCI is considering an amendment to its constitution that will allow the most “capable” candidate across zones to be elected president, as opposed to the current zonal system

Nagraj Gollapudi23-Aug-2012The BCCI is considering an amendment to its constitution that will allow the most “capable” candidate across zones to be elected president, as opposed to the current zonal system. A special general body meeting is likely to be convened on September 15 to finalise the issue.The BCCI president has traditionally been chosen on a rotational basis with each zone appointing a nominee from within who has to be recommended by one proposer and seconded by another office-bearer from the same zone. The new system, if adopted, will need an additional proposer from the same zone to support the nomination. This would ensure that a candidate from outside the zone would have reasonable support in the zone backing him.”Just because presidents are elected by rotation by default, that does not mean the candidate can be anyone. But if there is at least more than one proposer supporting him from his zone that at least would prove he is a person of merit,” a working committee member told ESPNcricinfo.The matter was reportedly raised at the board’s working committee meeting in Chennai on Wednesday by the president N Srinivasan; the committee members agreed to discuss it at the special meeting next month.Srinivasan’s term ends in September 2014 and it will then be the turn of the East Zone to nominate the president. However, there are fears within the board about a suitable candidate from that zone. “There is no unanimous choice yet, nor any eminent name coming from the East,” the member said.As a solution, Shashank Manohar, Srinivasan’s predecessor, informally told board members last year that the “best man should lead the board” and suggested the increase in the number of proposers. All the members had agreed in principle with Manohar. “The BCCI is a powerful association so there needs to be a capable person appointed as the president,” another board official said.Another key decision finalised at the meeting was extending the one-time monetary benefit payment to Gundappa Viswanath, Mohinder Amarnath, Dilip Vengsarkar and Syed Kirmani. The board had initially said that these four players were not eligible for the payment because each one had been granted a benefit ODI in the past. However, it is understood that some of those players sought Srinivasan’s intervention saying they deserved the one-time scheme because they had not made enough money from the benefit match.”Their other argument was some of the other former Indian players who had an independent benefit match, even if not an international, were getting the one-time grant, why should they miss out,” another working committee member said.

Yorkshire’s batsmen fared better than they have done in recent times, but they still went down by six wickets to new leaders Middlesex

17-Jul-2011
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A fourth-wicket stand of 111 between Adam Lyth and Gary Ballance followed by some remarkable hitting from Jonny Bairstow brought about a dramatic change in fortunes for Yorkshire in their CB40 Group A match at Headingley, but they still went down by six wickets to new leaders Middlesex.After barely playing a shot in anger in struggling to 53 for 3 off 16 overs, Yorkshire then blasted their way to 196 for 7 off the next 15 in a game reduced to 31 overs a side because of rain.
Middlesex were equal to the task, however, and they eased their way to their target with an over to spare, Paul Stirling and Chris Rogers racking up half-centuries.Put in to bat, Yorkshire lost a wicket in the first over when Joe Sayers edged Cory Collymore to second slip where Neil Dexter deflected the ball to first slip and it was caught at the second attempt by Dawid Malan.Captain Andrew Gale glanced Collymore for four and Lyth drove Steven Finn over long-off for another boundary but runs remained hard to come by and Yorkshire were in big trouble when Gale top-edged a pull for Steven Crook to hold a return catch and Anthony McGrath was run out by Tim Murtagh’s direct hit.Even when Ballance joined Lyth there was no immediate improvement and there were ironic cheers from the small crowd as Ballance struck Murtagh for four to end a spell of 11 overs without a boundary. Suddenly, Ballance sprang to life by pulling Finn for six in an over which cost 17 and brought the batsman his first one-day half-century for Yorkshire.Crook took up even greater punishment in the next over which conceded 22 with both batsmen clearing the rope. The 100 stand arrived off 83 balls and Lyth then brought up his own 50 before Ballance was caught on the square leg boundary by Scott Newman off Dexter for 71 from 53 deliveries with seven fours and two sixes.Lyth was also held in the deep in the next over from Collymore, his 52 coming off 73 balls with three fours and a six, but the most dramatic hitting came in a furious late assault from Bairstow.
He blasted Dexter over long on for six and in the final over from Collymore he smashed three consecutive sixes, all to different parts of the ground.In attempting a fourth he was sensationally caught on the mid-wicket boundary by Crooks who slipped at the last second and grabbed the ball while on the seat of his pants. There were 27 runs in the over, plus the wicket, and Bairstow’s 33 was scored off 15 balls with four sixes.Yorkshire were denied an early success when McGrath put down Malan at second slip and the signs looked ominous as Newman lifted Richard Pyrah over mid-wicket for six.The openers had put on 59 inside 12 overs before they were parted by Ben Sanderson who was lofted to Ryan Sidebottom at wide mid-on by Newman for 33 and it became 64 for 2 when Malan’s reverse sweep hit the back of the bat and was neatly held behind the stumps by Bairstow.Unfortunately for Yorkshire, they could not capitalise on these dismissals and Stirling and Rogers gradually put Middlesex in command with some fluent batting that brought each of them their half-centuries in a three figure stand. Shortly before going to his 50, Rogers survived a legside stumping chance against Pyrah but by this time Yorkshire were already looking a beaten side.The stand closed on 116 in 13 overs, Stirling being bowled by Sidebottom for an excellent 57 from 37 balls with five fours and a six, and Rogers soon followed for 51, slicing Ajmal Shahzad to Sidebottom after receiving 44 balls and hitting six boundaries. Dexter and Jamie Dalrymple came together at 182 for4 in the 27th over and saw Middlesex over the line without any further alarms.

Scotland captain Gordon Drummond has said his side is aiming for consistency in results when they take on five other Associate and Affiliate sides in the ICC World Cricket League Division 1

Cricinfo staff22-Jun-2010Scotland captain Gordon Drummond has said his side is aiming for consistency in results when they take on five other Associate and Affiliate sides in the ICC World Cricket League Division 1 in Netherlands between July 1 and 10. They have retained only Gordon Goudie, Majid Haq and Neil McCallum from the side that participated last year in South Africa.”The target we have set for ourselves in the forthcoming event is to be as consistent as possible, day after day,” Drummond said. “We want to win every game as there is no point in winning one game and then being routed in the next. We realise that we are nearing the end of our rebuilding phase and most of the players are now pretty used to playing at this level. They know what sort of pressure there is at this stage and what they need to do to be at the top of their games.”Scotland travelled to Deventer last week where they played a first-class ICC Intercontinental 2009-10 match against the Netherlands, which was followed by an ODI. Scotland won the four-dayer by four wickets but lost the ODI by six.”Even though we’ll not be playing at the same ground, I don’t think the Netherlands will now be an alien place for some of our players as the tour will have given them some indication of the conditions they’re likely to face,” Drummond said. “It’s always handy to have first-hand information and I think we have managed to collect some valuable data.”Drummond said Ireland and Afghanistan would start as tournament favourites. “While I think every team will have an equal chance to win the tournament, Ireland and Afghanistan will start off as favourites due to their recent results.”Ireland is the benchmark for the Associate Member countries while Afghanistan has recently played some very exciting cricket. Both the sides played in the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies which should give them a lot of heart too. There’s no doubt that we’re disappointed at missing out on the ICC World Twenty20 2010 and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.”Every player wants to be part of global events of those magnitude and we’re no different. The experience of playing in those events would have helped in our development. However, we now have to ensure that we qualify for the next global events by doing well in the qualifying events whenever and wherever they are staged.”Squad: Gordon Drummond (capt), Richie Berrington, Ewan Chalmers, Josh Davey, Gordon Goudie, Majid Haq, Omer Hussain, Neil Laidlaw, Douglas Lockhart, Ross Lyons, Neil McCallum, Gregor Maiden, Preston Mommsen, Matthew Parker, Fraser Watts

Tilak Varma is the fifth capped player retained by MI ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction

Nagraj Gollapudi31-Oct-202410:44

Should Rohit or Surya replace Hardik as MI captain?

Mumbai Indians are set to retain their four major Indian players – Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav – along with Tilak Varma ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.With those five capped players retained, MI can use their one right-to-match option only on an uncapped player at the auction. While the individual amounts for each of their retained player is yet to be ascertained, MI will lose at least INR 75 crore from their purse of INR 120 crore, or more if they have paid a higher aggregate amount to the five.MI had a disappointing IPL 2024, finishing at the bottom of the league under the leadership of Hardik, who was traded in from Gujarat Titans and replaced Rohit as captain. Hardik was regularly booed at various venues last season as fans expressed their displeasure at the change of leadership, but he bounced back from poor personal form with significant contributions during India’s successful 2024 T20 World Cup campaign. However, Suryakumar was preferred as India’s T20I captain after that tournament once Rohit retired from the format, even though Hardik had captained India in T20Is for much of 2023.Related

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ESPNcricinfo has learned the MI management had a chat recently with their senior players on the plan going forward before agreeing on retentions.October 31 is the deadline by which the ten franchises have to submit their lists of retained players to the IPL. The teams have been allowed to retain up to six players ahead of the mega auction before the 2025 season, of which a maximum of five can be capped internationals and two can be uncapped players. While the IPL has set minimum deductions from the auction purse for each player retained – INR 18 crore for the first player, INR 14 crore for the second, INR 11 crore for the third, INR 18 crore for the fourth, INR 14 crore for the fifth, and INR 4 crore for an uncapped player – the franchises are free to pay more or less than those amounts to their retained players.

Leicestershire recover from slow start but still slip to first defeat of Metro Bank Cup

ECB Reporters Network08-Aug-2023Josh Hull, Leicestershire’s beanpole teenage left-arm quick, bagged the first four-wicket haul of his senior career but it was not enough to prevent a first defeat for the Foxes in this year’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup, with Nottinghamshire Outlaws prevailing by four wickets at Grace Road.Chasing a revised target of 206 after rain reduced the contest to 44 overs per side, the visitors crossed the line with 12 balls to spare after Lyndon James had top-scored with 82, backed up by Matt Montgomery’s 35 and wicketkeeper Dane Schadendorf’s punchy 29 not out. Hull finished with 4 for 43 from his nine overs.Earlier, Wiaan Mulder’s unbeaten 84, his third half-century in as many matches in the competition so far, led a Foxes recovery from 78 for 6 to 214 for 9 after former Yorkshire seamer Tom Loten, with a career-best 3 for 26, and Brett Hutton (3 for 42) had threatened to make it a shortened day.After winning their opening Group A matches so emphatically, Leicestershire found the going much tougher against their East Midlands neighbours, whose seam attack carried on where they had left off in dismissing Essex for 69 at Chelmsford last week.The Foxes slipped from 27 without loss after five overs to 41 for 3 in the ninth, Rishi Patel chipping to cover off Hutton, who also drew Sol Budinger into nicking a ball outside off stump. Loten then uprooted skipper Lewis Hill’s off stump with his first delivery.Hutton, who took 7 for 26 here in this fixture last season, picked up a third wicket with a ball that squeezed between bat and front pad to trap Colin Ackermann leg-before, leaving the Foxes 52 for 4.Although there was clearly some help for the bowlers under an overcast sky, Peter Handscomb settled himself with three early boundaries and with two half-centuries to his name already in the competition looked in the form to lead a rebuilding job. Yet just as rain began to fall, the Australian was run out at the non-striker’s end when Dane Paterson deflected a Mulder drive into the stumps.Two brief stoppages followed, in between which Louis Kimber, who had smashed 89 off 62 balls as the Foxes pulled off a record run-chase to beat Surrey at The Oval, perished for a six-ball duck, paying for lack of footwork as he was leg before to Loten.The fightback, instead, was led by Mulder, with assistance from a lower order in which Tom Scriven’s 25 helped the seventh wicket add 62 before Roman Walker, Chris Wright and Hull stuck around long enough for Mulder to inflict some punishing blows, clearing the rope off Calvin Harrison, Hutton and Liam Patterson-White, who also conceded six to Walker.File photo: Lyndon James anchored the chase•Getty Images

Loten’s third wicket came when Scriven drove him in the air to mid-off, Walker was caught at long-off trying to attack Harrison’s legspin and Paterson had Wright well caught at extra cover by Haseeb Hameed.Needing to score at slightly more than four-and-a-half an over, the Outlaws lost opener Ben Slater in the second over when he was bowled off an inside edge but were comfortably placed at 60 for one after 12 when the introduction of Hull dealt them a double setback.The 6ft 7ins left-armer, still only 18, angled one in to bowl the left-handed Ben Martindale between bat and pad, ending a second-wicket stand of 51 with James. Two overs later, he dismissed the right-handed Hameed with a full length delivery, the ball cannoning into middle stump as the Outlaws skipper played across its line.James, who had looked assured enough to that point, completed a seven-four half-century from 60 balls but was dropped on 51 – a chance to keeper Handscomb down the leg side as Mulder took over from Hull at the Bennett End, the bowler having been unlucky a couple of balls earlier when Montgomery edged just out of Handscomb’s reach on the off side.Unfazed, James found the boundary twice on the leg side in Mulder’s next over to leave Nottinghamshire needing 90 from 18 overs, which looked well within their compass with seven wickets in hand, only to be thrown back into the balance when James aimed a big swing at Wright and was caught behind, throwing his wicket away somewhat, more so when Montgomery was undone by some extra bounce from Hull and was comfortably taken by Handscomb.But then back-to-back sixes, one swatted away by new man Schadendorf off Mulder, the next an uppercut by Liam Patterson-White to a short ball by Hull, lifted the pressure off the Outlaws, who lost the latter when he was bowled making room to cut Hull. But Schadendorf hit two boundaries each off Scriven and then Hull in the next two overs to effectively finish the job.