Matt the Shrimp
18-04-2005, 11:39 AM
Hampshire (0 points) 175/9 (Phillips 3/31, G. Flower 2/24) lost to Essex (4 points) 69/2 (Jefferson 44*) (D/L)
Well, thanks to Messrs. Duckworth and Lewis, the Essex Eagles have got their first National League 1 victory under their belts, largely achieved by a cracking 44 not out from Big Will off 48 deliveries.
Tim Phillips, a 24 year old slow left-armer from Durham UCCE (from where Essex plucked Big Will), chipped in with his first big performance for Essex and his best one-day figures in his senior career thus far of 3/31. In so doing, Phillips claimed the two key Hampshire scalps of Simon Katich and Kevin Pietersen, the latter whom he bowled for only 5.
Grant Flower proved more capable with the ball in a one-day scenario than he had with his bat in either form of the game by picking up the important wickets of John "Creepy" Crawley and Shane "Heavy Breather" Warne with a respectable 2/24 off his 9 overs.
With customary class and predictability, Darren Gough piled the pressure on at his end, with only 19 runs conceded off his 9 overs. *Meanwhile, Alex Tudor went for a rather-too-wayward 5 an over, but did at least manage to pick up a couple of scalps.
This followed on from Tudor's altogether rather more impressive outing in the County Championship fixture against Yorkshire at Chelmsford last week - with 2/30 off 9 overs in Yorkshire's first innings, and 1/16 off only 4 overs in their second innings - the wicket being a second-ball caught & bowled duck for opener Matthew Wood. *The only other wicket to fall in Yorkshire's second innings fell to Ravi Bopara, who had also cleaned up the tail in the first innings, claiming figures of 2/9 off 3.2 overs. *Good to see him in such promising form.
So, it's a maximum 4 points for Essex in their first NL fixutre; and a 12 point draw - i.e. maximum bowling and batting points - for their first Championship game.
With Jefferson, Tudor, Bopara and Andy Flower all showing pretty respectable early-season form... bring on Glamorgan in the NL, and particularly Somerset in the County Championship!
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Matt
Well, thanks to Messrs. Duckworth and Lewis, the Essex Eagles have got their first National League 1 victory under their belts, largely achieved by a cracking 44 not out from Big Will off 48 deliveries.
Tim Phillips, a 24 year old slow left-armer from Durham UCCE (from where Essex plucked Big Will), chipped in with his first big performance for Essex and his best one-day figures in his senior career thus far of 3/31. In so doing, Phillips claimed the two key Hampshire scalps of Simon Katich and Kevin Pietersen, the latter whom he bowled for only 5.
Grant Flower proved more capable with the ball in a one-day scenario than he had with his bat in either form of the game by picking up the important wickets of John "Creepy" Crawley and Shane "Heavy Breather" Warne with a respectable 2/24 off his 9 overs.
With customary class and predictability, Darren Gough piled the pressure on at his end, with only 19 runs conceded off his 9 overs. *Meanwhile, Alex Tudor went for a rather-too-wayward 5 an over, but did at least manage to pick up a couple of scalps.
This followed on from Tudor's altogether rather more impressive outing in the County Championship fixture against Yorkshire at Chelmsford last week - with 2/30 off 9 overs in Yorkshire's first innings, and 1/16 off only 4 overs in their second innings - the wicket being a second-ball caught & bowled duck for opener Matthew Wood. *The only other wicket to fall in Yorkshire's second innings fell to Ravi Bopara, who had also cleaned up the tail in the first innings, claiming figures of 2/9 off 3.2 overs. *Good to see him in such promising form.
So, it's a maximum 4 points for Essex in their first NL fixutre; and a 12 point draw - i.e. maximum bowling and batting points - for their first Championship game.
With Jefferson, Tudor, Bopara and Andy Flower all showing pretty respectable early-season form... bring on Glamorgan in the NL, and particularly Somerset in the County Championship!
http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Matt