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Cricket => Essex Eagles T20 => Topic started by: dazedpenguin on June 29, 2023, 01:46:26 PM
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Cook and Rossington back in a squad of 16. Lawrence is also in the squad. With Pope injured this may be the last time we'll see him for a while.
Harmer, Allison, Beard, Buttleman, Cook, Critchley, Das, Khushi, Lawrence. Nijjar, Pepper, Rossington, Sams, Snater, Walter, Westley
Kent have Sussex and Somerset to come, Hampshire have Glamorgan and Gloucestershire, Essex have Surrey away after Middlesex. Qualification is looking difficult.
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We'll beat Middx no problem. IIRC we have a good record at the Oval so no probs there either. Lawrence surely won't play against Slurry?!
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We'll beat Middx no problem. IIRC we have a good record at the Oval so no probs there either. Lawrence surely won't play against Slurry?!
Colin Ackermann played for Leicestershire against Durham and scored a ton a few days ago!
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We'll beat Middx no problem. IIRC we have a good record at the Oval so no probs there either. Lawrence surely won't play against Slurry?!
Why not?
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Good to see my man Adam Rossington back in the team.
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Good to see my man Adam Rossington back in the team.
I thought Buttleman did well and it's a shame he and Das drop out- I'd rather it was Khushi.
Essex lost the toss and will bat first. Buttleman, Allison and Das are left out.
Khushi, Rossington, Pepper, Lawrence, Walter, Critchley, Sams, Harmer, Snater, Beard, Cook
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225/6. Very impressive from Sams and a fine innings from Walter. Rain is supposed to be on the way and that's a tough (but gettable) chase for Middlesex. Kent chasing 229 against Sussex.
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Oh for goodness sake. Essex heading for defeat here. Higgins taking the attack apart.
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Excellent bit of bowling from Sams to get rid of Simpson. Middlesex still favourites though.
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Great bowling from Critchley, but just not quite enough in the end. Sams and Beard also did well, but disappointing from the rest of the attack. Qualification is still possible with Kent looking like losing and Hampshire probably being rained off.
[Edited to add: Hampshire are going to beat Glamorgan, but Sussex beat Kent.]. If Somerset beat Kent and Essex beat Surrey then Essex will qualify.
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So we beat Surrey and Kent lose to Somerset
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Hopefully we win the toss for a change, bowl first and Surrey hit us for 300. I don't want to see this lot embarrass the standard and reputation of the Blast by calling themselves quarter-finalists.
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Hopefully we win the toss for a change, bowl first and Surrey hit us for 300. I don't want to see this lot embarrass the standard and reputation of the Blast by calling themselves quarter-finalists.
How sad you feel like that about your team
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I'd rather risk embarrassment, beat Surrey, ( see Kent lose) and get to finals day. You never know what could happen, Harmer might even win the toss.Unlike some so called supporters, I want Essex to win every game,
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Our players are mostly not suited to one day cricket and have over performed in winning seven games. I have watched 4 games at Chelmsford - Hampshire, Somerset, Kent and Middlesex - lost the lot and weren’t even competitive or even at the races in the first three. Shame last night that our early batsmen could not show the same altitude as the Middlesex numbers 9 and 10. Championship principal bowlers Harmer and Cook usually far less effective and comparatively expensive, I.e. Harmer costing 45 runs in 2 overs last night.
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Our players are mostly not suited to one day cricket and have over performed in winning seven games. I have watched 4 games at Chelmsford - Hampshire, Somerset, Kent and Middlesex - lost the lot and weren’t even competitive or even at the races in the first three. Shame last night that our early batsmen could not show the same altitude as the Middlesex numbers 9 and 10. Championship principal bowlers Harmer and Cook usually far less effective and comparatively expensive, I.e. Harmer costing 45 runs in 2 overs last night.
Let's face it the ground is unsuitable for bish-bash-bosh cricket. Miss-hits go for 6, the games are a boundary fest.
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Sadly the prospect of us beating Surrey at The Oval to qualify for QF’s looks pretty remote !!
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Surrey need a win to secure a home quarter final, so no chance of them resting key players.
But on their day I think this Essex team can beat anyone else in the group. They can also lose to anyone else. Somerset also need to beat Kent. So it would be very Essex to beat Surrey while Kent beat Somerset.
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That is exactly why we should never write off our beloved team. Anything is possible especially T20, witness Middlesex’s most unlikely win against Surrey recently.
Essex must be one of the most consistently inconsistent teams ever.
Come on you Eagles, surprise us all.
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Our players are mostly not suited to one day cricket and have over performed in winning seven games. I have watched 4 games at Chelmsford - Hampshire, Somerset, Kent and Middlesex - lost the lot and weren’t even competitive or even at the races in the first three. Shame last night that our early batsmen could not show the same altitude as the Middlesex numbers 9 and 10. Championship principal bowlers Harmer and Cook usually far less effective and comparatively expensive, I.e. Harmer costing 45 runs in 2 overs last night.
Let's face it the ground is unsuitable for bish-bash-bosh cricket. Miss-hits go for 6, the games are a boundary fest.
Indeed. I'd further suggest the ground is unsuitable for professional cricket.
Frankly, the abysmal and seemingly abandoned Baron Park would perhaps be a better venue for all T20 home matches.
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Surprised we got that total after a stuttering start, thanks to the middle order. Ground is hard to defend, but the same for both sides, so full credit to them in chasing it down. These games are literally based on getting results on fine margins eg one boundary or catch, which proved to be the case.
You still have to be in it to win it though .
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Our players are mostly not suited to one day cricket and have over performed in winning seven games. I have watched 4 games at Chelmsford - Hampshire, Somerset, Kent and Middlesex - lost the lot and weren’t even competitive or even at the races in the first three. Shame last night that our early batsmen could not show the same altitude as the Middlesex numbers 9 and 10. Championship principal bowlers Harmer and Cook usually far less effective and comparatively expensive, I.e. Harmer costing 45 runs in 2 overs last night.
Let's face it the ground is unsuitable for bish-bash-bosh cricket. Miss-hits go for 6, the games are a boundary fest.
Indeed. I'd further suggest the ground is unsuitable for professional cricket.
Frankly, the abysmal and seemingly abandoned Baron Park would perhaps be a better venue for all T20 home matches.
Surely it’s perfect? Short boundaries, big mishits going for six!
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In the Cricinfo most valuable player list for T20 this season, of all the counties , we have TWO in the top four. Top of the list is Sams at number 4 is Critchley.
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In the Cricinfo most valuable player list for T20 this season, of all the counties , we have TWO in the top four. Top of the list is Sams at number 4 is Critchley.
Most on here were sending Sams back to convict land before he had started, if I was JS I would be signing him up for next season as well, cos if we don't Surrey will.
For me Critchley has been the player of the year by a country mile.
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get to finals day. You never know what could happen
Yes. Worth remembering that when we won the trophy in 2019, we'd only just scraped through the group stage.
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In the Cricinfo most valuable player list for T20 this season, of all the counties , we have TWO in the top four. Top of the list is Sams at number 4 is Critchley.
For me Critchley has been the player of the year by a country mile.
To think some people couldn't understand why we brought him in.
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get to finals day. You never know what could happen
Yes. Worth remembering that when we won the trophy in 2019, we'd only just scraped through the group stage.
I maintain and always will that we weren’t a great team when we won it.
It’s incredible when you look back at everything that went our way. Glamorgan won their first game of the competition in the last round to send us through and dump out Hampshire. Playing the quarter final in Durham instead of Old Trafford due to the Ashes. Edgbaston being a rank turner on finals day which suited our skill set perfectly. Drawing Derbyshire in the semi finals. Winning both tosses on the day. You’ll honestly never see the likes of it again.
As for Chelmsford. Ultimately both teams have to bowl on it so the excuse about the ground doesn’t wash for me. You can’t lose three wickets in the powerplay and expect to win games of T20 cricket. Plus our fielding has gone to pieces in the last few games which again suggests that we’ve a team who can’t handle pressure. Feroze Khushi is the obvious example. Dropped a crucial catch vs Hampshire under pressure and misfielded last night for the winning run.
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Hopefully we win the toss for a change, bowl first and Surrey hit us for 300. I don't want to see this lot embarrass the standard and reputation of the Blast by calling themselves quarter-finalists.
So We beat Surrey. I guess you’ll be rooting for Kent now