Essex v. Worcestershire

[Matt the Shrimp]

Bloody hell, Worcestershire have made hay at Chelmsford today - 459/5, with a cheeky 244 for Phil Jaques...

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...and that was after we'd won the toss and elected to field, given the overcast conditions!

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Essex v. Worcs - scorecard (http://www.sportinglife.com/cricket/scorecard/12535.html)

[MrB]

I saw Bob Willis saying Essex and Surrey were miles ahead of anything else in the division. Obviously not!

[The General]

Where's Middlebrook and G Flower?!

[canveyshrimper]

Quote[/b] (The General @ June 15 2006,12:00)]Where's Middlebrook and G Flower?!
Middlebrook seems to dropped in favour of Phillips, G Flower plays mainly one dayers.

Latest 599/7

[Matt the Shrimp]

611/7 at lunch... jeez... and there are some really ugly bowling figures out there:

Bowler O M R W Econ
D Gough 25 4 70 2 2.8
A J Tudor 26 5 115 1 4.4
A R Adams 29 5 113 1 3.9
R N ten Doeschate 14 1 94 0 6.7
R S Bopara 8 0 48 0 6.0
T J Phillips 37 5 163 3 4.4

Two bowlers going for 6 an over, another three going for 4 an over... just goes to show that Goughie's still got it... and no one else does.

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[BoyWonder2]

Need me mate Jahid Ahmed out there, picked up four wickets Vs Sri Lanka and one wicket in the C & G the other day.

[Stats]

Do you recon they give the bowlers a sarcastic clap when they bring up their 100 runs conceeded?

Mind you the Brown Caps must of come in for shocker of the day yesterday.
Surrey managed to drop a shed load of chances, 5 alone off Martin Bicknell who still managed to take 5 wickets!!

[Matt the Shrimp]

Well, Worcs declared at 650 - a nice psychological total there, so only 501 needed for Essex to avoid the follow on...

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Currently 41/0 off 13.4 ov.

Matt

[Bluesmanager]

And I thought England couldn't catch...

[Museshrimper]

V Chopra lbw b Khan 53
ML Pettini c Davies b Khan 48
RS Bopara NOT OUT 8
A Flower c Smith b Khan 0
RC Irani c Davies b Khan 0
JS Foster c Smith b Khan 0
RN ten Doeschate NOT OUT 0

What the bloody hell's going on here?

[The General]

Essex first innings
Batsman Runs Balls 4s 6s
V Chopra lbw b Khan 53 122 9 -
ML Pettini c Davies b Khan 48 118 6 -
RS Bopara not out 32 75 2 1
A Flower c Smith b Khan 0 5 - -
RC Irani c Davies b Khan 0 7 - -
JS Foster c Smith b Khan 0 2 - -
RN ten Doeschate c Smith b Khan 5 10 - -
TJ Phillips lbw b Khan 0 1 - -
AJ Tudor c Hick b Khan 5 8 1 -
AR Adams lbw b Khan 16 17 2 -
Extras 9b 2lb 0w 16nb 27
TOTAL: 9 wkts , 59.3 overs 186

That is f%&king embarrasing!!

[Museshrimper]

He will get his 10th wicket tomorrow, guarenteed. How one side can get 650 and Gareth Batty 112, and us 186-9 I dont know. Rubbish.

[Matt the Shrimp]

117/0 to 186/9... well, f*** me sideways.

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That Zaheer Khan isn't half bad, is he?

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[Matt the Shrimp]

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Dazzler's gone mental - 37 off 20 balls, including 7 fours and a six!!

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[Matt the Shrimp]

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Dazzler's gone mental - 37 off 20 balls, including 7 fours and a six!!

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Make that 48 off 24 - c'mon Dazzler!

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[Matt the Shrimp]

50 up off 32 deliveries - played Dazzler! Done some damage to Zaheer Khan's figures, that's for sure.

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[canveyshrimper]

283 all out Twinkle toes out for 50, added 97 for the last wicket with Ravi Bopara. Zaheer finished with 9fer.

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[MrB]

16-0. Just 5 sessions to bat out, no worries!!

[MrB]

Well Chopra's gone already, could be over today at this rate!

[Matt the Shrimp]

37/2... crumbs...

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[MrB]

154-3, a mere 213 behind now.... http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[canveyshrimper]

195/3 - Bopara 92 not out, Irani 56 not out.

Making a slightly better fist of it, but still well over 3 sessions to bat to salavge a draw.

[Matt the Shrimp]

Ton up for Ravi - 120* of our 241/3. Top lad.

Scorecard (http://www.sportinglife.com/cricket/scorecard/12535.html)

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[Matt the Shrimp]

302/4 at close of play - 65 runs behind. Sir Ronald is on 92 n.o., Ravi was finally out for 127 - top knock!

[scrounger]

At Tea - 486 all out, Worcestershire 50-1.

[scrounger]

Worcestershire only need 70 more runs.

[Bluesmanager]

Good as done then, and Suerry extend the lead.