Pattinson fire completes Notts victory

Nottinghamshire took less than an hour to complete a ten wicket victory over Leicestershire on the third day of the Specsavers County Championship match at the Fischer County Ground.

Resuming on 51-6, still needing another 27 runs to make the visitors back again, Leicestershire's remaining batsmen could not cope with the pace of James Pattinson.

Night-watchman Gavin Griffiths was first to go, edging Pattinson to third slip, where Greg Smith took a fine diving two-handed catch diving to his right. Zak Chappell was caught behind off the inside edge, and Leicestershire captain Mark Cosgrove mis-pulled Luke Fletcher to Michael Lumb at midwicket. Pattinson then ripped out Clint McKay's off-stump, giving the Victorian figures of 5-29 for the innings, to go with 3-55 in Leicestershire's first innings.

Pattinson also hit a first-class career best 89 not out, completing an outstanding debut for Nottinghamshire, whose win was their first in the county championship since beating Surrey in the first game of the 2016 season.

The defeat completes a deflating few days for Leicestershire, who were deducted 16 points on the eve of the season following an incident in their match against Loughborough MCCU.

Leicestershire head coach Pierre de Bruyn: "I feel we came across a very good side. We prepared accordingly and on the first day managed to get ourselves out of trouble and then put them under pressure with the ball on day two.

"But we are better than this and I will continue to back these guys to bounce back. Facing the likes of James Pattinson and Stuart Broad, world-class bowlers, sets a benchmark. But we know we weren't good enough.

"It's the first game and I need to back these players. Our noses are out of joint, but we're not going to panic over selection. Every player is in the mix.

"It's been a very tough few days with the 16 point deduction on the eve of the match and then this result. But this dressing room has character, we'll have a good week of preparation and we will fight back."