Haynes leads Notts to win over struggling Glamorgan

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Jack Haynes added a century to his previous two fifties in this year's One Day Cup

MetroBank One Day Cup, Cardiff

Glamorgan 278-9 (50 overs): Byrom 62, Root 56; Lord 2-50

Notts Outlaws 282-3 (46.3 overs): Haynes 124, Hameed 58*, Slater 57

Notts won by seven wickets

Match scorecard

A controlling innings of 124 from Jack Haynes steered Notts Outlaws to a comprehensive seven-wicket win over Glamorgan, finally ending the defending champions' slim hopes of qualification.

Haynes, Ben Slater (57) and Haseeb Hameed (58 not out) made a target of 279 look simple as the visitors strolled to victory with 27 balls to spare in the Sophia Gardens sunshine.

Glamorgan stuttered in the middle of their innings after a bright start from Eddie Byrom (62) and Asa Tribe (43), before Billy Root's 56 anchored the back end of the innings as they reached 278-9.

The wickets were shared round a largely inexperienced Notts attack, with debutant Byron Hatton-Lowe, 18, among those claiming two wickets.

The Outlaws have two wins, a tie and two defeats from their five matches.

Notts made five changes and Glamorgan three, bringing in Henry Hurle, Billy Root and Romano Franco, with Will Smale taking the gloves after Alex Horton suffered a dislocated thumb at Bristol.

Asa Tribe got Glamorgan off to a strong start with nine fours in his 43 off 32 balls before skying Hatton-Lowe to cover with the score on 71, and the seamer followed up by having Henry Hurle caught on the square-leg boundary for 12 in his first innings for the county.

The pattern of catches in the deep continued as Rob Lord had the stylish Byrom caught at deep square-leg, having struck 10 boundaries and faced 72 balls, and Kiran Carlson caught at fine-leg for 17.

With Will Smale (16) run out in a mix-up with Root, Glamorgan were five down in the 30th over and forced to rebuild as the Outlaws slowed the boundary count.

Zain Ul Hassan drove Joe Pocklington (1-46) to cover for 20, but Root added 57 with Dan Douthwaite, who clubbed a couple of big sixes in his 36.

Root fell to Lyndon James in the last over after a responsible knock, taking a rare opportunity in only his second first-team appearance of the season.

Ben Martindale, in his first senior game this year, started brightly with 21 off 23 before falling in a tight spell from Ul Hassan, but Slater and Haynes put together a largely untroubled stand of 75.

That ended when 18-year-old North Walian spinner Romano Franco claimed his first senior wicket, Slater chipping to deep square.

But captain Hameed took up the chase in a decisive partnership of 141 with Haynes, whose knock took just 103 balls, including 11 fours and four sixes.

Haynes looked set to see them home when he was caught behind off Tribe, the Jersey product claiming his first Glamorgan wicket.

There was time for Hameed to reach a busy 49-ball half-century before the inevitable result, Glamorgan slumping to a fourth defeat in four matches played after a lacklustre afternoon.

Notts batter Jack Haynes told BBC Sport Wales:

"I was a bit unsure about the target because the pitch probably was a bit two-paced but the outfield was quick with fairly small boundaries, so in hindsight we kept them under par, and credit to the bowlers.

"We've spoken about taking it deeper (batting) after we gave away wickets in clusters in the middle in the last few games. I felt a bit slow (scoring) at times in the middle but it was important to set it up for the back end.

"Nice to get a bigger score, I've been threatening and hopefully there'll be a couple more towards the end of the comp.

"We'll probably have to win the majority of the last three but they come thick and fast so it's a good opportunity if we start playing well."

Glamorgan coach David Harrison told BBC Sport Wales:

"We were outplayed today by Notts, we were a bit off it with the bat, the ball and in the field so you're going to struggle. When we were 100-1 in 15 overs I thought we were looking at 320 plus, but we kept losing wickets at the wrong time.

"We probably batted, bowled and fielded a bit better last year and when you're winning it becomes a habit.

"I haven't got the hairdryer treatment out, it's constructive, we've got this team and this format to try to develop players.

"Winning in twice in four years was huge for everybody involved and the club. But how the four-day game has gone (second in division two), we're in a strong position going into September so we've got to make sure the guys who play the (Championship) format are mentally and physically ready."