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southend4ever
27-04-2005, 12:31 PM
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BILLERICAY BLUE
27-04-2005, 03:14 PM
Somerset have won the toss and elected to bat (0/0 off of 0.5overs)
Essex team shows one change from game against Yorkshire, Middlebrook replaces GWF - Hoorah. http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/upside.gif
Hong Kong Blue
27-04-2005, 03:59 PM
Somerset 11/1 off 8 overs, Alex Tudor having figures of 4-3-1-1.
Worryingly for England the man out is Trescothick for 4. Flintoff made 0. Butcher and Vaughan are yet to bat, but its not all bad news - Strauss made his highest score of the season with 13 http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
The General
27-04-2005, 07:48 PM
119/5 at the end of day. Napier and Tudor with 2 whilst Goughie has one. Got 40 overs in as well.
166/7, Napier now has three. Get rid of Laraman and we should be able to keep them under 200 one would hope.
I think the weather is going to hinder us getting a result though.
BILLERICAY BLUE
28-04-2005, 01:15 PM
Somerset 190 all out
3 wickets for Gough and Napier, 2 apiece for Tudor and Adams.
Very good performance, now we need to knock up 400 pronto
Matt the Shrimp
28-04-2005, 02:11 PM
Big Will has gone already for 11... Caddick's first victim. Could be a bit of a green-top, this one. Delighted to see that the player to make way for James Middlebrook has been...
Grant Flower.
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Essex 19/1 now.
southend4ever
28-04-2005, 02:50 PM
alistair cook has made a sound start. 34 not out.
we are not 51-1.
i think if we knuckle down we can get a 150 lead minimum even though it is a green top.
bopara in with cook, i hope he does well and picks up where he left off in the last match.
southend4ever
28-04-2005, 03:05 PM
congratulations alistair cook. championship 50.
Hong Kong Blue
28-04-2005, 03:36 PM
Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ April 28 2005,14:11)]Big Will has gone already for 11... Caddick's first victim. *Could be a bit of a green-top, this one. *Delighted to see that the player to make way for James Middlebrook has been...
Grant Flower.
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Essex 19/1 now.
If it is a greentop I'd have thought they wouldn't have gone for Middlebrook over G. Flower.
Essex are nicely poised at 86-1. Cook has rattled onto 60, whilst Bopara appears to be labouring having made just 8 off 65 balls. Hopefully he'll be looking to up that run-rate now his eye is in (I'm hoping his eye is in!).
BILLERICAY BLUE
28-04-2005, 03:37 PM
Beat me to it HKB http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Matt the Shrimp
28-04-2005, 03:53 PM
Ton up for Essex - 102/1.
Good point about the Greentop, HKB. At a bit of a loss to understand how or why Somerset did so poorly against our seamers.
Matt
BILLERICAY BLUE
28-04-2005, 03:59 PM
Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ April 28 2005,15:53)]Ton up for Essex - 102/1.
Good point about the Greentop, HKB. *At a bit of a loss to understand how or why Somerset did so poorly against our seamers.
Matt
Feet off of the floor chaps - 111/1.
Cook 70*
Bopara 21*
W4 Shrimper
28-04-2005, 03:59 PM
All good stuff eh? Glad to see they won't be picking up any batting points either.
Here's hoping we kick on now and really put them to the sword...
BILLERICAY BLUE
28-04-2005, 04:01 PM
Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ April 28 2005,15:53)]Ton up for Essex - 102/1.
Good point about the Greentop, HKB. *At a bit of a loss to understand how or why Somerset did so poorly against our seamers.
Matt
Probably because they aren't very good. Bear in mind that Yorkshire stuffed them by an innings and plenty, and we had much the better of the game against Yorkshire.
W4 Shrimper
28-04-2005, 04:03 PM
Quote[/b] (BILLERICAY BLUE @ April 28 2005,16:01)]Probably because they aren't very good. Bear in mind that Yorkshire stuffed them by an innings and plenty, and we had much the better of the game against Yorkshire.
Their opening bat's not bad though!
Here's hoping Tresco has another 'mare in the second innings and then goes on to have a summer to remember http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
BILLERICAY BLUE
28-04-2005, 04:16 PM
Quote[/b] (W4 Shrimper @ April 28 2005,16:03)]Quote[/b] (BILLERICAY BLUE @ April 28 2005,16:01)]Probably because they aren't very good. Bear in mind that Yorkshire stuffed them by an innings and plenty, and we had much the better of the game against Yorkshire.
Their opening bat's not bad though!
Here's hoping Tresco has another 'mare in the second innings and then goes on to have a summer to remember *http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Hmm, I fear not, I think Gillespie has got his number. I'd be delighted to be proved wrong though.
Matt the Shrimp
28-04-2005, 04:54 PM
Ton and a half now... 150/1 - Cook 85*, Bopara 36*. Decent pace too - that's come off 41 overs.
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How come Somerset are doing so poorly - they've got some decent players...?
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W4 Shrimper
28-04-2005, 05:17 PM
Quote[/b] (BILLERICAY BLUE @ April 28 2005,16:16)]Hmm, I fear not, I think Gillespie has got his number. I'd be delighted to be proved wrong though.
With you there Paul (and I too would love to be wrong). The Aussies often have specific plans for the English batsmen and they've got Tresco totally under their spell.
Hope they don't 'find out' Andrew Strauss....
Hong Kong Blue
28-04-2005, 06:06 PM
Quote[/b] (BILLERICAY BLUE @ April 28 2005,15:59)]Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ April 28 2005,15:53)]Ton up for Essex - 102/1.
Good point about the Greentop, HKB. *At a bit of a loss to understand how or why Somerset did so poorly against our seamers.
Matt
Feet off of the floor chaps - 111/1.
Cook 70*
Bopara 21*
Another nelson alert - this time for Ally Cook who has hit only his second(?) Championship ton.
Essex now with a lead of 9 runs and 9 wickets.
Hong Kong Blue
28-04-2005, 06:15 PM
Quote[/b] (W4 Shrimper @ April 28 2005,17:17)]Quote[/b] (BILLERICAY BLUE @ April 28 2005,16:16)]Hmm, I fear not, I think Gillespie has got his number. I'd be delighted to be proved wrong though.
With you there Paul (and I too would love to be wrong). The Aussies often have specific plans for the English batsmen and they've got Tresco totally under their spell.
Hope they don't 'find out' Andrew Strauss....
I'm another one agreeing with you!
Unless Trescothick is at his very best I too can see him being Gillespie's bunny, as Gillespie will tempt him into indiscretions outside off-stump and get him regularly caught in the gully/slips and to a lesser extent playing on.
The Aussies will also probably go at Strauss from around the wicket from the start. Strauss looked vulnerable to this during the South African series and I hope he's been working on his angles during the off-season.
Annoyingly nelson has struck. Cook bowled by Richard Johnson.
The General
28-04-2005, 06:33 PM
217/3
The 'other' Flower has gone for 2. Ronnie's in with Bopara and can hopefully see out the rest of the day as there can't be long left ...
southend4ever
29-04-2005, 12:00 AM
day seen out. impressive from what appears to be a strong essex side.
His name is Ronnie Irani
His big and his barmy
he bats number 5 for essex
ESSEX
when he walks down the street
all the people he meets
say OI, BIG MAN,
Whats your name
He says....... My name is
RONNIE IRANI
his big and his barmy!!
We only have 3 pictures framed and on display in our lounge and one of them is me with Ronnie!
How many do you think they'll rack up before a declaration? Assuming there's no collapse anyway!
Hong Kong Blue
29-04-2005, 09:56 AM
I can't see us declaring, I think we'll bat until we are all out, which will probably give us a lead of 150-200.
southend4ever
29-04-2005, 11:12 AM
well bopara is out for 71, no first championship ton for him. 225-4
282-5
Decent run rate (85 overs), no guarantees on the weather but one would hope it would stay dry now.
BILLERICAY BLUE
29-04-2005, 12:34 PM
283-5
Foster 21*
Middlebrook 4*
Last Wicket Irani 32
Lead is now 93, 1st target is obviously 400, declaration would be then or 30 mins before tea whichever is the later I would guess.
Hong Kong Blue
29-04-2005, 01:23 PM
322-7 at Lunch.
Annoyingly we must have lost 2 wickets in the over before lunch as Caddick nipped out Middlebrook and then Napier first ball.
I'll stand by my prediction of being bowled out with a lead of 150-200.
Matt the Shrimp
29-04-2005, 01:27 PM
Aargh... as I was typing, we went from 318/5 to 320/7 - Caddick has finally awoken from his slumbers with two wickets in two balls: Middlebrook and Napier for a Golden Duck.
Fozzie & Tudor in the middle - 322/7. 400 looks an awfully long way off now.
Incidentally, what's the target for max batting points - is it 300 runs in 90 overs or 400 in 120 overs? Or something else entirely...?!
Matt
P.S. Am I the only one wondering whether Essex's performance against Somerset is a good omen... or whether instead, in some sort of freakish ying and yang thing, Yeovil will redress the balance for Somerset at Roots Hall tomorrow...
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Yes, I am losing my marbles, I know.
Hong Kong Blue
29-04-2005, 02:15 PM
IIRC its 400 for maximum batting points. The overs never appears to be an issue.
I think its still a realistic target. Foster and Tudor who are batting and Adams and Gough who are to come have all got first class centuries (is Bopara the only one in the team without one?).
Hong Kong Blue
29-04-2005, 02:32 PM
Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ April 29 2005,13:27)]P.S. Am I the only one wondering whether Essex's performance against Somerset is a good omen... or whether instead, in some sort of freakish ying and yang thing, Yeovil will redress the balance for Somerset at Roots Hall tomorrow...
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Yes, I am losing my marbles, I know.
I was thinking along similar lines. At the start of the season to which our demise can be traced, we (Southend) played Bolton the then leaders the same time as Essex played Lancashire (it was a one-day final).
Essex were thrashed by Lancashire at Lords, whilst Southend thrashed Bolton 5-2. That season we were relegated and Bolton finished champions.
I've yet to work out what it all means though!
BILLERICAY BLUE
29-04-2005, 02:51 PM
353-7
Foster 48*
Tudor 18*
Matt, to answer your question, it's 400 within 130 overs to get 5 points.
Matt the Shrimp
29-04-2005, 03:07 PM
Quote[/b] (BILLERICAY BLUE @ April 29 2005,14:51)]353-7
Foster 48*
Tudor 18*
Matt, to answer your question, it's 400 within 130 overs to get 5 points.
Excellent. I thought there was an overs rate that had to be achieved.
At 378/7 off 116.4 (congrats to Fozzie for his half ton, and to Tudor for hitting a 6), I think that maximum batting points ought to be achieved.
Andre Adams and Goughie as nos. 10 & 11... blimey, we must have the longest tail in County Cricket!
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389/7. If Foster can hit out hard enough he may even get his ton before a declaration. Tudor hasn't hit a single 4 in his 30!
426/7
Tudor is accelerating, he's now hit a four in his 57! Would expect a declaration shortly, a tidy 236 ahead.
BILLERICAY BLUE
29-04-2005, 04:25 PM
Quote[/b] (MrB @ April 29 2005,15:49)]426/7
Tudor is accelerating, he's now hit a four in his 57! *Would expect a declaration shortly, a tidy 236 ahead.
It was very shortly MrB*http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Essex declared at 427 - 8, Tudor run out for 57, Foster 78*, a lead of 237.
Somerset 13-0, still trailing by 224.
The General
29-04-2005, 04:43 PM
Only 1 four but did hit 3 6's ...
28/0
Hong Kong Blue
29-04-2005, 05:29 PM
Adams hat-trick! Get in there!
Matt the Shrimp
29-04-2005, 05:44 PM
Superb stuff... from 56/0 to 65/4. Brilliant effort.
Like I say, I hope there's not some weird Essex / Somerset ying-yang thing going on here...
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71/4 now - still 166 runs behind. Need to get rid of young John Francis... once he's gone, we'll be really in the driving seat.
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The General
29-04-2005, 07:06 PM
An Andre Adams hat-trick has really set us up very nicely. He also got Blackwell out last ball of the day and Somerset closed on 128/5 ...
Kev
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The General
30-04-2005, 08:12 PM
We won. Who gives a sh*t ...
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Matt the Shrimp
01-05-2005, 01:43 AM
Quote[/b] (The General @ April 30 2005,20:12)]We won. Who gives a sh*t ...
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Told you it was that Somerset - Essex ying yang thing. f**king b******s.
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