Story Essex: In The Now!..............
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Dipak
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Well Essex are back to their winning best.
I think SUSSEX defeated ESSEX over there.
Fenil
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SUSSEX defeated ESSEX over there.
Yes, thats what he has written, pal. Essex defeated BY Sussex.
2011 World Cup Review
Well hello again. I realize that my Day 1 Report for the Gloucestershire game is due already. I know I need to get my skates on. I have been working on this update for a couple of days, and have been having trouble deciding on a format. Researching some of the players also took a while. In the end, this review is going to be quite minimalist, so, if there?s anything you want to know about the World Cup that I don?t cover, just ask and I will be happy to supplement this report, within the limitations of the information available to me. (We don?t have a media company in the bin Said portfolio, nor an intelligence agency. So, I can?t possibly tell you what Kumar Sangakkara has for breakfast, nor whether he likes long walks on the beach. You must ask him yourself!)
Firstly, the squads. Listed here are all the players that actually got a game. If you want to know who were in the squads but didn?t play, believe it or not I?m afraid I don?t know. Debutants are highlighted (although debut information for associates has not been researched at the present time). In brackets after their names are their batting position(s), a ?k? if they were keeper, a ?B? if they were a mainline bowler, and a ?b? if they were a sixth/support bowler.
Australia: Hughes(o) Jaques(o/6) Katich(o) Ponting(3) Clarke(4) M Hussey(5) Watson(6/5,B) Haddin(7,k) Johnson(8,B) Butterworth(9,B) Siddle(10,B) Clark(11,B) Burt Cockley(NSW, 11,B) Tait(11,B)
Bangladesh: T Iqbal(o) Nafees(o) Al Hasan(3,B) Mahmudullah(4) Saleh(5/6) Nazimuddin(5) M Hossain(6) Kapali(7,B) Rahim(8/7,w) S Islam(9/8,B) Mortaza(10,B) M Alam(11,B) Shuvo(9/10,B) T Aziz(10,B)
Canada: G Barnett(o,b) M Cale(o) G Hackford(3) A Bagai(4/5,k) Q Ali(5/4) U Bhatti(6,B) M Shakir(7,B) I Billcliff(8) S Faridi(9,B) H Osinde(10,B) A Dean(11,B)
England: Strauss(o) Geoffrey Darcy(Sussex, o) Pietersen(3) Bopara(4) S Patel(5) Prior(6,k) Flintoff(7,B) Clare(8,B) Swann(9,B) Broad(10,B) Woakes(11,B) Bresnan(9,B)
India: Gambhir(o) Badrinath(o) Tendulkar(3) P Patel(4) Sehwag(5) W Jaffer(6) Jadeja(7,B) Mishra(8,B) Harbhajan(9,B) M Patel(10/9,B), I Sharma(11/10,B), Anitkar Kumar(Baroda, 11,B)
Namibia: L van der Westhuizen(o) R van Schoor(o) C Williams(3) G Snyman(4,B) D Botha(5) L Burger(6) J Burger(6) S Burger(7,B) A du Plessis(8) B Kotze(9,B) B Burger(10,B) L Klazinga(11,B)
Netherlands: R Bakas(o) Zuiderent(o) M Bukhari(3) Kervezee(4) T de Grooth(5) D van Bunge(6/7) M Jonkman(6,B) R Nijman(7,B) M Kashif(8,B) E Schiferli(9,B) Nannes(10,B) G Mol(11,B)
New Zealand: Raymond Tennison(Central Districts, o) Ryder(o/3,B) M Bell(o) Sinclair(3/4) Broom(4/5) de Boorder(5/6) Timothy Weston(Central Districts, 6/7) Rob Nicol(Auckland, 7) Oram(8/7,B) Franklin(9/8,B) Bond(10,B) O?Brien(11,B) Gillespie(9,B)
Pakistan: Manzoor(o) Jamshed(o) Younis Khan(3) Alam(3/4) Ghani(4/5) Yousuf(5) Mohammad Rizwan(Peshawar, 6) Arafat(7,B) Gul(8,B) Munir(9,B) Kaneria(10,B) S Khan(11,B) Asif(10,B)
South Africa: Smith(o) Amla(o) Duminy(o/3) de Villiers(3/4) Prince(4/5) Johan Mostert(North West, 5) D Wiese(6,B) Dane Vilas(7) Coetzee(8,B) Andrew Birch(Eastern Province, 9,B) M Morkel(9,B) Rusty Theron(Warriors, 10/9,B) Steyn(11,B) Ugasen Govender(Dolphins, 11,B) Zondeki(11/10,B)
Sri Lanka: Sangakkara(o,k) R Karnain(o) Mathews(3) Jayawardene(4) Tharanga(5) Samaraweera(6,B) Dilshan(7) S Saman(8,B) Kulasekara(9/8,B) Kariyawasam(10/9,B) Mendis(11/10,B), Muralitharan(11,B)
USA: C Steed(o) H Goddard(o) R Tyson(3) A Austerfield(4) M Moore(5,B) J Howarth(6,b) S Ritchie(7,B) B Bartley(8/7,B) C Wright(9/8,k) C Yates(10/9,B) R Knowles(11/10,B) M Digweed(11,B)
West Indies: Gayle(o) Devon Smith(o) Chanderpaul(3) Barath(4) Sarwan(5) Deonarine(5) R Hinds(6,B) Baugh(7,k) Sammy(8,B) Sebastien(9,B) Taylor(10,B) Jaggernauth(11,B) Gavin Wallace(Jamaica, 11,B) Gavin Tonge(Leeward Islands, 11,B)
Zimbabwe: K Cronje(o) Patient Charumbira(Northerns, o) S Williams(3) T Taibu(4,k) H Masakadza(5/4) Chigumbura(6/5) R Chakabva(7/6) C Chibhabha(7/8,B) Utseya(8,B) Maruma(9,B) T Kamungozi(10,B) Rainsford(11,B) T Mupariwa(10,B) F Mutizwa(7)
Secondly, the group game upsets.
New Zealand beat South Africa in the opening game by 49 runs. Tennison with 101 and Franklin with 9-0-45-4 played the starring roles in the victory.
Feb 23: Namibia beat Netherlands by 20 runs
Namibia 195 48.4o van der Westhuizen 44 M Kashif 9.4-2-35-5
Netherlands 175 45.2o D van Bunge 48 L Klazinga(MOTM) 4-47
Feb 27: Two upsets ? Bangladesh over West Indies by 29, and Zimbabwe over Pakistan by 4 wickets and 8 balls.
Bang 233-9 Nafees 98 G Wallace 10-1-32-3;
WI 204 44.3o Gayle 76 M Alam (MOTM) 7.3-1-42-4
Pak 215-8 Yousuf 71* Rainsford Chibhabha Maruma Mupariwa 2 ea;
Zim 218-6 38.4o Taibu(MOTM) 58 Munir, S Khan 2 ea by 4 wkts/8bls
Mar 1: West Indies defeated India by 4 wickets and nearly 10 overs
India 182 45.4o Tendulkar 39 Taylor (MOTM) 8-1-33-4;
WI 183-6 40.3o Chanderpaul 58 Deonarine 53 M Patel, A Kumar 2 ea
Mar 4: Bangladesh pull off their second upset, defeating New Zealand by 2 wickets (8 balls).
NZ 229 48.2o Sinclair 67 Ryder 62 M Alam(motm) 9.2-1-33-4 S Islam 3-47 Shuvo 3-44;
Bang 232-8 48.4o Al Hasan (at 3) 64 Kapali (at 7) 55* Oram 10-2-20-4 Ryder 9-60-3
This result took Bangladesh to the quarters instead of New Zealand.
I'll be back in just a few moments to tell you the results of the elimination games.
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2011 World Cup Review ? Part 2
It?s getting late ? so without further ado?:
In the Quarter Finals:
Australia defeated India by just 1 wicket, albeit with 6.1 overs remaining:
India 203 43.4o Sehwag (at 5) 39 Watson 3-41;
Aus 206-9 43.5o Hughes 60 Mishra(MOTM) 7-42-5
Pakistan defeated the West Indies by 111 runs:
Pak 229-9 Manzoor(MOTM) 125* Sebastien 10-1-30-3 Tonge 3-63;
WI 118 29.1o Gayle 37 S Khan 2.1-8-4 Asif 3-29 by 111
South Africa defeated England by 22 runs:
SAf 195 44.5o de Villiers 65 Broad(MOTM) 10-1-40-4;
Eng 173 36.3o Zondeki 7-2-28-3 Coetzee 3-50
And, Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 168 runs:
SL 290-5 Mathews (at 3) 81 Jayawardene 71 Tharanga (at 5) 52* S Islam, Al Hasan 2 ea;
Ban 122 26o Mahmudullah 48 Mendis(MOTM) 7-2-28-4 Muralitharan 3-43
In The Semi Finals:
Pakistan defeated Australia by 78 runs:
Pak 223 Jamshed (open) 63 Yousuf 55 Tait 10-1-64-4 Johnson 3-42;
Aus 145 39o Clarke 42 Gul(MOTM) 10-2-38-6
In what probably just still qualifies as the game of the tournament, South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by 1 wicket (8 balls):
SL 258-9 Tharanga 106 Samaraweera 72 M Morkel(MOTM) 10-2-41-5;
SAf 262-9 48.4o Smith 79 Mendis 9.4-1.38-4
The other contender for best game of the two months was the Final, in which South Africa emerged ultimately victorious by just 2 runs:
South Africa 229 (49 overs; Vilas 60no, de Villiers 56, Gul 10-2-45-3, Asif 3-54);
Pakistan 227 (45.5 overs; Jamshed 86, Rizwan 30no, Morne Morkel(MOTM) 8-0-43-4)
Right then. Good to get that out of the way! I must now endeavour to cover the first day of the Gloucestershire game at Southend, before day 2 starts in?about?11 hours? So do join me in the morning for that update, won?t you. And ciao for now.
RPHKR
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What a close match !!
Australia are still top of the ODI rankings, despite being only losing semi-finalists. World champions South Africa are second, followed by India. Runners-up Pakistan are in 8th place!
Oh dear! You know what happened, don't you? By the time I had each day's update written, there wasn't time to post it before starting the next day's play. We have another Pro League match today, but it's nearby - at Lord's against Middlesex in fact. I'll just have to see how many of the Gloucestershire game updates I can post before play gets too engrossing to resist watching.
August 27, 2011: Essex vs Gloucestershire, Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea
County Championship Division 2
Welcome back. To set the scene, it is now last Saturday morning in Southend. It is a sunny day, but none too warm, as one might expect on the Essex coast this late in the summer. The forecast is for mostly sunny ? and even quite summery ? conditions until a change on Tuesday. And it?s a batsman?s wicket. And the outfield is already quite fast. Quite an important toss, then, as the team batting on the last day will be at a disadvantage.
Nevertheless we lost the toss, and will be bowling first. Here is a comparison of the teams:
You can see I have dropped centurion Napier, who was actually in the team as a bowler. Alastair Cook takes his place in the bowling lineup. John Maunders, who was disappointing when called on to bat, makes way for Freddie Klokker. Freddie is really a limited-overs specialist, but his form and his one-day success suggest to me that he is good enough for our last batting slot. As Jamie has conceded a few byes recently, I have also trusted Freddie with the gloves this time.
Here we are looking at career bowling. It clearly shows why Alastair figures in our bowling setup. Gloucestershire appear to be struggling in this regard ? only two of their bowlers have distinguished careers. This year, however, Banerjee for them has been strong, while Masters for us has not been performing. Still, we appear to have the edge in bowling, and our batting is way better on paper. For a pleasant change, even the tabloid pundits have us as favourites.
Right ? back to the game. Hodnett and Gitsham to face ? Tahir and Masters to open the bowling. The opening pace barrage was uneventful, they were 27 for no loss after 12 overs, when our spin duo was introduced. Harris struck in his second over, getting Hodnett caught at short point for 15. Gitsham and Lee were on the back foot, and had a few nervous moments, but came through unscathed. They went to lunch at 98 for 1. Lee, having overtaken Gitsham effortlessly, had just brought up his half-century.
After lunch, the partnership continued to flourish. Tahir and Cook could make no headway, it took the re-introduction of Harris to get the breakthrough once again. Gitsham was still 2 short of his fifty when he miscued an on-drive. He got a leading edge which steepled to long-on, allowing Carson time to get back from mid-on to complete the catch. The partnership had been 100 exactly, so it was 133 for 2.
Gitsham miscues to long-on
Harris? spell continued towards tea. Chris Taylor never looked comfortable against him. He made only 15 before edging the spinner to slip. He was not keeping, but Jamie Foster was still getting his catching practice. He snaffled the slip-catch, and they were 171 for 3. All three wickets to Harris so far.
Don?t be frightened, but Christopher Lee, meanwhile, is closing in on his century. That is, until a lapse of concentration on the stroke of the tea-break. Masters spears one into the midriff, and the leg-slip McPhee comes into play with a regulation catch. So Gloucs went to tea at 194 for 4. New arrival Wodehouse was on 2, while Beckett was not long in double figures, having made 15. Things were looking up for us now that the batsman with the big score was gone.
Lee gone - regulation catch for leg-slip McPhee
It was Masters and Harris who continued after tea. Scoring was slow ? only 19 had been added when Harris got yet another breakthrough in the 5th over of his spell. It was Wodehouse, caught at short point by Cook, in a manner very similar to Hodnett?s dismissal.
That was 213 for 5. Beckett and Brown occupied the crease and accumulated runs slowly. We took the new ball late, in the 89th over, due to our two-man pace attack needing rest. Still, thankfully, they made it pay. Masters induced one of those leading edges from Brown, and it flew to mid-on. Mal Loye belied his years with a two-handed catch diving to his left. A bottle of Glenfiddich for that man!
Still we were not into the tail. Like us, Gloucestershire had a capable keeper-batsman batting at eight. Unfortunately for them, he never got going. He badly mistimed a half-hearted pull at Tahir, and presented an easy return chance, which was gratefully taken. That was 268 for 7. Can we close this out tonight?
Jon Lewis obviously didn?t want us thinking he was a bunny. He took a single first ball, then, next over, he hit his second and third for successive sixes! Beckett had just reached his fifty, but he could not come to Lewis? party. Tahir, who had been wicketless two overs ago, was making best use of this second new ball. The last ball of his next over, he hit Beckett on the toe with a yorker from round the wicket. Great ball! He was on the crease, and plumb in front of leg. He had to go! That was the last joy of the day for us. Still, while there were too many unknowns for me to feel confident (you know me by now, don?t you?), I couldn?t help thinking: 293 for 8 ? it could have been so much worse!
Essex v Gloucestershire, Stumps Day 1
Gloucestershire 293-8 (Lee 93, Beckett 51, Harris 26-8-63-4, Tahir 2-61, Masters 2-61)
August 28, 2011: Essex vs Gloucestershire, Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea
County Championship Division 2, Day 2
Well, no rest for the wicked, and the show must go on! It is now Sunday, day 2 of our four-day game. It?s a sunny day in Southend, and promises to push the mercury above average for July, let alone late August.
If Lewis and Banerjee were hoping to wag Gloucestershire?s tail at us, they were going about it all wrong. Fifteen balls later, it was our turn to bat. A potentially useful cameo from Lewis, scoring his 24 off just 11. And Harris achieved his five-for when he had number eleven Kirby caught behind.
So Moore and Cook are to bat. Jon Lewis was to bowl his gentle medium-pacers with the new ball. His partner was Kirby. There were a couple of anxious moments for us, but we saw off Lewis and Kirby. We might have hoped to prosper more fully against Wodehouse and Brown, but it was not to be. He?s barely more than a part-time medium-pacer, but David Brown got the breakthrough. Moore was lbw for 28 and we were 58 for 1.
Cook swats Lewis imperiously for 4
Then, not surprisingly, Banerjee was introduced. But Cook and Carson negotiated him successfully. So we got to lunch at 84 for 1.
Last Friday, as you may know, the first ODI of England?s home series with Pakistan was played. It was a narrow victory to Pakistan, by three wickets, with 10 balls remaining. (Never mind about Ravi, he did okay, but not great). The second game was on Sunday, so it was the innings break at this time. Remember that England had made a clean sweep of the four Tests and two T20Is. Also, England are fifth on the ODI rankings, ahead of Pakistan who are in last place of the top 8. So we?re hoping England can come back in this best-of-five series of ODIs. England had made 208 for 7 from their overs. It might not be enough.
But that?s more than enough of that! Back to Southend ? back to my team Essex! That?s who I?m responsible for! I was actually offered the England job last September (should I be telling you this?). But it?s just not me. And I hope you won?t give me any of that patriotism nonsense. It was as good a decision for England as it was for me. They?re doing just fine!
Now back to the damn game! Cook and Carson continued after lunch. Five overs into the session, Carson took us to 100 with a six over point. However, five overs and 17 runs after that, Lewis struck. Cook was caught behind just three short of his fifty. Walker arrived, but looked a bit shaky. He only made six before edging Banerjee to slip. It would only take the failure of one more batsman, and I would officially declare that the wheels had come off our innings!
But that didn?t happen. In the 54th over, some twenty-five minutes before tea, Carson brought up his 50, off just 95 balls. At tea we were 170 for 3, and McPhee had reached double figures. Pakistan were 126 for 4 in their chase with 19 overs to go. Just over four an over needed, so if they put a partnership together, they had won.
After tea, the weather took a turn for the worse. Clouds had been predicted, but not on this scale. The new ball was taken after 81 ? but by Wodehouse and Brown! Then after one over from Wodehouse, he was replaced by part-time fast bowler Lee! McPhee reached his fifty that over. One over later, Carson reached his century. It had taken only 175 balls.
Trademark that! Carson fashions a scoop off Lewis
The second-string pacemen did not make the new ball count. The ball was nine overs old before Lewis and Kirby returned. In Kirby?s second over, he had McPhee caught at slip. He had made an excellent 70, in a partnership of 144.
And that was the last over of the day?s play. We ended the day on 292 for 4. Just three more runs, and we could start posting our first innings lead.
Pakistan, meanwhile, had found that partnership. Losing only two more wickets, they got home by four wickets with 7 balls to spare. England must win every game from here, or lose the series, and possibly get demoted in the rankings.
Essex v Gloucestershire, Stumps Day 2
Gloucestershire 295 (Lewis 24, Harris 27.3-8-64-5, Tahir 24-5-62-3, Masters 2-61);
Essex 292-4 (McPhee 70, Carson 118*, Loye 1*)
ESSEX TRAIL BY 3 WITH 6 FIRST INNINGS WICKETS IN HAND
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