Start of County Championship season

[Bluesmanager]

And, for the sake of completion:

Essex: 584-7
Glamorgan: 394 & 183

Essex win by an innings and 7 runs.

 

[MrB]

Good win considering the line up!

 

[Grayson]

Christ, Surrey are 264-0 after 30 overs, and Ali Brown is 165 not out off around 90 balls!

 

[Bluesmanager]

Benning - 103no from 104
Brown - 173no from 95
Extras 10
Total 285 from 33 overs.

Gulp.

On the down side, Essex are 114-6 off 35.

 

[The General]

Truly shocking.

151-7 off 42 overs.

And the ironic thing ...

R S Bopara run out 10 35 1 0

 

[Grayson]

We finished on 210-7, which is a good recovery from what I think was 58-5!

 

[Grayson]

Well it's looking a good score now! Hampshire 18-4.

 

[The General]

G R Napier 3.2 1 4 3
A J Tudor 3.0 0 14 1

Good to see Napier back! Opening the bowling too! Shows how short we are. They must be using the same wicket as the previous 4 days and obviously got the best of the conditions in the first 2 days. After that, there's been wickets galore.

Bizarre indeed.

 

[Grayson]

Surrey made 496 off their 50 overs, that's immense. Clarke got 82 off 28 balls, Brown 176 off 97. Doubt that'll ever be beaten in a game between two first-class teams.

 

[Bluesmanager]

Immense? No! A New World Record is what it is!

 

[The General]

G R Napier 5.0 1 16 3
A J Tudor 7.0 1 25 1
R S Bopara 6.0 0 13 3
J D Middlebrook 5.0 2 14 1
Danish Kaneria 1.5 0 7 2

75 all out. Pretty damn clinical, after all that!

:)

 

[Bluesmanager]

Same again next week please Groundsman.

 

[The General]

Tough schedule of games. Gotta finish in the top 2 from 10 teams to reach the semi's!