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Nottinghamshire versus Leicestershire, Specsavers County Championship, Day 2:

SCORECARD | Available through ESPN Cricinfo HERE 

INTERVIEW | Dieter Klein spoke to BBC Radio Leicester's Richard Rae at stumps, the interview is available HERE  

HIGHLIGHTS | The highlights of the second day are available HERE

REPORT | Samit Patel and James Pattinson produced outstanding performances as Leicestershire again found the going tough against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

The indefatiguable Dieter Klein finished with a Leicestershire career-best 6-142 as Nottinghamshire declared at 548-9 thanks in large to Patel’s second consecutive Specsavers County Championship double-century.

Pattinson then claimed 5-33 in an explosive display of genuinely fast bowling as Leicestershire were bowled out for 134, opener Paul Horton being the fifth batsman out for a top-score of 31.

Chris Read enforced the follow-on but bad light prevented Leicestershire’s second innings from getting underway, meaning County will start day three trailing by 414.

Leicestershire were looking for early breakthroughs and Klein produced the goods but Notts, who resumed at 345-4, progressed to 473-7 by lunch as Patel added a further 71 to his overnight 157.

Klein struck twice in the early exchanges on day two to record Leicestershire's second bowling point. Riki Wessels (30) nicked to Horton, who took a a well-judged low catch at first slip, before completing his maiden Leicestershire five-for with a great delivery as Read (7) edged to ‘keeper Lewis Hill. 

Patel and Pattinson, who batted very well in the first meeting of the sides at the Fischer County Ground, guided their team to maximum batting points from the first ball of the 110th over.

The in-form Patel moved from 190 to another first-class 200 by striking three consecutive boundaries from the bowling of Colin Ackermann. The landmark came from 262 balls, including 25 fours and a maximum.

Their stand passed 50 but although Australia international Pattinson looked strong on the cover drive as he scored 33 (6x4). the left-hander fell to a smart piece of thinking from Horton. The fielder anticipated Pattinson’s lap sweep and intercepted it at leg slip after moving across from a conventional position, allowing Ackermann to claim his first wicket of the innings.

Stuart Broad joined forces with Patel, who had faced a total of 295 deliveries by the interval in extending his total to 228.

Notts lost two further wickets after the interval; Patel’s brilliant 305-ball stay eventually came to its conclusion when pulling Ackermann to Klein at deep backward square-leg while Klein himself took his sixth wicket when Luke Fletcher (0) feathered one down the leg-side to Hill.

Graeme Hick set an all-time county record of posting 645 runs between County Championship dismissals in July 1990, and Patel's 504 was the fourth highest aggregate since the Worcestershire player's heroics*.

The left-handed Broad went on to post an aggressive 50 from 52 balls, an innings that contained a trio of leg-side sixes as well as four fours, and Read declared as soon as he reached the landmark.

Leicestershire had to contend with an attack that included three current international seamers including Pattinson, who bowled like he had never been away with Australia at the ICC Champions Trophy.

The Victorian had both Harry Dearden (6) and Mark Cosgrove (9) caught at the wicket during a fast opening spell while Ackermann (8) was dismissed inbetween, also falling to a Read catch off Fletcher. 

Home skipper Read claimed his fourth consecutive catch as Ned Eckersley (3) became Jake Ball’s first victim and although Horton battled hard in his 102-minute stay, the England international struck again as the opener nicked to Brendan Taylor at third slip.

County were struggling at 76-5 at tea and Pattinson plunged them into further trouble by claiming three more wickets to take his seasonal tally to 25 in four matches.

Mark Pettini (14) and Lewis Hill (10) had steadied the ship but both fell to the on-song Pattinson along with Gavin Griffiths. The seamer, who currently averages 10.24 with the ball in the competition, removed Hill’s middle pole with a terrific yorker, had Pettini smartly held by Taylor at third slip before nipping one back considerably to take out the leg stump of Griffiths.

Steven Mullaney then chipped in with a brace of wickets. The all-rounder bowled Klein (1) while Ben Raine (1), batting at number 11 with a runner after suffering a side injury on day one, fended to Taylor at second slip after fighting hard for 43 minutes, leaving Clint McKay 18 not out.

Bowling figures for Leicestershire: Klein 31-1-142-6, McKay 28.4-8-78-0, Raine 3.2-1-5-0, Griffiths 27-2-113-1, Cosgrove 13-0-58-0, Ackermann 31-1-135-2.

* Thanks to @RicFinlay on Twitter for the statistic, and to Getty Images for the photo of Dieter Klein.