Essex keen to sustain unbeaten record against Gloucestershire today - Clydesdale Bank40 tournament – Cricket News Update
Essex County cricket team is determined to maintain its unbeaten record of seven games in the ongoing Clydesdale Bank40 tournament. The County side does not want rain to intervene again and disrupt play, as they are going to clash with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 today,
at Cheltenham, and will strive to win.
Essex have proved to be an invincible team in the 40-over competition of the English County Cricket and managed to win all the games played so far. However, three of their last seven games ended without results due to rain. Unfortunately, they could not
bat in all the rain-hit matches.
Now, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 players are keen to bat and bag full-fledged victories instead of half points, provided the rain does not washout their plans.
Talking to the media, the Head Coach of the team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Paul-Grayson-c42130, said, “It’s frustrating that we’ve been denied the opportunity of chasing victory in those games but we’ve been playing some good 40-overs cricket and hopefully, we can record another win against
Gloucestershire.”
He further told, “There are no easy games in this competition but we’ve practised hard after having a welcome few days off and we’ve prepared well for the game. Gloucestershire are a bit inconsistent but quite dangerous on their day and they’ve got match
winners. They have just had a big win against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 in the Championship at Cheltenham so they will be in good heart.”
Unfortunately, the team will play against Gloucestershire today without their skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 will lead the side as the acting captain.
Another deficiency in the team is Matt http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Walker-c95903, the top order batsman, who is out of the playing XI due to a chest infection.
In this situation, it will be hard for the Essex to keep their heads high against the team that poses to be comprised of many experienced played.
The Essex squad for today’s game is as follows:
R Bopara (capt), M Pettini, A Wheater (wkt), #tahttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/T-Mills-c92494, T Craddock.
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