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COVERED 4 TRENTBRIDGE.CO.UK CONTENTS FARHAN AHMED: GOD’S PLAN 8 JUNIOR MEMBERS: NUTS’ TREEHOUSE 18 ROB LORD: TAKING A CHANCE 20 COMMUNITY: FLYING THE FLAG 32 JUNIOR CRICKET: UNDER ONE ROOF 35 NEWS: EXTRAS 38 HERITAGE: OUR HISTORIC HEART 40 BEHIND THE SIGHTSCREEN: MANDY WRIGHT 44 26 THE BLAZE: INSIDE THE EVOLUTION Matthew Freeman / Editor matthew.freeman@trentbridge.co.uk Andy Lau / Design andy.lau@trentbridge.co.uk Beth Farr / Marketing Manager beth.farr@trentbridge.co.uk Contributors / Oliver Mooney / Peter Smith Grace Ballinger Images / Ritchie Sumpter / Tom Flint / Eleri Tunstall Simon Trafford / Jack Bird / Jas Ghata-Aura / Richard Parkes / Getty Images Covered is published by Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Ltd. Registered in England. Company Registration Number IPS 28978/R. @TRENTBRIDGE 4-7 FRI - MON APRIL Nottinghamshire v Durham 11-14 FRI - MON APRIL Nottinghamshire v Essex 9-12 FRI - MON MAY Nottinghamshire v Hampshire 29-1 TUE - FRI JULY Nottinghamshire v Somerset SUN - WED JUNE Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire 22-25 WED - SAT SEPTEMBER Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire 24-27 Nottinghamshire v Sussex FRI - MON APRIL 25-28 30 FRIDAY MAY Notts Outlaws v Bears (Double-header, Floodlit game) 11 FRIDAY JULY Notts Outlaws v Durham Cricket (Double-header, Floodlit game) 13 FRIDAY JUNE 6 SUNDAY JULY Notts Outlaws v Leicestershire Foxes (Double-header) 18 FRIDAY JULY Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning (Floodlit game) 7 SATURDAY JUNE Notts Outlaws v Worcestershire Rapids (Double-header, Floodlit game) 11 WEDNESDAY JUNE Notts Outlaws v Yorkshire (Floodlit game) Notts Outlaws v Derbyshire Falcons (Floodlit game)