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<\/p>\nBen Martindale feels role clarity has been key in the Metro Bank One Day Cup so far, as he prepares for a quarter-final against Yorkshire at York (14 August, 11am start).<\/p>\n
Martindale is part of a 15-man squad for the knockout clash, with Olly Stone and Dillon Pennington both available following their stints in The Hundred, and Jack Haynes in contention following injury.<\/p>\n
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The Academy graduate has enjoyed an extended run as an opening batter in the competition, hitting his maiden senior century against Kent at Beckenham.<\/p>\n
Having forged an alliance at the top of the order with Freddie McCann, Martindale believes the bonds the pair have nurtured throughout their time in the Notts pathway are bearing fruit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s role clarity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a really nice setup. I\u2019ve played with Fred quite a lot , so it\u2019s quite a nice touch to open the batting with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we have the stability and class in the middle order \u2013 so having familiarity with the guys coming in, and knowing how my game works with theirs, is really helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martindale\u2019s match-winning knock has been followed by crucial contributions with the bat from the likes of Haseeb Hameed, Kyle Verreynne and George Munsey in recent games \u2013 and Martindale feels anyone in the squad is capable of turning in a matchwinning performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone is capable of winning a game for the team, so if one or two of the lads get that right we can get in a really good spot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re confident with what we can do with bat and ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re feeling good. We\u2019ve been playing a lot of good cricket throughout the competition, and we\u2019re playing well at the right time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like as a group we\u2019re all contributing, so we\u2019re looking forward to tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tomorrow will be a third consecutive game on the road for Notts, following fixtures at Cheltenham and the Kia Oval.<\/p>\n
Martindale feels the run of away fixtures leaves them well-prepared for a trip to York \u2013 and potentially Leicester \u2013 in the knockout stages, before the incentive of a Trent Bridge final awaits.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019ve got used to it, being on the road, so we\u2019ve got a bit of familiarity with that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a shame we can\u2019t play at home, but we should be absolutely fine.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of familiar faces following us throughout the competition \u2013 at Welbeck, Chesterfield and even the Oval \u2013 so it\u2019ll be nice to see them at York too, for what I\u2019m sure will be a competitive game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Martindale feels role clarity has been key in the Metro Bank One Day Cup so far, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1146630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1401,1406,1404,1403,1407,79,1400,1402,16,15,1405],"class_list":["post-1146629","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-west-bridgford"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117089503370297252","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1146630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}