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Cricket => Essex Eagles T20 => Topic started by: dazedpenguin on July 02, 2023, 10:53:33 AM

Title: Surrey (A)
Post by: dazedpenguin on July 02, 2023, 10:53:33 AM
Squad for the last chance saloon:

Harmer, Allison, Beard, Buttleman, Cook, Critchley, Das, Khushi, Lawrence, Nijjar, Pepper, Rossington, Sams, Snater, Walter, Westley

Good luck lads.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: kingstonj1 on July 02, 2023, 01:04:16 PM
Did Rossington drop one the other night?

Baffling that he's back keeping give  buttleman has been impressive and improving with the bat.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: dazedpenguin on July 02, 2023, 01:17:55 PM
Essex won the toss and will bowl:

Rossington, Lawrence, Pepper, Khushi, Walter, Critchley, Sams, Harmer, Snater, Beard, Cook
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: kingstonj1 on July 02, 2023, 01:22:57 PM
Snater...
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: nat on July 02, 2023, 01:31:55 PM
Snater...
He needs to bat in the top 4 to take advantage of the fielding restrictions.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: CostaDelEssex on July 02, 2023, 03:16:35 PM
Quality innings from Rosso.
Must of really worked hard on his general fitness when nursing a finger injury.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: dazedpenguin on July 02, 2023, 04:42:29 PM
Khushi! What a win against one of the best teams in the group. Fine innings from Pepper, Lawrence and Khushi. That mid innings collapse added to the drama.

Now Somerset need to beat Kent.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: bwildered on July 02, 2023, 04:50:23 PM
A win a win.

Did our best to lose it, made hard work of it at the end, Jordan threw it away !
Await others to do our dirty work sums up a campaign that stuttered at the end.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: Valentines Park on July 02, 2023, 05:07:44 PM

Await others to do our dirty work sums up a campaign that stuttered at the end.

Cue Bell-Drummond scoring a spawny century.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: JasonP on July 02, 2023, 05:12:05 PM
A win a win.

Did our best to lose it, made hard work of it at the end, Jordan threw it away !
Await others to do our dirty work sums up a campaign that stuttered at the end.

True, but we have 16 points and only 1 team, Surrey in 2018, have got that many points in either group and not qualified since it went to 14 matches a side.  Two of those Surrey games were no results.  No team has won 8 matches and not qualified unless you count Leicestershire who were docked 2 points.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: Reddevil on July 02, 2023, 05:59:19 PM
Have a little faith you lot even though this fabulous win may not be enough if our rivals the other side of The Thames confound Somerset.

The heavy losses desecrating our net run rate May well prove crucial.

Consistently inconsistent some you win some you lose, the very epitome of T20. Form or logic fly  out of the window.

I never thought I would wish this but come on Somerset help us out for once.

Life in Essex yet. Never write them off.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: Reddevil on July 02, 2023, 06:03:10 PM
Just had a horrible thought. Somerset would not let Kent win to spite us, would they.

I feel sick 👿👿👿👿👿👿👿
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: Perov on July 02, 2023, 07:01:58 PM
If Kent lose, we play Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston  on Thursday at 6.30pm.

If Kent win, we are out and we won't be at Edgbaston  on Thursday!
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: essexspur on July 02, 2023, 08:27:13 PM
Those Somerset boys certainly know how to bowl at the death. Decent chance of making finals day and at the very least it’s good to keep the campaign going and see how some of the youngsters get on under pressure
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: nat on July 02, 2023, 08:30:15 PM
Never in doubt  :P
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: bwildered on July 02, 2023, 08:35:46 PM
  Got to be in it to win it - still .
 
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: JasonP on July 02, 2023, 08:48:07 PM
Good effort to qualify.  Birmingham a better team than us but who knows.  We've played better away than at home this year.  Won 5, lost 2.  The 2 we lost at Somerset and Hampshire we probably should have won both so we've certainly had our chances in every away match.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: spirali on July 02, 2023, 08:51:14 PM
Great atmosphere and real tension at the end. First time I've been to a T20 at the Oval, and I must say they do it rather well. Excellent win over star-studded opposition but quite the rollercoaster - when Pepper and Lawrence were together we appeared to be waltzing it in style, then we looked to have blown it, and then.. well you know what then.

Pepper was fantastic today, an exceptional innings.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: SirChef26 on July 02, 2023, 08:51:56 PM
I hope that six that Khushi hit is the making of him as a cricketer. Something like that can honestly be a career changer psychologically for a younger player.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: nat on July 02, 2023, 08:52:02 PM
Presumably Danny Boy won't play in the QF...because he'll be at the battle of Headingley.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: spirali on July 02, 2023, 08:56:47 PM
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I hope that six that Khushi hit is the making of him as a cricketer. Something like that can honestly be a career changer psychologically for a younger player.

Remember how Tendo became a different player after a matchwinning 50 in a one-day game against Middlesex? He'd never looked the part before that, and then.. well, again, you know what then.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: Perov on July 02, 2023, 09:22:10 PM
Presumably Danny Boy won't play in the QF...because he'll be at the battle of Headingley.

Das or Westley to replace him?
Buttleman in for Rossington?
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: nat on July 02, 2023, 09:24:56 PM
Presumably Danny Boy won't play in the QF...because he'll be at the battle of Headingley.

Das or Westley to replace him?
Buttleman in for Rossington?
Leave Rosso alone.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: kingstonj1 on July 02, 2023, 10:20:32 PM
Derbyshire beat Warwicks twice so we certainly have a chance.

Anyone can beat anyone in this, guess those embarrassed by us going through won't watch? If we lose so be it but we are a small county competing well in all fronts so far, with off field distractions too which have stopped on field strengthening so well done.

As Jason says we should have really won 2 more games at least so despite our woeful bowling and fielding our all at them batsmen have done us proud. One day they will all fire and we will get 250.


Not sure why your so keen on Rossington nat . He is certainly due...not sure what though! . DELETED . In all seriousness he is due a score surely but think buttlemena should play and in  the CC st stanley Park too. Sends all the wrong messages if Rossington comes back into the cc side in terrible form whereas buttleman did very well last time.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: Gilders on July 02, 2023, 10:57:27 PM
I am sure Anthony Gibson is delighted that Somerset's win secures Essex's QF spot!
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: Oldhasbeen on July 03, 2023, 06:48:23 AM
Presumably Danny Boy won't play in the QF...because he'll be at the battle of Headingley.
Buttleman in for Rossington?
A no-brainer
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: Andy on July 03, 2023, 09:02:59 AM
Presumably Danny Boy won't play in the QF...because he'll be at the battle of Headingley.

Das or Westley to replace him?
Buttleman in for Rossington?
Leave Rosso alone.

Not another desperate  ‘client’, eh Nat?  ;)
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: Reddevil on July 03, 2023, 10:13:48 AM
Oh dear we find ourselves in the mighty qtr finals. Was this supposed to happen?

Thank you Somerset for not taking your foot off the gas.

I did not realise Kent were so depleted, losing Bell- Drummond, Denny and Kalashnikov.

Maybe this our year, it is T20 after all.

Well done lads.
Title: Re: Surrey (A)
Post by: essexfan548 on July 03, 2023, 11:46:10 AM
I am sure Anthony Gibson is delighted that Somerset's win secures Essex's QF spot!

It must have really hurt him to realise that - his loathing of us in beyond a joke and very unprofessional.