Ragged Yorkshire are flayed by Notts and Hussey

The Australian hit an unbeaten 222 off 232 balls today to boost his side to a massive 497-6 from 112 overs in response to Yorkshire’s first-day 178 all out.

The men from Trent Bridge scored 350 in 75 overs after 21 were wiped out due to rain on day two.

Samit Patel also hit 96, Paul Franks 57 not out and Chris Read 42.

Yorkshire’s bowling and fielding was ragged, and Hussey’s stats against them make incredible reading.

He has scored 803 runs in eight innings at an average of 133.8, notching four hundreds.

He shared 184 for the fourth wicket with Patel, while Notts’ current total is their highest ever against Yorkshire.

Gale said: “We knew that the first hour was crucial today. We needed wickets.

“But we haven’t batted well, and we haven’t bowled well. We deserve what we’ve got.

“Bowling-wise, we didn’t create any pressure. A lot of the runs have come through the leg side off Hussey. Fair play to him, he played well.”

Hussey hit 26 fours and two sixes, although he did take advantage of two missed chances.

He should have been run out on 93 before offering Oliver Hannon Dalby a return catch on 168.

Hussey and Patel scored the bulk of the 180 runs in the afternoon session, the first of the day because play only started at 1.30pm.

Only Adil Rashid, Ajmal Shahzad and Steve Patterson struck for Yorkshire.

Jacques Rudolph showed them the fielding way by taking a one-handed stunner at slip to get rid of Patel off the bowling of Rashid.

Shahzad had Read caught at point before Patterson bowled Ally Brown to claim a second bowling bonus point.

If the weather allows two full days of cricket tomorrow and Friday, Yorkshire are almost certain to lose.

But there is a glimmer of hope if you look at Friday's weather forecast.

And that is what made Read’s decision to bat right the way through to close to accrue a lead of 319 runs a strange one.