Essex v Derbyshire: County Championship Division Two – Match Recap
Rain forced a drawn encounter between Essex and Derbyshire in a match of the County Championship Division Two at the County Ground, Chelmsford in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Friday, August 26, 2011.
The first and final day of play was completely washed out due to rain and no over was bowled, which made it difficult for the teams to challenge each other for a result.
Essex had won the toss and decided to put the opposition into bat. The team’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Foster-c1644 expected the pitch to favour the bowlers in the first couple of sessions due to which he opted to field.
The decision proved to be a very good one, as the Derbyshire team was all out for 132 runs in their first innings. Only four batsmen managed to reach double figures with the best of 48 from middle-order player http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789.
Derbyshire’s start was a miserable one, as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chesney-Hughes-c1233, who looked good for his 20 runs off 26 balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dan-Redfern-c1306 was the fourth wicket to fall in the innings, as the visitors were in deep trouble at 28/4.
However, Durston played well for his side, collecting 48 runs with the help of eight boundaries. He lacked support from the other end, as the entire team was bowled out for 132 runs.
Essex’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Maurice-Chambers-c1934 were impressive with the ball, dismissed three batsmen each in the innings.
The start to the home team’s innings was also not a very good one, as three wickets fell for just 20 runs on the board. However, some useful contributions from the middle-order players guided the team’s total above 200 in the end.
The highlight of the innings was a half-century from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 to 207 in their first innings, gaining a lead of 75 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tim-Groenewald-c2670 picked up four wickets in the innings for the visitors, keeping their chances alive in the match.
Derbyshire managed 187 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in their second innings before play was stopped on the third day. There was no further play possible in the match, as rain affected the final day.
New Zealand’s Guptill top scored the innings for his side with an impressive knock of 86 runs. He got excellent support from Durston, who remained unbeaten on 62 until the end of play.
David Masters did not get much assistance off the pitch during Derbyshire’s second innings and the home team’s bowler picked up just one wicket this time around.
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