http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 rout Northamptonshire by 171 runs: County Championship Division Two - First Innings Recap
Essex thumped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The four-day game ended on the third day’s play on Monday, June 27, 2011.
The hosts batted first in the match and piled up 183 runs in their outing. Their opening batsman, Tom Westley, was the star of the innings, scoring 61 runs for his side. The rest of the batsmen were below par and failed to make a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 impression.
On the other hand, former Sri Lanka’s attack bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaminda-Vaas-c1223, took six wickets for Northamptonshire in the innings.
There was some moisture in the pitch and conditions were not the easiest for the batsmen. However, the home team’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 assistance for the bowlers and elected to bat first.
Westley and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jaik-Charles-Mickleburgh-c65335 opened the innings for Essex, but they found it hard to cope with the seam and swing bowling. The pair played and missed on a few occasions, but survived the first few overs.
However, the latter was unable to last longer and was cleaned up for one run off 16 deliveries. He didn’t look comfortable at all in his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 stay at the crease and finally gave his wicket away.
This brought England’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134, at the crease. He had represented his national side at the highest level and batted with maturity alongside Westley. The pair put together 74 runs for the second wicket partnership, guiding their side to a very strong position.
Shah was unable to convert his start into a big innings and was dismissed after collecting 26 runs off 57 balls. He would have been disappointed after missing out on a chance to make it big.
The next wicket to fall in the home team’s innings was Matt http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Walker-c95903. He limped to nine runs off 22 balls and was finally sent back to the pavilion by Vaas, who had all three wickets to fall until then.
Westley had batted brilliantly and looked the most comfortable batsman in the middle. He did struggle against the new ball in the first few overs, but survived to score a terrific half-century.
The stylish opener was dismissed after collecting 61 runs from 97 deliveries with the help of 10 fours.
Adam Wheater fell on the very first ball he faced in the innings, becoming the fifth victim of Vass. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RN-ten-Doeschate-c2338, who managed only five runs in his short stay at the crease.
Just three runs later, Tim Philips was also dismissed and the hosts were in a spot of bother, losing seven batsmen for just 112 runs on the board. However, Foster and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Daniel-Masters-c52741 collected 60 runs for the eight wicket stand, rescuing their team from disaster.
They were dismissed after scoring 30 and 31 in their respective outings and the entire team was sent back to the hut for 183.
Vaas was in dominant form, as he dismissed six batsmen in the innings.
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