Essex v Leicestershire: County Championship Division Two – Leicestershire’s Second Innings
Leicestershire had to chase down 315 runs for victory against Essex in a match of the County Championship Division Two, at the Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Friday, July 29, 2011.
It was not an easy task for the visitors, but they were expected to come up with some sort of a fight back in the match.
However, the game was over a lot sooner than expected, as the Leicestershire team was all-out for a humiliating 34 runs in their second innings. None of the batsmen managed to hang in for long and the highest score came from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joshua-Cobb-c1739, who ended up with
13 runs. He was the only player to reach double figures in the innings.
The star of the day was Essex’s new ball bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Masters-c1333. He bowled a tremendous spell of 7.4 overs, picking up 8 wickets for just 10 runs.
Although there was some assistance for the bowlers in the pitch, batting was not much difficult. The batsmen had to apply themselves in the middle to score big runs, but the visitors failed to do so.
Leicestershire’s chaotic innings started off with the wicket of opening batsman Will Jefferson. The seasoned player top scored the first innings with 39 runs, but failed to open his account this time around.
Just nine runs later, the team’s first-drop http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Greg-Smith-c1508 was also sent back to the pavilion. He managed just four runs in his short stay at the crease.
Three balls later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Boyce-c1924 was dismissed after adding one run to the total and the visitors had lost their top-three within single figures.
Leicestershire’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Taylor-c66127 was also unable to save his side from humiliation, as he was sent back to the pavilion for a three-ball duck. He was followed by Wayne White, who got out on the very first ball he faced.
Half of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 side was back in the hut with just 10 runs on the board and the team needed a miracle to bounce back from that stage.
Nathan Buck was the next man to be dismissed in the innings. He also failed to open his account and was the fourth duck in the visitors’ innings.
Cobb looked helpless at the other end, watching his side losing wickets in a hurry. He was also not able to stay longer in the middle, getting out for 13. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jigar-Naik-c1694, who was the fifth player in the innings to get out for a duck.
The last two wickets to fall in the innings were Claude Henderson and wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-New-c2702 after scoring 3 and 9 respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783’s Masters devastated the opposition with a menacing spell of bowling, capturing an 8-wicket haul in the innings.
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