Cambridge MCCU v Essex - Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches – Match Update
Essex 506/6d v Cambridge MCCU 26/1 (8.0 ov) - Cambridge MCCU trail by 480 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
In the ongoing Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches, Cambridge MCCU trail by 480 runs with nine wickets in hand after they scored 26 runs in response to the mammoth tally of 506 runs posted by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge.
After winning the toss, Essex chose to bat first but initiated a slow start to their innings on the first day of the three-day match.
With a tally of 62, they lost their fist wicket when Tom Westley was dismissed after playing an inning of 30 runs off 46 deliveries.
Number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jaik-Mickleburgh-c1627, then failed to subdue the bowlers he was up against as he fell after bolstering a meagre innings of nine runs.
With 85 runs on the board, the side lost the services of their third batsman, when Mark Pettini perished after scoring just six runs.
While opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Billy-Godleman-c1164, kept the scoreboard ticking, disaster struck when the side lost their fourth wicket as 22-year-old Adam Wheater found his way back to the pavilion without scoring a run.
Godleman was the next to fall as he departed after hammering an innings of 57 runs, leaving his side on a tally of 141.
Just when Cambridge MCCU thought they had Essex right where they wanted, all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Foster-c1644 crafted an unbelievable resurgence as they bled the fielding side by smacking the bowlers without a hint of hesitation.
Cambridge MCCU, who had dominated the first session of play, were now bogged down and desperate to break the partnership.
Essex dominated the rest of the day as their batsmen not only prevented the fielding side from making inroads but also played the three-day match as a one-day event by scoring at a rapid pace.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 clobbered an insurmountable innings of 160 runs before losing his wicket, but by that time he had done enough damage to cause Cambridge insomnia.
This was not the end, since the next batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Napier-c1505 was equally ruthless as he bolstered a century alongside Foster who hammered 114 runs before the side declared the innings.
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