NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 2nd XI were beaten by five wickets in a one-day encounter against their Leicestershire equivalent at Leicester Ivanhoe CC.
Leicestershire won the toss and asked Nottinghamshire to bat first, Sam Kelsall and Matt Cross opening the batting, however Cross (12) was trapped lbw by Ollie Freckingham in the sixth over (36-1).
Hassan Azad joined Kelsall, who reached his 50 in the 16th over (86-1) but Azad (12) was caught by Tom Wells off Rob Sayer's bowling in the over 20th over for 94-2.
Sam Wood was next in and he scored two runs in the 22nd over to bring the 100 up and in the 32nd he stroked a four to the offside boundary to reach the 50 partnership (147-2).
Wood reached his 50 in the 36th over (174-2) but in the 38th he was caught by Alex Wyatt off Wells for 62 (60 balls), the score 190-3.
The next over was eventful, Adam Tillcock (1) was caught by keeper Lewis Hill off Wyatt (199-4), Paul Franks pushed a single to bring the two hundred up, then Kelsall reached his century with a two (13 fours).
In the 41st over, Franks (23) was run out by Hill (232-5) and Luke Fletcher came to the crease, the 250 coming up in the 44th over.
However, in the next over Kelsall was bowled by Usman Tariq for 109 (14 fours, 128 balls) bringing Aussie trialist Stephen Seymour to the middle (251-6).
Fletcher (19) was caught on the offside boundary by Neil Pinner off Tariq in the 47th over as the visitors pushed the score (262-7) and to second ball of the last over Simon Webster (2) was caught by Aadil Ali off Freckingham (280-8).
Eight runs were added from the last four balls, the innings closing on 288-8, Seymour unbeaten on 29 and Luke Wood one not out.
The Leicestershire reply came from Alex Williams and Will Root, but Williams (1) was bowled in the second over by Luke Wood (3-1), skipper Dan Redfern replacing him.
Root (6) was bowled by Fletcher next over (19-2) and Neil Pinner came in, the home side pushing on and the 50 coming up in the eighth over.
However, in the 12th Redfern (35) was adjudged lbw to Simon Walton (71-3) and Tom Wells came to the middle.
The hundred was reached in the 19th over and Pinner reached his fifty in the 21st (121-3). The 150 came up as the home side kept pushing on and the hundred partnership was reached in the 29th (170-3).
Wells reached his 50 in the 32nd over (186-3), the 200 came up in the 34th and Pinner's hundred (11 fours, 90 balls) was reached in the 37th (216-3).
By the 40th over the score was 247-3, Pinner 122no and Wells 67no, but in the next over Wells (75) was bowled by Tillcock ending a partnership of 184 and next ball Aadil Tariq (0) was caught by Fletcher off Tillcock (255-6).
Lewis Hill came in next and together with Pinner they chased down the target, finishing the innings in the 46th over, Pinner unbeaten on 140 and Hill 16no, the score 289-5 to win by five wickets.
The Notts 2nds followed this up with a drawn three-day game with the same team that was affected by the weather.
Andre Adams got through 16 overs, as he battles for fitness, as Leicestershire made 482-7, Notts replied with 295-7 with Sam Wood top scoring with 84 but that is as far as it got.
