Essex v Derbyshire - County Championship Division Two - Day 1 - Live Score and Update
Essex 182 v Derbyshire 37/1 (15.0 ov) - Derbyshire trail by 145 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
The first day of the four-day match in the ongoing County Championship Division Two, between Essex and Derbyshire was extremely eventful as fans witnessed Derbyshire bowlers give a phenomenal performance to restrict Essex on a first innings total of 182 runs at County Ground, Chelmsford.
Derbyshire now trail by 145 runs with nine wickets remaining in the first innings as they posted 37 runs for the loss of one wicket at stumps.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Essex chose to bat first in a bid to clobber a fighting total on the board by the end of their first innings.
With just 20 runs on the board, they suffered the demise of their firshttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Petersen-c1028, fell after scoring nine runs.
Opener T Westley and number-three batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134 staggered a decent resistance as they smashed the bowlers in a bid to score as much as possible.
However, the partnership faltered with the demise of Westley, who walked off the field after playing an innings of 36 runs.
Essex with 68 runs on the board, saw Shah lose his wicket as the batsman edged a delivery straight in the hands of wicketkeeper Poynton after belting an innings of 21 runs.
ML Pettini and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BT-Foakes-c48804 then taught Derbyshire bowlers a lesson or two as they played exceptionally well to take the side to a tally of 101 runs, however the batting side suffered a minor batting collapse as they lost Foakes (18) followed by the wicket of JS Foster (0).
DJ Wainwright from Derbyshire was the most destructive bowler as he nabbed five wickets to restrict the batting side from reaching a daunting total.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783’s batsmen just could not counter Derbyshire bowlers as they kept losing wickets randomly, which saw the lower-order batting line-up incinerated without putting much of a fight.
Derbyshire then began their first innings, aiming to score higher than their rivals but lost their first wicket with three runs, finishing the game on a tally of 37.
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