Uncle Leo
This cook is an anti-semite
This has 'heroic ton from James Foster' written all over it.
This has 'heroic ton from James Foster' written all over it.
202-6. That's a bit better.
Great day, that.
Superb counter-attack from RTD and what an innings of maturity from Dan Lawrence.
Close of play (Sadly a couple of overs early due to bad light).
Essex finish on 368-8 from 103 overs played, I'm hoping that tomorrow we can make the 400 mark within the next 7 overs to earn the maximum points. It's a tough call, but you never know. I expect us to go all out tomorrow morning or declare early after the 110 overs. IMO.. there's no point in batting until lunch, even if we survive that long.
Could be wrong, but wouldn't we be safer declaring overnight, and denying 2nd placed Leicestershire their 3rd bowling point?
bat on, and on, and on.
get every single run possible. every run we get in the first innings we don't need to get in the second. if it's going to be tricky getting 150+ in the second innings then lets try to get a lead of 200 and make them do something really special to save the game.
don't even worry about the last batting point, don't risk the 16 for a win (effectively double as it's against a rival) for one batting point
exactly, sod what you're heart says, my head says grind them into the dirt