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Cricket => Essex Eagles T20 => Topic started by: Reddevil on August 22, 2019, 09:13:07 PM
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Cannot believe I am starting this string.
I can only think you have all been so disenchanted by our form this season, and washouts, that our chances of progressing are nil.
That may be true, despite a great win tonight against the odds against top of the table Sussex.
Gem of an innings from Lawrence, bringing us back into the game but the star innings was by Ravi, with a match winning cameo, and hitting the ball as sweetly as I have not seen for awhile.
Does not get easier, with Hampshire away, I shall be there, and they really need to win all their remaining matches.
Unlikely but this is Essex.
Enigmatic as ever, but did themselves proud tonight.
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Yep a good win. Always like to see Essex win whatever the game format even a circus like T20
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Yep a good win. Always like to see Essex win whatever the game format even a circus like T20
Any theories as to why Ravi dd not bowl?
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An excellent if surprising result with good knocks from Westley, Lawrence & especially Ravi who upped the tempo at the end, some good bowling with Amir getting 4 wickets despite losing his head a bit in the 17th over, Wiese was always the key wicket & overall the bowlers did their job. We still have a mountain to climb but have already bettered last season's 2 wins although we have to win all 3 games. Well done to the team & here's to more on Sun. COYE.
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Yep a good win. Always like to see Essex win whatever the game format even a circus like T20
Any theories as to why Ravi dd not bowl?
Side injury per Sly
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Excellent win to be fair, some good bowling (in general) and good knocks from two of our out of touch batsmen, although don't quite know what happened to Lawrence at the end of his knock (just 10 runs from his last 16 balls!).
At least it isnt as embarrassing as last season, but I still cant wait to get this stuff out of the way and move back to the proper cricket.
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Lawrence got too funky with his shot selection later in his innings. Just smash the bowler over his head. Simples.
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Lawrence got a bit carried way into thinking he was a Butler or a Morgan rather than adopting his hitherto more orthodox approach. The match had no real significance but it made a nice change to actually win one of these matches. If we are going to put the CC to bed we really need a step up from all of our batsmen including Cook. Somerset aren’t that convincing but their batting looks more solid which enables them to gather more bonus points. It would be a pity to allow them to win their first ever county championship.
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Went to this game. Big crowd (sold out) in a small ground. The Essex win was a pleasant surprise, and was largely down to an excellent bowling display in defence of a merely OK-ish total. Ravi batted well, the best I've seen from him for ages. I was able to tick off one item from my cricket-watching wishlist, which was to see Mohammed Amir bowling for Essex - he was properly quick and very impressive despite the odd wild delivery. I've been pretty sceptical about Zampa as a signing but in this match at least he bowled well, including one superb over near the death which might have sealed the match. In fact this might be the first time that having both him and Harmer in the side has worked in Essex's favour. Meanwhile Wheater again looked a liability behind the stumps. For Sussex, Wiese biffed an energetic 60-odd but nobody else stuck around very long. I was curious to see Alex Carey after his World Cup exploits but he holed out for 3. Disappointed not to see Tymal Mills but Reece Topley bowled well, better than his figures suggest. The most economical bowler was the Sussex spinner Will Beer (who is quite short; I wonder if they call him Small Beer?).
Partway through the Essex innings the close-of-play score from Headinglely was read out over the tannoy, along with Archer's bowling figures drawing a big cheer from the Sussex crowd. That was before the 67 all out, of course.
Hove is actually the only place I've been to T20s so I don't know how things compare to other venues, but the gimmickry just keeps proliferating: aside from the expected blasts of music they have a big screen on which they show such marvels as a Kiss Cam (people kissing in the crowd), a Food Cam (people eating in the crowd), and sundry other Cams (people dancing and/or mugging for the camera). (They do also show high-quality replays and info on players, tbf). Also a 'Vitality Scatterblast!' (people run on and throw free Vitality t-shirts into the crowd). And so on. I could certainly live without it all but it has to be acknowledged that a lot of people, right across the age range, seemed to be enjoying all this.