Match preview | Glos v Nottinghamshire | Royal London Cup
9 August 2022
Gloucestershire return to action on Wednesday hoping to make it two Royal London Cup wins from two when they host Nottinghamshire at the Seat Unique Stadium.
Victorious last time out thanks to an inspired individual performance from captain Jack Taylor, Glos racked up their first win in this season’s competition, beating Somerset by five wickets to take the bragging rights in the West Country derby.
Fresh from signing a two-year contract extension at the beginning of August, Taylor took career-best List A figures of 4/31 before a flawless 77 not out guided The Shire to victory in front of the Glos faithful.
Taylor was supported in the run chase by Marcus Harris, whose 59 signified a return to form at a vital time for the Australian.
An impressive display by the Glos bowling unit limited Somerset to 199 all out, which the away side would have taken at 112/7 when Peter Siddle arrived at the crease.
Tom Smith’s role in the middle overs proved crucial as the left-arm spinner took 2/29 off his 10 overs. Zafar Gohar, Paul van Meekeren and Jared Warner were also in the wickets.
Both sides return to action off the back of wins against Somerset, as Notts followed up their opening day win against Sussex with a win at Taunton.
Former Glos loanee Zak Chappell took three wickets at Somerset, helping the Outlaws win by 10 wickets.
Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire | Royal London Cup | Watch every ball on the Gloscricket Match Centre HERE | 11am Start Time
Head coach Dale Benkenstein makes no changes to his 15-man squad, as openers Chris Dent and Ben Wells hope to keep their place ahead of Ben Charlesworth. The 21-year-old hoping yet to see competitive first-team action since returning from injury.
Dom Goodman made his List A debut against Somerset, while Tom Price and Josh Shaw will be hoping to win their place back.
James Bracey, who kept magnificently standing up to the spinners on Sunday, keeps his place, as do Ollie Price and Will Naish.
Here's your 15-man Gloucestershire squad to face Nottinghamshire:
The two sides meet in one-day competition for the first time since the 2011 season, where Notts won both home and away as they narrowly missed out on the semi-finals.
The Nottinghamshire squad is as follows:
Sol Budinger, Zak Chappell, Ben Martindale, Haseeb Hameed (c), James Hayes, Brett Hutton, Lyndon James, Sammy King, Matthew Montgomery, Dane Patterson, Toby Pettman, Dane Schadendorf, Fateh Singh, Ben Slater.
Tickets are still available as Glos hunt back-to-back home wins at the Seat Unique! Buy tickets here.
Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire | Royal London Cup | Watch every ball on the Gloscricket Match Centre HERE | 11am Start Time
