Report Olly Stone counterattacks for Nottinghamshire to thwart Kasey Aldridge four-for Fast bowler makes rapid 74 to rescue Notts from early strife against Somerset ECB Reporters Network 23-Jun-2024 • 2 hrs ago Kasey Aldridge kept Notts under wraps until Stone's onslaught • Getty Images Nottinghamshire 326 for 8 (Stone 74, Haynes 55, Clarke 51, Aldridge 4-90) vs Somerset Fast bowler Olly Stone 's unbeaten 74 led a Nottinghamshire recovery from 190 for seven to 326 for eight on day one of their Vitality County Championship match against Somerset at Trent Bridge. The England quick, who began this season with only one half-century to his name in 46 first-class matches, now has two in his last three following his 90 against Lancashire last month. He shared an eighth-wicket stand of 112 with Calvin Harrison to give the day a different complexion after Joe Clarke (51) and Jack Haynes (55) had put on 108 for the fourth wicket but been unable to kick on, seamer Kasey Aldridge the main driver of a Nottinghamshire mid-innings collapse that saw four wickets fall for 11 runs.
Aldridge, in the Somerset side for the first time since April following an injury to skipper Lewis Gregory, finished the day with four for 90, South African seamer Migael Pretorius taking three for 73. Earlier in the day, a wicket apiece for Aldridge, Craig Overton and Pretorius against 111 runs conceded had made for a reasonably satisfactory morning's work for Somerset after Nottinghamshire skipper Haseeb Hamee.
