Lancs 1/4 final

[mawallace]

Looks like it will be a 'weaker' Lancs side. Missing from their team:-

Buttler
Salt
Livingstone
Gleeson
Parkinson

[nat]

Good.

[dazedpenguin]

They'll still have a good side, with Tim David capable of winning the game on his own, but I wouldn't have rated Essex's chances against Buttler, Salt and Livingstone. It's a shame for the tournament that so many players are missing, for this match and for the other QFs, but the chance of another finals day is a lot greater (50/50 I reckon).

[Heisenberg]

Jennings, Bohannon, Croft, Vilas, David, Wells, Lamb, L.Wood, Hartley, Bailey and Bell/Jones/Hurt/W.Williams

[dazedpenguin]

Matt Critchley is in the squad:

Harmer, Allison, Beard, Benkenstein, Cook, Critchley, Das, Lawrence, Nijjar, Pepper, Rossington, Sams, Walter, Westley

[nat]

Matt Critchley is in the squad:

Harmer, Allison, Beard, Benkenstein, Cook, Critchley, Das, Lawrence, Nijjar, Pepper, Rossington, Sams, Walter, Westley

Can't see Benkenstein playing, he's get panned in the 2XI. Nor Das. So, one of Nijjar, Allison or Beard.

[SirChef26]

From the side that beat Glamorgan, either Das or Allison will drop out I imagine depending on whether we want an extra bat or bowler.

[CostaDelEssex]

Lawrence or Westley need to open with Rossington - with the assurance of Critch back in the middle order

[Niel01]

With Critchley back team selection will be interesting. Probably makes sense for Das to miss out. However our strategy seems to be for an opener with Rossington who will throw the bat - guess that Sams may be best suited for that without disrupting the successful team order too much. Look to have plenty of bowling options, but to leave out Allison would leave us short on seamers.

[dazedpenguin]

Lancashire squad (Heisenberg's predicted team looks spot on): Dane Vilas*, Tom Bailey, Josh Bohannon, Steven Croft, Tim David, Tom Hartley, Liam Hurt, Keaton Jennings, Rob Jones, Danny Lamb, Jack Morley, Luke Wells, Luke Wood

They say they're STILL waiting on the ECB's decision about releasing players. It's leaving things a bit late. Maybe Salt and Gleeson will be released? Apparently David Willey was released about 3PM yesterday.

[nat]

... Apparently David Willey was released about 3PM yesterday.

I know the ECB are useless but even they wouldn't release a player AFTER a game was played!

[dazedpenguin]

Oh you know what I mean Nat  The days all blur into one.

Anyway, Phil Salt has been released to play tonight. It would have been better had he been released tomorrow…

[dazedpenguin]

Essex won the toss and will bat.

Critchley listed on the team sheet to open with Rossington.

Rossington, Critchley, Pepper, Lawrence, Walter, Westley, Sams, Harmer, Beard, Allison, Cook

Lancashire:

Salt, Jennings, Croft, Vilas, David, Jones, Wells, Lamb, Wood, Hartley, Bailey

[Niel01]

We won the Toss - first in nine - won’t beat Nasser’s record after all !!

[kingstonj1]

Awful!!