Essex County Cricket 2011 Season

[yogi bear up the cagire]

On the slippery slope again?.................... Lunch 93-4.................lost 4 wickets this morning and still 12 runs from making them bat again. :stunned:

 

[canveyshrimper]

198/4 at Tea with 50's from MtS & Pettini.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

216-4 ...........Walker and Pettini have steadied the ship............heading for a draw, I hope!

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Well after securing a draw against Northants, we are taking on the Taffs this week.

Essex won the toss and elected to field, only change is Chambers back in for Topley who's gone back to school...

Glamorgan currently 269/8, after being 164/6 at one stage.

Wickets shared around, 2 each for Masters, Tsotsobe and Ravi, 1 apiece for Chambers and Phillips

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Well after securing a draw against Northants, we are taking on the Taffs this week.

Essex won the toss and elected to field, only change is Chambers back in for Topley who's gone back to school...

Glamorgan currently 269/8, after being 164/6 at one stage.

Wickets shared around, 2 each for Masters, Tsotsobe and Ravi, 1 apiece for Chambers and Phillips

279 all out............was it the right choice to put them in?

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Cook gone cheaply again .. 13/1 at stumps

 

[MrB]

46/3, albeit one of them is Masters who added a useful 21 off 35 as NW. Amazing how horribly exposed our batting looks when both openers fail.

 

[canveyshrimper]

121/4 with Ravi & MtS at the crease.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

127/4 at lunch, need Ravi to finally get some decent runs...

 

[number11]

I see Harris has done quite well for him. He is someone mentioned a couple of years ago as having potential England credentials. There does seem to be a good crop coming through, with Rashid having got off to a decent start, Woakes getting a century to add to his tidy bowling and even former Essex man Varun Chopra getting 2 double tons before the start of May.

Be nice now if Essex and some of their players can get their season going.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

252-8..............a batting bonus point!...........think we will be lucky to see a second. Funny how our fall of wickets bears a resemblance to Glamorgan's.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

258/9, basically a 1 innings game now...

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

258 all out. :sad:...............at least, barring rain we should get a result.............rather less confident about winning it!

 

[number11]

They are 75-2 in their second innings so a tidy lead. Tsotsobe not exactly destroying batsmen yet is he?! How many wickets has Ravi taken so far this season? He seems to be chipping in with a few, and whilst his batting hasn't kicked on fully I wonder if that will be enough to convince the selectors he should have the chance at 6 in the summer tests......

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Glamorgan 273-7...........................another fine mess we've got ourselves into! :'(

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Godleman went first over for 0 as we started to chase an improbable 360

30/1 at the moment but we are looking down the barrel as the pitch starts to take spin, i've never known such a poor start to the season

I'm going to the CB40s verses Notts and Lancs on Sunday and Monday and boy i hope the one dayers provide a better performance than the 4 day stuff served up thus far

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Godleman went first over for 0 as we started to chase an improbable 360

30/1 at the moment but we are looking down the barrel as the pitch starts to take spin, i've never known such a poor start to the season

I'm going to the CB40s verses Notts and Lancs on Sunday and Monday and boy i hope the one dayers provide a better performance than the 4 day stuff served up thus far

I have the impression that we haven't seen too many 'fourth days' this season.

 

[canveyshrimper]

244/3 - 116 to win. Essex looking slight favourites.

 

[canveyshrimper]

260/3 at Tea. 100 to win. Come on Essex let's have a first win of the season.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

260/3 at Tea. 100 to win. Come on Essex let's have a first win of the season.

Would be some win if they got it!.............could it turn the season around? I hope so, otherwise the summer is going to seem very long, with Essex competing for nothing. Scoreboard on bbc sport is not working.