This match may have been academic in terms of significance to the table, but the most heartening statistic for me is Lawrence’s 86 off 46 balls, including four sixes.
A match winning knock and one which I hope will fully restore any confidence lost, through an indifferent season. All we need now is for Westley to wake up, and we have a revitalised team.
One swallow does not make a Summer, and tonight’s match against Kent, will be a pointer, but with further rounds of The Championship coming up, this result, may just prove the kick start for Essex to get back on track and start playing to their true potential.
Ravi’s bowling stint does indeed raise questions. Did he feel a twinge or slight strain which prevented him bowling more?
Zaidi’s crucial gem of an innings, which propelled us over the line, only begs the question, why we have not seen more of him, and throws more serious questions to RTD and coaching staff of their apparent continual ignoring of a resource which could have been the difference between winning and losing close games.
