Slater falls short of ton as it's honours even on day one

NUMBER OF NOTTS BATTERS FAIL TO BUILD ON STARTS AGAINST YORKS

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BEN Slater made 96, captain Haseeb Hameed 52 and new signing Ishan Kishan is 44 not out but struggling Yorkshire had a case for claiming honours even against the Rothesay County Championship leaders, who finished day one at Trent Bridge on 298 for six.

Yorkshire, for whom seamer George Hill and spinner Dan Moriarty took two wickets each, are next to bottom of Division One with only one win from seven matches so far. They had the disappointment, too, of being unable to field Pakistan bat-ter Abdullah Shafique after a visa delay prevented his debut.

Ishan, the India wicketkeeper-bat-ter, had no such problem as he starts a two-match stint as cover for South African Kyle Verreynne, and Nottinghamshire will hope he can yet extend his innings significantly after a number of their batters made starts but failed to build on them.