Essex County Cricket 2011 Season

[canveyshrimper]

Is that Topley or another young left-armer Tymal Mills?
Brandt was a left-armer as well, wasn't he?

Yes he was and not a very good one, but then I'd been bought up watching J.K. Lever.

95/4 at lunch. Interested to see that MtS got a couple of overs ahead of Phillips & Westley.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

5 down, Chambers gets Masters
107/5

 

[Uncle Leo]

For those on Twitter, @EssexCricket is a very handy way of following the action.

 

[Uncle Leo]

WICKET: Blake is bowled for 12 by Topley. Kent 131-6.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

142/7, Tredwell run out

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Northeast on 22*, he's another highly rated young player.

I've been banging the Northeast drum for a couple of years now. I first saw him at Lord's in a Harrow v. Eton game, and he batted with the sort of other-worldliness that set him light-years apart from the other competitors in that game. If he continues to progress, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that he would be good enough to play for England.

Matt

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

180/8, Phillips with a wicket in his 1st over.

Northeast still there - 73*

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Northeast still there - 73*

...and he takes the honours for getting the first century of the 2011 County Championship. Now 106* - he has gone through the gears now that the tail-end has joined him, and has hit a couple of sixes.

 

[Shrimper]

Northeast has been brilliant today, great player.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

232/9, Chambers gets rid of Northeast for 112

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

That should be as good as all out as Charlie Shreck is an abysmal batsman.

We're talking Chris Martin standard.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Nice. WICKET: Chambers with another to dismiss Shreck for 4. Kent 247 all out. Chambers 3-51, Masters 3-64, Topley 2-68, Phillips 1-20.

They fall just short of a 2nd batting point too.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Nice. WICKET: Chambers with another to dismiss Shreck for 4. Kent 247 all out. Chambers 3-51, Masters 3-64, Topley 2-68, Phillips 1-20.

They fall just short of a 2nd batting point too.

You know I said Shreck was bad with the bat, well he's reached double figures in first class cricket on just four more occasions than I have, and I've yet to play first class cricket and this is his 86th first class appearance.

Good bowler mind.

 

[Shrimper]

Got on Kent to win at 1.55. Can't see Essex pulling back from this, would require something special.

 

[Stats]

I've been banging the Northeast drum for a couple of years now. I first saw him at Lord's in a Harrow v. Eton game, and he batted with the sort of other-worldliness that set him light-years apart from the other competitors in that game. If he continues to progress, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that he would be good enough to play for England.

Matt

Jolly good shot old chap.

Glass of pimms anyone?

 

[canveyshrimper]

Jolly good shot old chap.

Glass of pimms anyone?

....and there's Cricko at first slip, legs wide apart waiting for a tickle. :winking:

 

[Stats]

....and there's Cricko at first slip, legs wide apart waiting for a tickle. :winking:

Poor old Cricko assumed that position and it took him several days to get out of it.

 

[canveyshrimper]

Poor old Cricko assumed that position and it took him several years to get out of it.

Edited for accuracy.

 

[Shrimper]

James Foster has single handedly kept us in this game.

 

[canveyshrimper]

Good comeback by Essex, K*nt bowled out for 238, Reece Topley getting 5/46. Essex need 285 to win, currently they are 104/2.