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Cricket => Essex Eagles T20 => Topic started by: bwildered on May 30, 2026, 06:55:37 AM
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Due to the new regional set up with an extra home and away fixture, Derby come for the home fixture.
Unless injuries, cannot alter a nine wicket win side .
But let?s be wary .
Derby amassed 234 last fixture with 117 in seven overs at the start. Two sides with confident victories .
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The Donald is the danger man.
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Ross Whiteley is also still dangerous in this format. Some years ago he tied with Chris Gayle for the most sixes in a Blast season - having said that he achieved the tally playing 16 games, while Gayle played just 3.
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Unchanged squad. Almost certainly unchanged team.
Harmer, Akhter, Allison, Benkenstein, Bennett, Critchley, Das, Fernandes, Jones, Mulder, Pepper, Snater, Thain, Walter
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Derbyshire won the toss and will bat first.
Unchanged team:
Walter, Pepper, Allison, Benkenstein, Mulder, Critchley, Harmer, Thain, Snater, Akhter, Bennett
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174 to win, a bit more than expected after having been 74/5, but Essex *should* be favourites. Derbyshire have some decent bowlers though.
A good performance from all the bowlers, particularly Snater, Mulder and Akhter.
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Another good bowling performance although it did feel like we had them on the ropes at 70-odd for 5 and let things slip a bit from there. Puzzled again by Harmer?s bowling choices - Mulder and Akhter were arguably the best bowlers today but both had overs unused, while there was no real need for Benkenstein to bowl at all. Still, 173 should be gettable.. should be.
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?while there was no real need for Benkenstein to bowl at all. Still, 173 should be gettable.. should be.
Trying to give him experience of bowling in the thrashathon. There are much easier places to learn your craft than postage stamp Chelmo.
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A finish that looked like, a benefit or pro celebrity game. When the crowd go home happy with the exciting end.
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Have we stumbled on how to prepare winnable white ball hybrid wickets . Just play a double header, makes the hybrid wickets partly worn, so just ruffed up enough despite a roll between matches to just take the true flatness off.
Finally the batters have contributed, makes such a difference.
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Have we stumbled on how to prepare winnable white ball hybrid wickets . Just play a double header, makes the hybrid wickets partly worn, so just ruffed up enough despite a roll between matches to just take the true flatness off.
Finally the batters have contributed, makes such a difference.
It was a much better watch today. Having something for the bowlers does make it a better spectacle. Suits us a bit more as well I think.
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I guess we should thank Andrew Flintoff or whoever decided to leave Allison out of the 2nd Lions match. Doubtful we'd have won without him.
Incidently there are three 50 over matches between SA A and England lions to be played between 5th and 9th of June. Not sure if they've named the squad yet but if not could easily see Cox or Allison playing in them. Rehan Ahmed went straight from not playing in the IPL to playing for the Lions.
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... Rehan Ahmed went straight from not playing in the IPL to playing for the Lions.
So much for taking more account of performances in county cricket!
A leopard doesn't change his spots.
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I would say never in doubt, but I was beginning to doubt for while. Well done Charlie Allison for getting the team home. The batting does look more solid with him in the team. 2 wins in a row with Middlesex on Sunday followed by Kent again and Cox back from IPL bench warming. Don't make me hope, Essex, it seldom ends well.
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I guess we should thank Andrew Flintoff or whoever decided to leave Allison out of the 2nd Lions match. Doubtful we'd have won without him.
Incidently there are three 50 over matches between SA A and England lions to be played between 5th and 9th of June. Not sure if they've named the squad yet but if not could easily see Cox or Allison playing in them. Rehan Ahmed went straight from not playing in the IPL to playing for the Lions.
They seem to have gone for one player from each county- with a few exceptions. I don't think they'll pick both Cox and Allison, but I completely forgot about those 3 South Africa A games. If they're treating the Lions as the players who can step up to the full squad right away, then it would have to be Cox. But the squad they picked for the last set of 4 day games was more a development side.
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I have every respect for Harmer and by all accounts he's a really bright guy but his captaincy sometimes makes Westley look like Brearley. His bowling choices in his format are just plain odd. We could have won today with 3 or 4 overs to spare if we had bowled our best bowlers on the day - Akhtar and Mulder- out. Letting everyone bar Walter have an over or two just doesn't make sense. can somebody explain.
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I have every respect for Harmer and by all accounts he's a really bright guy but his captaincy sometimes makes Westley look like Brearley. His bowling choices in his format are just plain odd. We could have won today with 3 or 4 overs to spare if we had bowled our best bowlers on the day - Akhtar and Mulder- out. Letting everyone bar Walter have an over or two just doesn't make sense. can somebody explain.
I'm guessing he's trying to win games *and* develop the younger players e.g. Benkenstein.
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That?s not a bad ploy. I?m heartened by us finding a bit of form. The Blast is less important to me but the initial matches were a bit embarrassing living in the heart of Somerset as I do!
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Mix and match bowling changes is a standard these days. Keeps bats away from familiarity, especially if one has become settled in and scoring .
Thought after, did the DJ go home after the ladies game or did I not hear the burst of music during the game.
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Now Essex has just crept into positive run rate territory.
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Mix and match bowling changes is a standard these days
That's true of course - but it's also true that precisely because it's 'standard', it's sometimes done rather unthinkingly, which is how it looked yesterday. Still, all's well that ends well.
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Mix and match bowling changes is a standard these days
That's true of course - but it's also true that precisely because it's 'standard', it's sometimes done rather unthinkingly, which is how it looked yesterday. Still, all's well that ends well.
Captains generally start off with a general plan, but has the game develops even the first delivery of the next over becomes a match up option. All bowlers must be ready now to bowl one over from either end throughout and with a bigger squad of bowlers available in the game also may not be expected to bowl their full quota.
Back in the day ends and quotas were set in stone and captains were less flexible in taking unlikely options.
Standard stuff now, it is just has much about surprise.
One thing far more certain, the day of consolidation is over and trying to keep taking wickets much more a priority, which does makes it entertaining .
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I guess we should thank Andrew Flintoff or whoever decided to leave Allison out of the 2nd Lions match. Doubtful we'd have won without him.
Incidently there are three 50 over matches between SA A and England lions to be played between 5th and 9th of June. Not sure if they've named the squad yet but if not could easily see Cox or Allison playing in them. Rehan Ahmed went straight from not playing in the IPL to playing for the Lions.
They seem to have gone for one player from each county- with a few exceptions. I don't think they'll pick both Cox and Allison, but I completely forgot about those 3 South Africa A games. If they're treating the Lions as the players who can step up to the full squad right away, then it would have to be Cox. But the squad they picked for the last set of 4 day games was more a development side.
No Cox for the next couple of matches
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/jordan-cox-ipl-stint-rcb-the-things-ive-learned-i-just-couldn-t-turn-it-down-1539298
But as Cox heads back home - he is expected to play for England Lions in their one-day series against South Africa A,
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No Cox for the next couple of matches
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/jordan-cox-ipl-stint-rcb-the-things-ive-learned-i-just-couldn-t-turn-it-down-1539298
But as Cox heads back home - he is expected to play for England Lions in their one-day series against South Africa A,
And so it proved: https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4513924/england-lions-name-squad-for-50overs-series-with-south-africa-a At least they didn't pick Allison too. Not that he doesn't deserve it, but Essex need him.
England Lions squad for 50-overs series against South Africa
James Coles (Sussex)
Jordan Cox (Essex)
Mason Crane (Glamorgan)
Henry Crocombe (Sussex)
Scott Currie (Hampshire)
Caleb Falconer (Middlesex)
Eddie Jack (Hampshire)
Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)
Ben Mayes (Hampshire)
Ben McKinney (Durham)
Dan Mousley (Warwickshire)
Noan Cornwell (Middlesex)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
James Rew (Somerset)
Thomas Rew (Somerset)
Asa Tribe (Glamorgan)
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No Cox for the next couple of matches
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/jordan-cox-ipl-stint-rcb-the-things-ive-learned-i-just-couldn-t-turn-it-down-1539298
But as Cox heads back home - he is expected to play for England Lions in their one-day series against South Africa A,
And so it proved: https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4513924/england-lions-name-squad-for-50overs-series-with-south-africa-a At least they didn't pick Allison too. Not that he doesn't deserve it, but Essex need him.
England Lions squad for 50-overs series against South Africa
James Coles (Sussex)
Jordan Cox (Essex)
Mason Crane (Glamorgan)
Henry Crocombe (Sussex)
Scott Currie (Hampshire)
Caleb Falconer (Middlesex)
Eddie Jack (Hampshire)
Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)
Ben Mayes (Hampshire)
Ben McKinney (Durham)
Dan Mousley (Warwickshire)
Noan Cornwell (Middlesex)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
James Rew (Somerset)
Thomas Rew (Somerset)
Asa Tribe (Glamorgan)
Enormous squad of seventeen .