{"id":56110,"date":"2025-08-10T01:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T01:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/56110\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T01:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T01:30:11","slug":"first-team-run-is-bearing-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/56110\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST-TEAM RUN IS BEARING FRUIT"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Hayes feels the opportunity to string together a run of first-team games is proving beneficial for his game ahead of Notts Outlaws\u2019 Metro Bank One Day Cup clash with rivals Derbyshire Falcons.<\/p>\n

\u200bHayes is part of a 15-strong squad for the trip to Derby (Sunday 10 August, 11am), with Academy graduate Byron Hatton-Lowe included for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI feel like I\u2019m improving all the time, and I\u2019m in a really good spot at the minute,\u201d said Hayes, who claimed 4\/63 in Thursday\u2019s thrilling tie with Worcestershire Rapids at Welbeck.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really nice to have had the backing from Franksie and the coaches over the first couple of games.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like the first [game] was a bit of a settler, but since then I\u2019ve really settled in for some good stuff with the new ball and at the end.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo get a wicket in the first over really set the tone, and it settles you in a little bit as well, and you can then enjoy it a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hayes, who opened the bowling in both of the Outlaws\u2019 One Day Cup outings at their north Nottinghamshire outpost last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While a degree of responsibility comes with taking the new ball, Hayes is unfazed, drawing on his previous experiences of fulfilling that role.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not something that\u2019s new to me; it\u2019s what I do in the second team,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it is really nice to step up a level and then be backed to do the same thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s actually quite a comfortable role for me, to the point that I\u2019d actually feel more out of place if I was given the old ball,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

While Hayes is aiming to impress in Outlaws green and gold, he was also afforded the opportunity earlier this summer to take in a first-team environment during a loan at Sussex.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a huge goal for me [to get a run of first-team games],\u201d he said. \u201cComing into my fourth season here, it\u2019s the right time for me to step up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to take the chances I\u2019m given, and it was great to make my debut in first-class cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo do that and then to play more regularly for Notts, it\u2019s exactly what I wanted from this season. I only hope we can go far in this competition, and get a few more wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

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