Essex thump Leicestershire by four wickets: County Championship Division Two – Cricket news
After giving fans four days of competitive cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 beat rivals Leicestershire by four wickets on Monday, June 24, at Grace Road, Leicester.
Leicestershire resumed their second innings on the final day from 91 for four and needed a better show in order to survive the day. The batting pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Boyce-c1924 led the side towards 109, before Essex struck by nabbing the wicket of Thakor,
who fell after scoring 19. This was followed by the wicket of Boyce in the next over, who was removed by Reece Topley after hitting 13.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RN-ten-Doeschate-c2338 with nine runs off his bat. The fall of this crucial wicket brought Essex back in the game as the remaining
batting line-up folded without putting up much of a fight. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naik-c78500, however, stayed unbeaten on 47 as his side finished with 214 runs on the board, giving their opponents a target of 161 runs to win the match.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 needed to bowl-out Essex to win, the score was small enough to give their opponents a real hope of taking the match. From Leicestershire, ten Doeschate was the best bowler with four wickets to his name.
Essex then had a terrible start to their run chase as they lost their first wicket with only eight runs on the board with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jaik-Mickleburgh-c1627 perishing for only four runs to his name. They then lost their second wicket with 13 on the board when Nick Browne
was trapped in front of stumps after scoring only a run. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134 was the next batsman to find his way off the field as he was removed on 11. At the time of this wicket, Essex had piled 34 runs on the board and were struggling against a very competitive
bowling attack.
Essex lost their fourth wicket of the innings on the departure of Tom Westley, after the batsman had scored 16 runs off 67 deliveries. Mark Pettini and ten Doeschate then belted the team towards 79, before Pettini fell after scoring 25 runs. James Foster’s
42 played a major role in helping his side win the match. Meanwhile, ten Doeschate stayed unbeaten on 37 as his side reached the target in 36.2 overs for the loss of six wickets.
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