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Cricket => Essex Second XI => Topic started by: JasonP on August 19, 2024, 09:44:20 AM

Title: Gloucester game today
Post by: JasonP on August 19, 2024, 09:44:20 AM
https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m5f348091-67fb-44c3-80ef-3026733fc179

No Beard in the 12 today, so I think that would mean he wouldn't play again.  Browne and Khushi both in the team whereas Das and Thain aren't.  May well mean that they are planning to give Das a go as an opener on Thursday.  Of course it's possible that the likes of Allison and Browne could play 2 days of the second team match and then be pulled out to be in the squad for Thursday but it would be odd for Browne to play in this when no other likely starters on Thursday are.
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: nat on August 19, 2024, 09:58:08 AM
Yep a clear indication of the runners and riders for the forthcoming CC game(s). Interesting personally that HL Seagrave is playing for Essex. Attached to Middx for a while, bowls SLA.
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: dazedpenguin on August 19, 2024, 10:26:27 AM
Gloucs also have Jack Benkenstein playing for them. I wonder if he's any relation to Luc ?
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: JasonP on August 19, 2024, 11:14:02 AM
Gloucs also have Jack Benkenstein playing for them. I wonder if he's any relation to Luc ?

It's his brother.  He's only 16.
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: Andy on August 19, 2024, 12:06:24 PM
Browne is not skipper. That suggests either he?s not staying the full 4 days or that he?s very much out of favour. Elgar and Das to open on Wednesday I guess.
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: nat on August 19, 2024, 12:18:14 PM
Browne is not skipper. That suggests either he?s not staying the full 4 days or that he?s very much out of favour. Elgar and Das to open on Wednesday I guess.

Well, if they do open (the batting) on Wednesday they'll have plenty of time to play themselves in. The Hampshire bowlers are turning up on Thursday!
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: dazedpenguin on August 19, 2024, 12:56:35 PM
Gloucs also have Jack Benkenstein playing for them. I wonder if he's any relation to Luc ?

It's his brother.  He's only 16.

Thanks. It may be my imagination but there do seem to be a lot of sets of brothers coming through. I assume that the Reuben Thain who turned out for Essex seconds recently is Noah's younger brother.
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: Crisp on August 19, 2024, 03:12:18 PM
Gloucs also have Jack Benkenstein playing for them. I wonder if he's any relation to Luc ?

It's his brother.  He's only 16.

Thanks. It may be my imagination but there do seem to be a lot of sets of brothers coming through. I assume that the Reuben Thain who turned out for Essex seconds recently is Noah's younger brother.
Looks nothing like Noah but he is his brother.
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: Andy on August 19, 2024, 04:33:54 PM
That Dent youngster is doing well, sign him up!  ;)
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: kingstonj1 on August 19, 2024, 05:02:54 PM
He has mental health issues unfortunately that have prevented him being available much for Gloucester.

A player who looked like he could go on to better things but div2 is probably his ceiling.
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: SirChef26 on August 19, 2024, 05:21:34 PM
Gloucs also have Jack Benkenstein playing for them. I wonder if he's any relation to Luc ?

It's his brother.  He's only 16.

Thanks. It may be my imagination but there do seem to be a lot of sets of brothers coming through. I assume that the Reuben Thain who turned out for Essex seconds recently is Noah's younger brother.

If Essex (and indeed all of us) are still around in ten years time, then we should have the pleasure of watching the Ten Doeschate twins wreak havoc.
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: nat on August 20, 2024, 12:18:50 PM
Poor ol' Nick Browne. Can't buy a run.
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: nat on August 21, 2024, 05:00:53 PM
Poor ol' Nick Browne. Can't buy a run.

Deja vu.
Title: Re: Gloucester game today
Post by: JasonP on December 09, 2024, 10:30:50 AM
Gloucs also have Jack Benkenstein playing for them. I wonder if he's any relation to Luc ?

It's his brother.  He's only 16.

Thanks. It may be my imagination but there do seem to be a lot of sets of brothers coming through. I assume that the Reuben Thain who turned out for Essex seconds recently is Noah's younger brother.

https://essexcricket.org.uk/2024/12/09/academy-intakes-for-2025-confirmed/
Both Reuben Thain and Jack Benkenstein are now both in the Essex Academy for next year.  If Ben Allison hadn't have left it's possible we could have had two Thains, two Allisons and two Benkensteins sometime in the near future in the Essex team.