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Cricket => Essex Eagles T20 => Topic started by: nat on July 28, 2016, 08:51:53 PM
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Great win. Well done. Zaidi the man!
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Great win. Well done. Zaidi the man!
He's been a revelation this year in one day cricket. He only signed a one year deal so I hope that we get him signed up for next year pretty soon. The way he's playing other counties are going to to be interested.
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Great win - always enjoy it when we beat Middx at Lord's :)
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Wonderful, clean and positive hitting by ZAIDI. A great watch, improvised when needed as well but really every stroke he played was positive. Ryder and the rest could learn a lot from that innings.
A great way to end the match with a 6 of Finn. And thank goodness for helmets after that hit on RTD. I thought joyce was a bit biased in his commentary.
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Need Kent to win tomorrow in a tight match, just in case :) :)
I really didn't think we would win that, well done Zaidi with the black bat!!!
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Terrific innings from Zaidi, superb controlled hitting, Lawrence also batted well (bar his part in the run out), bowlers did an excellent job & fielding generally very good.
Win tomorrow night & we could sneak 3rd, at present it would be Notts (4th) or Northants/Yorks (3rd), great result for the Eagles, roll on Friday.
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Wonderful, clean and positive hitting by ZAIDI. A great watch, improvised when needed as well but really every stroke he played was positive. Ryder and the rest could learn a lot from that innings.
A great way to end the match with a 6 of Finn. And thank goodness for helmets after that hit on RTD. I thought joyce was a bit biased in his commentary.
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the same ryder whose last 2 scores were 130 and 50 at decent rates?
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Great win. Well done. Zaidi the man!
He's been a revelation this year in one day cricket. He only signed a one year deal so I hope that we get him signed up for next year pretty soon. The way he's playing other counties are going to to be interested.
agreed, singlehandedley won it should get another deal
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Great win. Well done. Zaidi the man!
He's been a revelation this year in one day cricket. He only signed a one year deal so I hope that we get him signed up for next year pretty soon. The way he's playing other counties are going to to be interested.
He's generally put in a good shift right from his first match. Not trusted with the ball, perhaps unfairly, but certainly has shown some nous in at the death with the bat. One of the few signings in the past couple of decades to really show up. I wonder if he'd want to play the grind of the cc at his age?
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When the Eagles beat Hampshire a few weeks back at the Ageas Bowl, I was critical of the role Zaidi played, likening his innings to a floundering flailing mismatch of a lower order batsman promoted to pinch hit above his capability.
Well how happy am I that tonight Zaidi rose to the bait of a potential quarter final and catapulted the Eagles to yet another remarkable and at times most unlikely win. Cometh the hour and cometh the man. What a knock and what superb shot selection, thoroughly out thinking the bowlers. Well played indeed. Middlesex looked really shocked and but for Zaidi, would probably have won, although with Tendo, Foster and Napier, still to bat, who knows what would have happened.
Lawrence played an important innings, showing maturity above his age, and impressed with his calmness, apart from the unfortunate run out of Ravi, which was more attributable to Ravi than him. He did not let it affect him though and hit a valuable boundary within two balls I think of Ravi's dismissal.
Given that the pitch was dry, tired and slowing up the longer the game went, and the control that the spinners exerted, I was very surprised that Zaidi did not bowl at all. This was picked up on Sky, and as Zaidi possibly was recruited more for his spinning prowess than his batting ability, was this not a surprise, and if we had lost, the question of his non bowling might have provoked A debate.
Whatever the pros and cons, The coach trip back to Chelmsford will have been sweet indeed.
If we beat Glamorgan tomorrow, still a big ask, we will have qualified, but even if we lose and provided that we are not thrashed, our run rate or whatever it is called is much better than Surrey and marginally better than Kent, who play each other tomorrow. All to play for. Chelmsford tomorrow night should be heaving. I wish I was there, but will be watching, bottom of the table clash between Hampshire and Somerset. Who'd have thought that, a few seasons ago!!
My heart however will be elsewhere, willing the lads on for one final push.
Tonight has demonstrated for me why cricket, with its ebbs and flows is the greatest game in the world.
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When the Eagles beat Hampshire a few weeks back at the Ageas Bowl, I was critical of the role Zaidi played, likening his innings to a floundering flailing mismatch of a lower order batsman promoted to pinch hit above his capability.
Well how happy am I that tonight Zaidi rose to the bait of a potential quarter final and catapulted the Eagles to yet another remarkable and at times most unlikely win. Cometh the hour and cometh the man. What a knock and what superb shot selection, thoroughly out thinking the bowlers. Well played indeed. Middlesex looked really shocked and but for Zaidi, would probably have won, although with Tendo, Foster and Napier, still to bat, who knows what would have happened.
Lawrence played an important innings, showing maturity above his age, and impressed with his calmness, apart from the unfortunate run out of Ravi, which was more attributable to Ravi than him. He did not let it affect him though and hit a valuable boundary within two balls I think of Ravi's dismissal.
Given that the pitch was dry, tired and slowing up the longer the game went, and the control that the spinners exerted, I was very surprised that Zaidi did not bowl at all. This was picked up on Sky, and as Zaidi possibly was recruited more for his spinning prowess than his batting ability, was this not a surprise, and if we had lost, the question of his non bowling might have provoked A debate.
Whatever the pros and cons, The coach trip back to Chelmsford will have been sweet indeed.
If we beat Glamorgan tomorrow, still a big ask, we will have qualified, but even if we lose and provided that we are not thrashed, our run rate or whatever it is called is much better than Surrey and marginally better than Kent, who play each other tomorrow. All to play for. Chelmsford tomorrow night should be heaving. I wish I was there, but will be watching, bottom of the table clash between Hampshire and Somerset. Who'd have thought that, a few seasons ago!!
My heart however will be elsewhere, willing the lads on for one final push.
Tonight has demonstrated for me why cricket, with its ebbs and flows is the greatest game in the world.
An excellent post - just like your previous one.
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Paint in black ... Perhaps the top order will change the colour of their willows also ! A masterclass of hitting by Zaidi on a stogy Lords wicket .
Invaluable innings by Lawrence after early wickets, in keeping the scoreboard ticking over, ( would like to see him next see the job home ).
Any win is a good win though .
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i say Ryder because i am sure that his 20/20 is not as good as his 50/50, (obvious to most)
But back to the man point, that was one of the best innings i have seen from an Essex player in recent times. (Bopara has played like that for England )
There were in excess of 20 000 at Lords, the home of cricket and in front of Sky, with the tv monitors.
And yet, he looked so cool out there
Others (on both sides) had failed and batting was difficult for them.
Positive from the word go
Ryder is a wonderful hitter of the ball and can play like Zaidi, but on numerous occasions has done in the 20/20 exactly what he did last night , i.e. just hit up into the sky in front of him.
Zaidi played with purpose, a great innings and did it when IT WAS NEEDED. Without him, i fear Essex would have lost. Perhaps should have bowled, as well.
PS young Lawrence played in a very positive manner, as well. Interesting to note that Bopara got run out, as he often runs other's out.
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I also think that Middlesex possibly missed a trick in only giving Franklin one over (he got 1/3)
Also, they were missing 3 vital players, Morgan, Stirling and Fuller.
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"There were in excess of 20 000 at Lords, the home of cricket and in front of Sky, with the tv monitors."
So why do we need big city franchises? No super duper stars on top money, a televised game, yet loads of people turn up. You'd get a similar crowd for a reverse fixture at Stratford.
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Once you go black (bat) you never go back
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I'm sure Zaidi has said that he wants to play in all formats but as I've said previously for some reason - despite all the evidence to the contrary- we either don't play him or if we do, we make it look like he his making up the numbers unless in extremis he comes to the fore. He is a better bat than some e.g. Jaik and still our most experienced spinner by a long chalk. Why isn't he a fixture in every game ?
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I'm sure Zaidi has said that he wants to play in all formats but as I've said previously for some reason - despite all the evidence to the contrary- we either don't play him or if we do, we make it look like he his making up the numbers unless in extremis he comes to the fore. He is a better bat than some e.g. Jaik and still our most experienced spinner by a long chalk. Why isn't he a fixture in every game ?
Because the selectors don't know what they're doing?
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Why were spectators allowed to sit in front of and above the sightscreen without our Essex batsmen making them move? If it OK at Lord's, why is the Riverside Stand restricted at Chelmsford?
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why is the Riverside Stand restricted at Chelmsford?
Jaik Mickleburgh exercising the clout his batting talent undoubtedly warrants.
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I'm sure Zaidi has said that he wants to play in all formats but as I've said previously for some reason - despite all the evidence to the contrary- we either don't play him or if we do, we make it look like he his making up the numbers unless in extremis he comes to the fore. He is a better bat than some e.g. Jaik and still our most experienced spinner by a long chalk. Why isn't he a fixture in every game ?
You can't compare him to Jaik as Mickelburgh is an opener. They don't seem to want to move lawrence to open so the only way Zaidi plays 4 cricket is if they leave Ryder out. As for the spinner part. We'll need one for Colchester but spin has not been needed in our matches this year. People talk about the lack of spin we have but the opposition spinners have done absolutely nothing on the same pitches against us.
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Brilliant innings from Zaidi that rescued a dodgy looking situation when he first came in. Has been our "one day" player of the season so far and like others, just cannot understand why he's not being played more in the Championship.
Definitely one of our best "signings" in recent years so well done to the club for recruiting him (least said about one of their other Winter recruitments (the hapless Dixon) the better though!
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You can't compare him to Jaik as Mickelburgh is an opener.
He isn't despite Grayson & now Silverwood thinking anyone can open the batting.
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You can't compare him to Jaik as Mickelburgh is an opener.
He isn't despite Grayson & now Silverwood thinking anyone can open the batting.
You can always tell a Yorkie ...
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it's just that you can't tell them much!
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Ed Joyce said Zaidi didn't do much in 4 day cricket at Sussex.
Maybe not as a bowler but in 10 innings last season he still hit a ton, a fifty and averaged just under 40.
Better than Jaik, Tom, Dan, Ravi, etc.
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Ed Joyce said Zaidi didn't do much in 4 day cricket at Sussex.
Maybe not as a bowler but in 10 innings last season he still hit a ton, a fifty and averaged just under 40.
Better than Jaik, Tom, Dan, Ravi, etc.
This might put the ton into perspective. Everyone scored runs
http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-championship-div1-2015/engine/current/match/804233.html
I remember the match because I looked up Zaidi's stats when we signed him.
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I take your point Jason.
Our great hope Chopra only scored 6.
In a high scoring match Zaidi had decent bowling figures.
Must still be worth a go in the 4 day game.
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At the end of match on Sky, the man of the match gets a medal and a bottle of champagne.
Zaidi (I presume the champagne was not appropriate for him) only got the medal.
Do the other team members get the champagne or does being a non drinker mean the sponsors get away lightly?
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Just to support my case, re Ryder's performance for 2016 in the 20/20, his stats for 2016 = innings 10 @ 18.50 = poor, we have Zaidi = innings 10 @ 44.62 = good
ans for the record, Velani 6 @ 10 and Browne 4 @ 15. We have a problem at the top order. Taylor n the team as a batman, coming in at 8 = 3 @ 7
This is not 'gibberish, just the stats.
Now Ryder is good in the 50/50, but what a shame fir some reason he is not able to replicate that form in the 20/20.