Essex v Surrey - Friends Life T20 - South Group - Live Score and Update
Surrey 144/9 (20/20 ov) v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 145/7 (20/20 ov) - Essex won by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
Friends Life T20 tournament is showing its colours in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 and Essex was a treat for fans, who witnessed Essex chase down a decent total of 144 runs to win the match against their opponents at County Ground, Chelmsford.
After winning the toss, Surrey chose to bat first as the side aimed to bolster a big total on the board, batting their way to supremacy on a sunny day.
The side had a stupendous start to their innings, as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 hammered 42 runs together to give the fielding side a run for their money.
However, Davies was removed by RJW Topley in the fifth over which not only broke the opening partnership but to a great extent gave Essex a chance to crawl their way back in the match as on the next delivery the side grabbed their second wicket with M Kartik perishing without scoring a run.
Then with 65 runs on the board, the batting side saw their third wicket go down as Roy faltered after smashing an innings of 36 runs.
However, preventing a batting collapse in the middle, MNW Spriegel bolstered an amazing knock of 35 runs off 33 deliveries, under tremendous pressure.
Nevertheless, the lower-order was not up to speed as the last four batsmen failed to score in double figures before finding their way off the field.
From Essex, RJW Topley was the top bowler as he nabbed three wickets in his four overs.
Essex beginning their run chase, met an early loss as opener ML Pettini perished without scoring a run, leaving his side on a total of three runs.
Then with a tally of 26 on the board, the side suffered the loss of their second wicket when GM http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 met his doom after scoring only ten runs.
Nonetheless, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JEC-Franklin-c1684 played a match-winning knock of 63 runs as he stayed unbeaten to guide his team to victory in 20 overs for the loss of seven wickets.
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