{"id":79644,"date":"2025-08-20T07:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/79644\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:50:13","slug":"franks-calls-for-repeat-of-clinical-cardiff-showing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/79644\/","title":{"rendered":"FRANKS CALLS FOR REPEAT OF CLINICAL CARDIFF SHOWING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Franks is calling upon Notts Outlaws to produce a second successive clinical performance on the road, as Hampshire lie in wait on Wednesday 20 August (11am start).<\/p>\n<p>The Outlaws chased down 278 to beat Glamorgan on Sunday, with Jack Haynes&#8217; 124 the standout contribution, to pick up their second win of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Brett Hutton and Freddie McCann return to the squad for the trip to Wales.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755612701_whatsapp-image-2025-08-19-at-14-51-03_b6e70ef4.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had some pretty frank discussions over the past week about how we haven\u2019t had control, not just with the bat but with the ball,&#8221; said Franks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in Cardiff, every time I thought we might lose control we didn\u2019t and that\u2019s a really nice thing for myself and the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notts restricted Glamorgan to their total thanks to a couple of wickets on debut from Byron Hatton-Lowe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was one of the greatest feelings I\u2019ve been able to have as a coach when I told him he was playing,&#8221; recalled Franks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To see a young man\u2019s face light up like that was a really special thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had some influence too, he broke a couple of partnerships. He\u2019s got a bit about him, he loves to compete and his skills will continue to improve the more opportunities he gets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 50-over head coach was also full of praise for centurion Haynes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought Jack was very workmanlike for his first 50 and then once we got into a position that allowed him to put his foot down, he was brilliant,\u201d he reflected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really pleased for him, his fifth century in all formats this year, he looks a top class player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With only three games left in the Metro Bank One Day Cup group stages, Franks knows that consistency is the key as Notts seek a place in the top three &#8211; and with it, a knockout-stage berth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know we haven\u2019t got much wriggle room, in terms of being able to lose games,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to win every game, and we also know we want to improve, and that we have players who we want to get as much experience into as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ll put a team out on Wednesday that will give it a really\u00a0good\u00a0go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>*******<\/p>\n<p>Notts Outlaws return home for their final two group-stage matches in the Metro Bank One Day Cup &#8211; with the final fixture on Sunday 24 August coinciding with the Notts Street Food Festival at Trent Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.trentbridge.co.uk\/selection\/event\/seat?perfId=10228760286250&amp;productId=10228760275614&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Secure your seats (\u00a36 adults, \u00a33 juniors) here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Franks is calling upon Notts Outlaws to produce a second successive clinical performance on the road, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79645,"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-79644","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\/79644","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=79644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}