Haynes ton rescues Notts on day one against Glam

Nottinghamshire's Jack Haynes scored his ninth first-class century [Shutterstock] Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Trent Bridge (day one) Nottinghamshire 279: Haynes 100, O'Neill 59; van der Gugten 4-54, Hadley 4-76 Glamorgan 81-4: ul Hassan 27; O'Neill 2-6 Nottinghamshire 1pt, Glamorgan 3pts Match scorecard England opener Ben Duckett was out for just 25 on his return to County Championship cricket - but a century from former England Lions batter Jack Haynes helped champions Nottinghamshire overcome a shaky start to post 279 against promoted Glamorgan, who were 81-4 at the close. Haynes made exactly 100, hitting a dozen fours, and shared an 111-run partnership with Australian seam bowler Fergus O'Neill as Nottinghamshire recovered from 103-6 on a pitch offering help to the Glamorgan bowlers, of whom Timm van der Gugten and Ryan Hadley picked up four wickets each. O'Neill then struck twice in his opening spell and England's Josh Tongue chipped in with his first wicket of the season, before Glamorgan lost skipper Kiran Carlson two overs from the close.

Glamorgan deployed an injury replacement at the end of the Nottinghamshire first innings with Sean Dickson replacing Ben Kellaway, who reportedly sustained a hip flexor injury while fielding. Nottinghamshire's troubles with the bat had started with the first ball of the day as captain Haseeb Hameed was bowled through the gate by a van der Gugten delivery that ducked in sharply to send leg stump flying. By the seventh over, the defending champions were 38-3 as Ben Slater nicked to third slip and Duckett was caught off a leading edge at mid-off, the chance well taken by Andy Gorvin, tumbling backwards.

Andy Gorvin takes the catch to dismiss Notts and England batter Ben Duckett off the bowling of Timm van der Gugten [Getty Images] Duckett, making only his second appearance for his county in 21 months with his England place under scrutiny after a poor Ashes series, was typically assertive but it was a pitch he would doubtless have preferred not to have to negotiate on the first morning. Joe Clarke unfurled some classy shots, hitting six fours, but had no answer when Gorvin brought one back sharply to bowl him. With Kyle Verreynne caught at point as van der Gugten continued to thrive, Nottinghamshire were 95-5, which became 103-6 as the Netherlands international struck with his first ball of the afternoon, beating Liam Patterson-White's defence.

With a short boundary on the Bridgford Road side, the scoring rate was healthy, even as wickets fell. Nottinghamshire bat deep, with every chance that at least one passage of play would see them prosper. It came when Haynes and O'Neill added 111 in 21 overs for the seventh wicket.