Essex rout Northamptonshire by 171 runs: County Championship Division Two - Second Innings Recap
Essex were bowled out for 183 in their first innings on day-one of the four-day game of the County Championship Division Two, against Northamptonshire, at the County Ground, Chelmsford in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Saturday, June 25, 2011.
The hosts would have liked to post a bigger total after electing to bat first, but they were restricted below 200 by veteran Sri Lankan pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaminda-Vaas-c1223, who grabbed six wickets in the innings.
The playing conditions didn’t change http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lachlan-G-Oswald-Jacobs-c72095 beneath the surface of the pitch.
Northamptonshire’s batsmen failed to trouble the opposition, as they were all-out for 99 in their first outing. The highest score of the innings came from lower-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Lucas-c1332, who managed 21 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Daniel-Masters-c52741 and Reece Topley enjoyed the bowling friendly conditions and shared four wickets each, restricting the opposition below 100.
The visitors’ openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Howgego-c1136 started the innings cautiously. They struggled against the new ball, as it swung quite a lot in the air and also deviated off the pitch.
Peters was the first man to be dismissed in the innings. He faced 14 deliveries, but failed to open his account. He was followed by the team’s first-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rob-White-c2341, who was also unable to trouble the scorers.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 were in some pressure, losing two wickets for just four runs on the board. The worries continued for the team, as Howgego failed to capitalise on the start he got to his innings. He limped to 16 runs off 66 balls in his stay at the crease.
The next man to go was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-George-Wakely-c43114, who also struggled in his 11-run knock off 32 deliveries. He was followed by the team’s wicketkeeper batsman, Niall O’Brien, who collected nine runs in his outing.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Daniel-Middlebrook-c65579 was also unable to rescue his team from trouble, as he was sent back to the pavilion after adding just seven runs to the total.
South Africa’s all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Hall-c1040, who is the skipper of Northamptonshire tried to lead his team out of disaster, but failed to do so and his innings came to an end after he collected 14 runs from 44 deliveries.
The visitors were struggling at 60/7 and needed a miracle to get out of trouble from that stage. Lower-order players Lucas and Vass piled up a 34-run stand for the eighth wicket, giving some hope to their fans, but their resistance didn’t last long. They
were dismissed for 21 and 17 in their respective outings.
The entire team was knocked out for 99, giving an 84-run lead to the Essex team. The seamers did the damage, as Masters and Topely caused a lot of problems for the batsmen, taking four wickets apiece.
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