Birmingham Bears (A), quarter final

[dazedpenguin]

Definitely. Slight edge to the home team. Must avoid a batting collapse like against Surrey.

[nat]

Rosso sawn off in his prime.

[dazedpenguin]

Phew! What a game. Never in doubt :-)  Shane Snater take a bow. Birmingham Bears fought well, but Essex just held their nerve.

On to Finals Day. You never know…

[bwildered]

 A wins a win .

 A six is in it to win it  !!

[essexspur]

Obviously I wanted Warwicks to score 300 so we wouldn't stink the finals day out but, heh,  might as well go and win it now. I love this team

[spirali]

Very, very well done boys. Bit like the Surrey game - seemingly cruising to victory, then collapsing, then pulling it out of the fire with a six. Snater out-thought Hannon-Dalby I reckon - knew it would be the slower ball and was set for it. Phew. I need a lie down.

[dazedpenguin]

I'm hoping for Essex beating Somerset in the final now 

[Heisenberg]

Well done boys. Very proud. Thought we would be near the bottom of the group before the competition started.

Constantly punching above our weight and great to see so many academy players in the side.

[nat]

terrific win, well done.

[bwildered]

 Hants or Worcs next up in the semi .

 

[Slogger]

I rarely comment on T20 but I do wonder how we managed to make that game so tight when we simply needed to carry on picking off singles and hitting the bad ball. I hope lots of Essex fans who support the format make it to Edgbaston and have a great day and the team brings home the cup!

[SirChef26]

Was out, so listened to second innings commentary. I know I'm a broken record, but Dick and Paul really are brilliant when it comes to commentating on T20, especially when we go all calamity Essex every time we look overwhelming favourites to win. Makes a tense match throughly entertaining to listen to.

Finals Day, dodged Somerset in the semi-final and lots of rain forecast for that weekend. We've no right to win it but you never know...

[essexfan548]

Was out, so listened to second innings commentary. I know I'm a broken record, but Dick and Paul really are brilliant when it comes to commentating on T20, especially when we go all calamity Essex every time we look overwhelming favourites to win. Makes a tense match throughly entertaining to listen to.

Finals Day, dodged Somerset in the semi-final and lots of rain forecast for that weekend. We've no right to win it but you never know...

Thoroughly agree - their commentary was brilliant - come on Essex!

[Gilders]

I know all's well that ends well.  But:

1.  We should not have made it so close with needless wickets when already well ahead of the run-rate
2.  I thought Drakes ran across Harmer and blocked his path in the course of the run-out and that should not have been given out.  If Drakes had just stood his ground or held his line, fair enough.  But he did more than that to my eye.  Reminiscent of the Dernbach/Quinn collision at the Oval at the end of the 2018 CC season where I thought the bowler also made deliberate contact.  I would have thought each of those was not out (Quinn was not out anyway) and 5 runs penalty for bowler obstructing batter.  No use asking the fielding captain if he wants to withdraw the appeal - I would have thought that was not out as a matter of the laws in the first place.  All comes under Law 41.5 and it turns on whether the contact by Drakes was deliberate or not.  Can't see how it was not.

In the end it made no difference, but how did other forum members see that incident tonight?

[Gilders]

Hants or Worcs next up in the semi .

Thanks I had not seen the draw.  Are we the morning semi or the afternoon one?