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Notts Outlaws’ 2013Yorkshire Bank 40
campaign started with a win at Northants
in May, and ended with victory over
Glamorgan at Lord’s in September.
Nottinghamshire had finally ended a 24-
year wait for one-day silverware at Lord’s,
and as Chris Read held theYorkshire Bank
40Trophy aloft, there were no disguised
emotions in the Outlaws’ faces.
“It’s easily one of the highlights of my
career,” said Steven Mullaney, one of
Notts’ most consistent performers in the
competition.
“As a Lancashire lad, I never dreamed I
would even play for Notts, let alone win
this trophy, or the County Championship
in 2010.
“To be out there, inside a packed Lord’s,
among some of the best players in the
world… it’s as close as I’ve ever come to
playing international cricket.”
He’s absolutely right. A lot was made of
the strength of the Outlaws squad for
the match – boasting Stuart Broad and
Graeme Swann, as well as Hales, Lumb,
Patel,Taylor, Read, Hussey and Shahzad.
Nine players with international experience
geared toward changing big matches.
“There isn’t one match winner in our side,
we have a team full of them,” said Jake Ball,
who cruelly missed the final through injury
after impressing through the campaign.
“It’s incredible to be playing alongside
some of those guys.
“Alex Hales and Michael Lumb can take
the game away from opponents right at
the top of the order, Samit always has the
power to hurt people, and with batting
depth that goes down as far as Huss and
RikiWessels, it’s astonishing.
“A batsman as good as Riki, coming in at
number six, or even seven. I still can’t really
believe it.
“With the competition adding ten overs
next season, we’re the last ever winners of
theYorkshire Bank 40… we’ve gone down
in history.”
On the day, quality and experience told.
After good work by Glamorgan’s bowlers
reduced Notts to 90-4, David Hussey and
Chris Read added 99 for the fifth, captain
Read scoring an exemplary run-a-ball 53.
“It had been a day of up and down feelings,
it wasn’t a natural cricketing day,” added
Mullaney.
“It was a different environment to other
matches we’d played throughout the
season.
“When Ready went in it looked a little
difficult for us, but he got out to the
middle and played brilliantly, it really was
a captain’s innings and he deserved that
trophy.”
After amassing a total of 244-8, the
Glamorgan reply was halted by Samit
Patel, whose demolition of their middle
order ensured the scales were firmly
tipped in Nottinghamshire’s favour.
“We knew we had talent, and we knew
we had to perform,” said Patel.
“The whole squad wanted to win a one-
day trophy, and has done for a long while.
“At the start of the season Ready put it to
us that he really wanted it too, we went out
there and we delivered.”
Patel’s efforts sparked a cascade of wickets,
ultimately ending with Stuart Broad seeing
off the tail with three wickets in an over,
sealing the trophy for Nottinghamshire to
end a 24-year wait.
“To be out there,
inside a packed
Lord’s, among
some of the best
players in the
world… it’s as
close as I’ve ever
come to playing
international
cricket.”
Steven Mullaney