Notworthmentioningshire beat the MCC by 142 runs

Some things never change. Notts may be the reigning county champions - oooh that sounds good, let me say it again: Notts are the reigning county champions, yet London-b(i)ased reporters still won't give them any credit at all. While Notts were crushing the MCC at Lord's today, the BBC report said that the MCC were "eyeing a draw" - this when they were 350 runs behind with four wickets down, halfway through the final day. They would have needed to borrow Patrick Moore's best telescope to eye a draw from that position. The Notts team were hardly mentioned - as is the way with reports from the capital. Although, come to think of it, they were mentioned on day one - then it was all "Notts toil", "soon in trouble" and "Notts slumped". Some people need to remember that you can't judge how a match is going until both sides have batted.

Notts 191 (Bresnan 3-60, Stephenson 3-6) & 471-5 (Gallian 171, Read 110no, Ealham 112no) beat the MCC 168 (Sidebottom 4-42, Ealham 3-26) & 352 (AN Cook 51, Loudon 123, Bresnan 94, Sidebottom 3-77) by 142 runs.