Nottingham Post published Jake Ball torments Middlesex as Nottinghamshire scrap for victory

The penultimate day of county cricket at Trent Bridge this summer was expected to be just a 'moving day' as both Nottinghamshire and Middlesex fought for supremacy ahead of the last day showdown.In truth, it offered more than that; a genuinely brutal tussle between bat and ball as the Division One leaders aimed to trample over the bottom side, who were having none of it.Middlesex, left to score 235 to remain on top, and send a message of defiance to the north and west, limped to 48 for three at.