Bicknell and Gallian rewrite 19-year-old Notts record

Darren Bicknell (115) and Jason Gallian (84) put on a best ever opening partnership of 196 for Nottinghamshire at run a ball against Surrey at Trent Bridge in the Division Two league.

Notts scored 288 for 4 in 45 overs. Confirmed already as champions, Surrey fielded a side with just three regulars and never troubled Notts despite a century from Nadeem Shahid only to lose by 63 runs. Notts now need just one win from the two remaining matches to join Surrey in promotion.

The record opening stand erased the 19-year-old record of 188 made by Basaharat Hassan and Derek Randall at Edgbaston. In his first season with Notts, Bicknell has now set record opening stands in both the National League and County championships.

Bicknell said, "I'm not here to break records but to help Notts play as well as we can, and we will take this win forward and look for another winning performance next week" while admitting Surrey were not at full strength but Notts needed a win to keep them at the top.

After Gallian was out, John Morris (9) and Paul Johnson (8) fell cheaply to Brown. Bicknell was run out at 247. Chris Read then blasted 26 runs from 10 balls with 23 runs coming in the final over. Brown took a career best 3 for 39.

Surrey's slim chance of chasing ended when big hitting Brown (5) got out to Paul Reiffel. Shahid then came in at number three to make 109 runs in 108 balls as Surrey suffered their second successive defeat.