da supremo： Darren Bicknell hit an undefeated 139 by carrying his bat throughoutthe day for Nottinghamshire against Sussex at Trent Bridge in theDivision Two County Championship on day one
Satff and agencies30-Aug-2000Darren Bicknell hit an undefeated 139 by carrying his bat throughoutthe day for Nottinghamshire against Sussex at Trent Bridge in theDivision Two County Championship on day one. The giant left handerfaced 308 balls to take Nottinghamshire to 336 for 8 in 104 overs.Bicknell was helped by Aussie Paul Reiffel (74 in 95 balls) who camein when the team were in deep trouble at 163 for 7. They both put ona partnership of 143 for the eighth wicket before Reiffel was outattempting to cut spinner Umer Rashid.The crucial stand was put on at a time when Notts slumped to 163 for7 from 100 for 2 at lunch with John Morris (18), Paul Johnson (0) andChris Read (0) being out in consecutive overs.Andrew Harris joined Bicknell as Notts got a fourth bonus battingpoint when they crossed 350. For Sussex, Jason Lewry took 4 for 85and James Kirtley 3 for 62.