Leicestershire 23 for two path Nottinghamshire 451 for 8 dec (Haynes 159, Patterson-White 111*) by 428 runs
Haynes made an outstanding career-best 159 – his third century of the season – and Patterson-White a high quality unbeaten 111. The pair shared a stand of 257 for the sixth wicket, eclipsing a document on this fixture that had stood for 101 years.
Nottinghamshire constructed on their endeavours to say the utmost 5 batting bonus factors then declared on 451 for eight, claiming two wickets earlier than stumps for good measure as Leicestershire misplaced each openers to Dillon Pennington, closing on 23 for 2.
Greater than eight hours earlier on an prolonged day, resuming on 42 with out loss from simply 63 balls bowled, Nottinghamshire had misplaced each their openers inside the first 40 minutes. Ben Slater fished at one outdoors off stump to reward Ian Holland’s perseverance; six balls later, the promise in Haseeb Hameed’s seven boundaries evaporated as he performed round a ball from Josh Davey, who would end with three for 88.
Freddie McCann fell to a swinging supply from the left-armer Josh Hull that trapped him in entrance. Joe Clarke, spectacular within the final spherical towards Warwickshire, seemed to be imposing himself once more till, within the final over earlier than lunch, Davey beat his entrance foot defence to hit off stump.
Persevering with his second spell on what was primarily nonetheless a first-day pitch, Davey notched a 3rd success in his first over of the afternoon, drawing an edge from Kyle Verreynne to second slip.
But when the day to that time had seen Leicestershire within the ascendancy, the rest belonged squarely to the house aspect, who superior from 143 for 5 with Verreynne’s dismissal to 293 for 5 at tea earlier than including one other 158 thereafter.
Haynes’s first yr at Trent Bridge after his departure from Worcestershire in 2023 introduced him frustration as he handed fifty seven occasions with out making 100. That ended with 142 towards Essex within the second match of final season, since which era he has made seven centuries and amassed greater than 1,600 first-class runs.
This was his third in 2026, coming off 118 balls with 11 fours and a six. He launched a brief ball from legspinner Rehan Ahmed over the legside boundary and reached three figures by pulling Josh Hull, the left-arm seamer, to the rope. He additionally minimize successfully as he and Patterson-White, a wicket-taking left-arm spinner and an everyday supply of decrease middle-order runs, overtook the 201 runs added by Arthur Carr and Willis Walker for the sixth Nottinghamshire wicket once they met their East Midlands rivals on the Aylestone Highway floor in Leicester in 1925.
However there was nonetheless extra to come back because the Leicestershire assault struggled to create possibilities, even after taking the second new ball. Haynes, after celebrating briefly, settled himself to proceed, including six extra boundaries, culminating in back-to-back fours off Tom Scriven to achieve 150 from 164 deliveries earlier than passing his earlier better of 157 towards Somerset at Taunton final summer season.
Patterson-White, offering flawless help, accomplished his third first-class hundred along with his seventh 4, whipped by means of midwicket off Scriven, three balls earlier than Haynes departed, reaching for one outdoors off stump and discovering Davey at large third man.
Bowlers Fraser Sheat (15 off 14 balls) and Brett Hutton, who struck 4 fours and a six in his 26 off 14, then secured the fifth batting level earlier than the declaration within the 98th over, denying Leicestershire a 3rd bowling level and placing their batters within the firing line for 13 overs, which was time sufficient for Dillon Pennington to have Rishi Patel caught at second slip and bowl Sheridon Gumbs.
