In Notts we love a bargain, here at Experience Nottinghamshire we’ve got together with our fab local businesses to offer you some of the best hospitality around. So while you’re here don’t miss these special offers!

Discounts for your food and drinks

The Corner House are offering a variety of good deals, including any pizza board and a bottle of beer for £10 when you show your Ashes ticket at Rocket @ Saltwater. If you like a flutter, you can buy two pints of Fosters for £5 and receive a free £10 match play bet at Genting Casino.

Curry lovers will be in heaven in Notts. MemSaab has a special 10% discount on food valid everyday through the Ashes. It’s important to book in advance so make sure to check the details. Another top Indian restaurant, The Cumin, would like to offer you 15% discount on your total food bill. To get a discount please quote Experience Nottinghamshire Ashes offers.
More traditional fare is available at The Larder on Goosegate which has a tempting 20% discount for the food bill from the a la carte menu 10-12 July. The Living Room would like you to enjoy 25% off when dining during the Ashes. It’s a special offer only for the duration of the games.
Homemade would like to prepare lunch for you including sandwiches, salad, sausage rolls or veggie pastries, brownies, cream tea for two with handmade jam, clotted cream and fresh strawberries. As the name suggests, it’s lovely stuff, all packed and ready to go.

Attractions that you don’t want to miss

When you’re in Notts you can’t miss City of Caves. Discover a hidden world beneath your feet underneath the streets of Nottingham. City of Caves offers you 20% off actor led daytime tours when you show your Ashes entry ticket. Their partner attraction, the Galleries of Justice Museum is offering 20% off actor led daytime tours when you show your Ashes entry ticket. This is an entertaining dungeon experience full of intrigue.

Fancy having Robin Hood show you around the city? Ezekial Bone Tours of Nottingham can do just that. 20% off Bespoke Robin Hood Town and/or Sherwood Forest Tours for Group Bookings on Saturday 13th July, usually £10, now only £8 when showing an Ashes ticket.

Nottingham Castle is a historic site at the heart of the Robin Hood legend and starting point for the English Civil War and now it’s offering 2 for 1 entry to its grounds for those who show their Ashes tickets.
Pass your free time in between the matches

Cricketers are famed for wearing whites and the owners of Stick and Ribbon boutique have a special 20% discount on anything white in the shop. The offer lasts until the last day of the games at this independent ladies fashion boutique.

To celebrate The Ashes, Castle Rock Brewery are treating their customers by offering a FREE ticket for one trip on their special Ashes bus. Starting at The Vat & Fiddle (their brewery tap) near Nottingham Train Station, they will drop you off at the Poppy & Pint in West Bridgford before a final stop at the Stratford Haven which is just up the road from Trent Bridge cricket ground. After the match they’ll take you back again!

All three pubs will be serving breakfast and BBQs as well as a range of Castle Rock real ales! Hop in enjoy the ride, enjoy your pint and enjoy the Ashes.

Fancy a good laugh? The Glee Club Nottingham’s premier Comedy Club keeps it within the cricket theme and on 12th and 13th July reduces tickets down to £6.00 per person.

All the offers are valid during the Ashes games. For further details please visit the full list of special offers.

Many records fell when they were batting and the Hughes/Agar partnership has reignited the crowd. Taking Australia from 117-9 to 280 all out has tilted the game the visitors way and this afternoon’s cricket will have a lot to live up to in order to be as memorable as the opening session.

The fans are in high spirits after some impressive bowling from Stuart Broad and the surprising turn of events for Australia during Ashton Agar’s batting. Chanting could still be heard while spectators stopped for a bite to eat and share their opinions of the series so far.

It’s not just ticket holders enjoying themselves either as policemen and women embrace the welcoming change of pace of the cricket grounds from their regular duties on the beat.

Just two short of his century Agar holes out off Broad to Swann in the deep. Incredible stuff and it all means that Australia have a lead of 65 run. Agar does get to take with him the record of the highest score by a number 11 in test history. A brilliant stand of 163 comes to an end with Hughes at the other end on 81. The drama begins again in 10 minutes where England will look to use the best batting conditions of the test so far.

James Anderson was the star early on and he is now the leading wicket-taker at Trent Bridge in Test Matches. His ability to swing the balls both ways had the Aussie batsmen in all sorts of trouble early in the morning before Agar and Hughes got back on top.

The 150 partnership has come and gone and that is the highest 11th ever wicket partnership for Australia in Test History. Agar is on to 91 and Hughes 79 as the youngster is very nearly stumped off Swann.

Considering runs have come at a premium so far this match, this final wicket stand is looking ever more impressive. Agar is playing like a man possessed and raking in the plaudits after punishing a succession of loose deliveries.

Alongside him Hughes has also made his half century, before Stuart Broad is used for the first time in the innings. The result? a four to the off side that just escapes the clutches of a diving fielder.

Australia have the lead, and the crowd are responding…