Essex 2020

[Southminster Shrimper]

Legend.

 

[Southminster Shrimper]

Need to make sure we don't have a big collapse. Hopefully we can get ahead of their first total. Should it be a draw, I believe the team with the highest first innings will be crowned champions. I hope it doesn't come to that, regardless of who wins.

 

[Ricky Otto]

Need to make sure we don't have a big collapse. Hopefully we can get ahead of their first total. Should it be a draw, I believe the team with the highest first innings will be crowned champions. I hope it doesn't come to that, regardless of who wins.

Yep that is correct, I think if we get over the 301 then we will end up with the trophy personally. Apparently the 1st innings is a max of 120 overs as well

 

[Shrimper]

Yes, 120 overs max. If we bat all 120 that will take us to lunch tomorrow.

Hope we can get to 300 and have 20 overs left to smash it around a bit

Get a lead and then we're fairly well set. We bowl better in second innings too.

 

[jackj13]

Cracking stuff from Chef. And a brilliant dropping anchor innings from Westley up the other end!

 

[Southminster Shrimper]

Yep, get a decent lead, then wait for a couple of wickets from Porter and a 8/13 from Harmer!

 

[Shrimper]

Classic Essex collapse. Get one you get 3

 

[cerbera45]

Need to make sure we don't have a big collapse. Hopefully we can get ahead of their first total. Should it be a draw, I believe the team with the highest first innings will be crowned champions. I hope it doesn't come to that, regardless of who wins.

I for one would have liked to have seen the trophy shared if the match is drawn.

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

I for one would have liked to have seen the trophy shared if the match is drawn.

it's shared if the first innings are level or not completed.
I've managed to spend a good bit of the game so far with it on one screen working on the other. Shame in a way I'm playing cricket both days this weekend, but I'll have the radio and I love cricket on the radio so not all bad.

 

[Shrimper]

In the lead. Every run a bonus from here

 

[tia]

19 run lead at the moment.

 

[Shrimper]

36 run lead at the end

 

[jackj13]

End of innings and have a lead of 36 runs. Thought we could have pushed on a bit more then.

 

[Bar na bas]

I for one would have liked to have seen the trophy shared if the match is drawn.

Just got this comment posted on the BBC Sport BWT commentary page. If we win the Trophy by drawing this match by dint of the first innings lead, I think it will be well deserved...

 

[Shrimper]

Somerset going well. Could be looking at 250+

 

[Shrimper]

Essex **** poor. Expensive bowling. Somerset comfortable

 

[cerbera45]

dangerman Byrom at the crease

 

[Shrimper]

Gone. 140 ahead. Looking at a 250-275 target likely

 

[cerbera45]

Overton is a pain up the a**e

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

Sounds like this one is going to be tight right till the very end. I played today so could only listen on the way down there, but they had a great start but we've massively come back into it.
I think it really shows the difference strengths of the groups. We've been battle hardened by playing first divisions sides plus Sussex while Somerset have smashed poor second division teams.
What a difference the pitch makes. We play on some very poor pitches for batting so can't make any scores. 337 is not actually a massive score but among the highest of the season seen by both sides