da premier bet： Persistent rain rescued County Championship title challengersNottinghamshire from the possibility of a second straight defeat as their clashwith Essex was abandoned as a draw
da esoccer bet： 01-Jun-2010
ScorecardPersistent rain rescued County Championship title challengersNottinghamshire from the possibility of a second straight defeat as their clashwith Essex was abandoned as a draw.Even with the fast-drying Trent Bridge outfield, the weather never allowed theNotts groundstaff to remove the covers and the two captains agreed to a drawshortly before 4pm. The result would have been frustrating for visitors Essex, who were in a decentposition overnight to push for their first win since their opening game of theseason after finishing day three on 152 for 2, a lead of 264.Instead they picked up nine points to move to sixth in Division One, whileNotts claimed seven – enough to move them back to the top of the table, level on103 points with Yorkshire having played two games less.Notts skipper Chris Read said: “It wasn’t a great game as far as we wereconcerned, and we felt we were outplayed in most departments. But a key indicator of a strong team is how they bounce back, and we go to Tunbridge Wells to play Kent on Friday knowing that a good performance willleave us top ahead of the break for the Twenty 20.”It’s important that we finish the ‘first half’ of the Championship season ona high, and being able to turn to Twenty20 knowing we were top of the tablewould be a fantastic boost.”
