Essex rout Northamptonshire by 171 runs: County Championship Division Two - Fourth Innings Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. They had two complete days of cricket left on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28, June, 2011.
The visitors only managed 99 in their first outing of the match and didn’t look likely to chase down a massive target. However, they had some quality batsmen in their line-up, who had the potential to win the match for them.
The pitch had eased out with the passage of time, as the bowlers were not getting the same amount of swing and pace off the wicket. This was a good sign for the visitors, but they only managed 244 runs in their second innings.
None of the Northamptonshire batsman was able to score beyond fifty in the entire match, which really hurt the visitors. They struggled against Tom Craddock in their second outing, as he picked up four wickets.
Northamptonshire would have expected a good start by their openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-David-Peters-c91061. However, the latter failed to make an impression, as he was sent back to the pavilion without troubling the scorers.
It appeared as if the visitors would struggle again like they did in their first outing, but the innings was held together by the team’s opener and first-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rob-White-c2341. They put together 83 runs for the second wicket partnership, guiding their team to
a very stable position.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/White-c96514 was unable to make most of the start he got to his innings and was dismissed after scoring 43 runs from 65 balls with the help of seven boundaries. Just two runs later, Howgego was also sent back to the pavilion after adding 41 runs to the
total.
Northamptonshire were yet again in trouble with three wickets down for 85 runs on the board, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Hall-c1040 steadied the ship for their side. The put together 53 runs for the fourth wicket stand and put the team back on track.
However, both players failed to capitalise on the start they got to their respective innings and got out for 35 and 38.
There was some resistance from lower-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Daniel-Middlebrook-c65579, who collected 34 runs in his outing. He lacked support from the other end though, as wickets kept on falling at regular intervals.
Middlebrook was the last man to be dismissed in the visitors’ innings, as the entire team was sent back to the hut for 244 runs. They lost the match by 171 runs in the end.
Craddock enjoyed the conditions and had plenty of runs to defend. He ended up with four wickets in the innings for the Essex team.
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