Yorkshire v. Essex

[Matt the Shrimp]

Right, time to get our CC promotion bandwagon back on track - it has been severely de-railed by Northants and Worcs. Aargh! *No sooner do I say that, and Jefferson's gone and lost his bloody wicket again!!

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Good grief. *What a wretched run of form he's enduring at the moment...

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Anyhow, Essex won the toss, elected to bat, and are now 8/1 in the third over with Ali Cook on 2, and everyone's favourite Kolpaker (aka the lesser of two blooms) with him on 0. *Should be riveting...

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Matt

P.S. Has anyone else almost failed to notice that we've got a Test starting tomorrow...?

[Matt the Shrimp]

Well, Grant Flower really justified his selection there. *Out for a duck.

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16/2, Bopara in now. *Crumbs, quite glad I didn't make that promotion bet now.

[Matt the Shrimp]

78/4... both Cook (42) and Bopara (18) gone now. Andy Flower and Sir Ronald are in. They have both got to come up with a big score now...

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[Hong Kong Blue]

Essex's batting is simply awful at the moment.

In the first innings of the last 3 Championship games (and the current game looks liking being equally bad), plus the last one-day game, Essex have scored a grand total of two 50s! That just isn't good enough.

[Matt the Shrimp]

Well, Sir Ronald and Andy have shown their class. Essex 215/4 at the moment (Flower 61*, Irani 69*). Ronnie's going at a cracking rate - 69 off 109; Flower's taking it more steadily at 61 off 161.

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[Hong Kong Blue]

That will be the kiss of death to one of them!

My point earlier was going to be one about partnerships. To build a decent score you need at least one partnership of note. If only one batsman passes 50 in the innings, that isn't going to happen.

[Matt the Shrimp]

Current partnership - 204 runs. Fair bloody play to both of them, I say.

Essex - 280/4
Irani - 99*
Flower - 94*

[Matt the Shrimp]

Congrats Sir Ronald... first ton of the summer?

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[Matt the Shrimp]

b******s. Out for 103. Goughie in as nightw*tchman.

Essex 290/5.

Flower 99*
Gough 1*

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ May 25 2005,18:19)]nightw*tchman
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Oh dear, I'm talking to myself now...

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[Hong Kong Blue]

Your kiss of death worked. Irani out for 103.

Gough in as nightw*tchman

[Matt the Shrimp]

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Flower's got his ton too...

Essex 294/5

Flower 103*
Gough 1*

[The General]

A pretty good recovery, i'd say ...

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[Matt the Shrimp]

Yep, 308/5 is honours even - maybe even Essex slightly up; it certainly did not look that way when Flower & Ronnie came together at 76/4...

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[Yorkshire Bambi]

maybe a day down at Headingly tomorow then.
Either that or a day sitting in my bedroom with my revision notes.

[Matt the Shrimp]

Well, Goughie's having none of this night-watchan nonsense... he's only gone and knocked a half ton!

Essex 369/5 in the 122nd over... a 5th batting point might be on the cards, which looked hugely improbable at 78/4. I'm amazed!

Flower - 121*
Gough - 50*

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[BILLERICAY BLUE]

On and On they go

397 - 5

Flower 127*
Gough 70* (out of a partnership of 108 http://www.shrimperzone.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif )

[lordlumpington]

Goughie now 75* off 92 balls with 10 fours and 2 sixes.

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[Matt the Shrimp]

Essex 622-8 dec. Goughie made 93, and when Fozzie went for 92 they called it a day on the innings. Middlebrook finished 44*, and Andy Flower got a massive 188.

Wow, all 5 batting bonus points and 622 runs in the bag - that looked very unlikely at 74/4...!!

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Good time to declare - put them in for an uncomfortable 45 minutes at the end of the day. Goughie, naturally, gets the privilege of opening the bowling. C'mon Dazzler!

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[W4 Shrimper]

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[The General]

Yorks ae 48/2 ...

Adams with both.

[Matt the Shrimp]

50/2 - that's a cracking day's work from Essex. Big day tomorrow... don't forget, Yorks have got to get 473 just to avoid being made to follow on.

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[MrB]

Gough nabs McGrath LBW. That's a big wicket.

83-3

[The General]

159/4.

Goughie gets another.

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[The General]

207/5. Steyn

[MrB]

Looks like our total is looking a tad too large, can't see us getting 15 wickets in 4 sessions.

[BoyWonder2]

Yorkshire currently on 243-5

[The General]

322/8. Gough took 2 quick wickets but the 9th wkt partnership have put on 50 odd...