And we're off...

First match of the season, first defeat - but there wasn't much in it in the end with Leicestershire beating Notts by about six runs. (They don't half clear the scoreboard fast at the end.)

If Notts are going to make an impact in the one-day stuff this season the batsmen will have to give Mark Ealham a bit more support. The tactic seems to be to toddle along, not worrying if they fall a long way behind the run-rate, and hope that Ealham can win it for them in the last ten overs - which he very nearly did today - but to win consistently I think they need to get busier in the early stages: hustling more ones and twos.