The nerves were jangling on 56!

Nerves still affect the most experienced of sportsmen, as Andy Stockhausen finds out

Andy Stockhausen
Gloucestershire 303 (Roderick 96, Gurney 3-68) & 254-5 (Van Buuren 88*, Fletcher 2-58)
Nottinghamshire 535-8d (Patel 257*)
Match drawn
Toss: Notts elected to field Umpires: MJ Saggers, RJ Warren

Have a swing: Samit Patel scored a career-best 257 not out
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Samit Patel admitted to feeling like a “bag of nerves” as he closed in on a notable personal milestone.
The fact the Nottinghamshire batsman’s only previous first-class double century had come a...

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