{"id":287296,"date":"2025-11-28T04:39:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T04:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/287296\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T04:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T04:39:20","slug":"welbeck-and-chesterfield-to-welcome-outlaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/287296\/","title":{"rendered":"WELBECK AND CHESTERFIELD TO WELCOME OUTLAWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">A double dose of action at Welbeck Cricket Club will kick off Notts Outlaws\u2019 2026 Metro Bank One Day Cup programme, with a home fixture at Chesterfield CC also in store.<\/p>\n<p>The Outlaws will once more be competing to reach a home showpiece, with Trent Bridge again set to host the final of the competition, on Sunday 20 September.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the competition, Somerset and Warwickshire will provide the opposition at the John Fretwell Centre, with the ties taking place on Tuesday 21 and Thursday 23 July, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, there is a Trent Bridge matchday in the group stage for the Outlaws, with an East Midlands derby showdown against Leicestershire Foxes set for Tuesday 28 July.<\/p>\n<p>Notts\u2019 fourth and final home game, meanwhile, will see them again take to an outground with a tie against Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Queen\u2019s Park, Chesterfield, on Friday 7 August.<\/p>\n<p>*******<\/p>\n<p>2026 fixtures<\/p>\n<p>*******<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really pleasing to have local opposition in Leicestershire Foxes for a Trent Bridge 50-over fixture this summer, which will provide a great opportunity for the younger players in our One Day Cup side in particular to experience a derby at our county headquarters,&#8221; said Director of Cricket, Mick Newell.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The John Fretwell Centre has become a real home-from-home over the last decade or so: we know we&#8217;ll find quality pitches and strong support in the north of the county, and it&#8217;s a venue where we have a really positive record in List A cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chesterfield, meanwhile, have been great supporters of our club through their hosting of The Blaze, so we&#8217;re looking forward to going there with Notts this year. It&#8217;s a highly-regarded outground that&#8217;s geared up for professional cricket, and is well-placed for supporters travelling from Nottingham.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the away agenda is a first visit to Cheltenham since 2011 to face Gloucestershire on Sunday 9th August, before the group stage ends away to Surrey in Guildford on Tuesday 11th August.<\/p>\n<p>In between, the other two away fixtures see the Outlaws head to Lancashire on Thursday 30th July, before making the trip to Beckenham to face Kent three days later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The quarter-finals of the competition will take place on Friday 14th August, before the last four ties follow two days later.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Notts&#8217; County Championsip schedule and The Blaze&#8217;s Metro Bank One Day Cup fixtures have today been confirmed, as have The Blaze&#8217;s first opponents in the Vitality T20 County Cup, after Vitality Blast fixtures were revealed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trentbridge.co.uk\/news\/2025\/november\/nottinghamshire-to-start-championship-defence-in-somerset.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more about Notts&#8217; County Championship fixtures here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trentbridge.co.uk\/news\/2025\/november\/the-blaze-set-for-five-trent-bridge-appearances-in-one-day-cup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more about The Blaze&#8217;s List A and County Cup commitments here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trentbridge.co.uk\/news\/2025\/november\/six-weekend-double-headers-for-2026-vitality-blast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more about the Vitality Blast fixture list here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*******<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.trentbridge.co.uk\/selection\/membership?productId=10229023739774&amp;gtmStepTracking=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757602726_2026-membership-on-sale-16x9.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A double dose of action at Welbeck Cricket Club will kick off Notts Outlaws\u2019 2026 Metro Bank One&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[18304,1721,18306,15257,18308,101,18303,18305,56,54,55,18307],"class_list":["post-287296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-bridge","tag-cricket","tag-nottingham","tag-nottinghamshire","tag-outlaws","tag-sports","tag-trent","tag-trentbridge","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-west-bridgford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}