Essex v Australians - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 tour of England and Ireland - Tour Match - Australians grab a massive win - Live Score and Update
Australians 313/9 (50 ov) v Essex 134 (32.4 ov) - Australians won by 179 runs
The Australian team on tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751, grabbed a staggering win by 179 runs, against Essex in their tour match, played at County Ground, Chelmsford, on Tuesday, June 26, 2012.
Choosing to bat first on winning the toss, the Australians performed handsomely as after getting off to a great start of 51 runs, bolstered by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380 kept the fiery pace in the inning, as both batsmen clobbered massive knocks of 76 and 67 runs, to help their side bolster a stupendous score of 313 runs in the 50-over game.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 bowlers received a belligerent beating, RJW Topley was the best among them as he nabbed four wickets in the innings.
With a massive tally ahead, Essex needed a strong and composed batting performance in order to successfully chase down the tremendous number of runs that had been put by the visitors.
However, they lost their first wicket with only 2 runs on the board, as Aussie pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419, dismissed Essex opener ML Pettini for only a run.
Then with 10 runs on the board, the side lost their second wicket on the demise of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472er crafting a meagre innings of five runs off 15 deliveries.
Four runs later, middle-order batsman, T Westley, lost his stumps to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins, after he had scored only four runs.
With wickets falling sooner by the minute, the game was slipping out of the hands of Essex, while at the same time the Australians could see themselves calling the shots in the remainder of the game.
Seeing his team perform poorly, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373, jabbed a sensational innings of 39 runs to avenge some of the damage that was done by the tourists.
While later in the innings, skipper JS Foster, hammered an impressive tally of 41 runs, losing his wicket at a time when his side had amassed 120 runs in 26.3 overs.
Essex, never seemed heading towards the target, as they faltered in 32.4 overs on a score of 134 runs.
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