Essex win Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-final
Essex Eagles avenged their 10-wicket humiliation at the hands of Yorkshire in the first league match of the season’s Clydesdale Bank 40 by sealing an easy 7-wicket win over the leaders of Group B at Headingly, Leeds on Saturday, 4th of September. Chasing a competitive 40-overs target of 210 on a good batting pitch at Headingley, the Eagles led by Alastair Cook’s ton, were taken home in the 37th over with seven wickets still intact.
The victory has earned the Eagles a spot in the last-four of the Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament and the side will be visiting Taunton next Saturday, September 11 to take on Somerset. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 Bears for a place in the final of the one-day tournament.
Half centuries from Jacques Rudolph and wicketkeeper batsman Gerard Brophy helped Yorkshire recover after crumbling to 41 for 3 inside 12 overs. Both the batsmen shared an 82-run stand for the fourth wicket partnership. Rudolph scored 59 runs from 68 balls hitting three fours while keeper Brophy’s 52 runs came through 65 balls.
Jonathan Bairstow’s 22 ball 30 helped Yorkshire to set a competitive total of 209 for 8 from their allotted 40 overs. Bairstow, during his 30 minutes stay at crease struck two sixes, first of Chris Wright and the second driven off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Masters-c1333.
Yorkshire’s bowling department was led by David Masters, who finished with 4 for 41 from 8 overs followed by Chris Wright, who returned with two wickets from his quota of 8 overs. Tony Palladino and Ryan ten Doeschate took one wicket apiece.
In reply, 162-run opening stand between Mark Pettini and Alastair Cook put the Eagles on their way to an easy success leading to a place in the Saturday’s semi-final game. Cook scored a fine three-digit knock off 110 deliveries, while Pettini marked his 86-ball, 82 looting six boundaries and two sixes, both the big shots were plundered off left-arm spinner David Wainwright.
Skipper of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jacques-Rudolph-c1619, who took the initiative and spearheaded Yorkshire’s recovery with his half century.
Both the openers were dismissed by the wicketkeeper James Foster off David Masters. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Gale-c1039’s bails were whipped off by Foster when the batsman was out of his crease to drive Masters for a boundary while Lyth was neatly caught behind for 5. Skipper Andrew Gale’s six runs came through 14 deliveries including a boundary as well. Anthony McGrath was the third man to leave after mistiming Palladino safely into the hands of Cook.
McGrath’s dismissal brought wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Bairstow-c1727’s 30 off 22 as Yorkshire were able to amass a respectable total of 209 for 8 from 40 overs.
In reply, a three digit opening stand between Mark Pettini and Alastair Cook set the Eagles on the way to an easy seven-wicket win. The Eagles, led by Cook’s century, seemed to be well capable of emulating Yorkshire’s triumph at Chelmsford on 25 April 2010.
Cook compiled an unbeaten 101 from 110 balls hitting 10 muscular boundaries and one six while Mark Pettini logged 82 runs off 86 deliveries with the help of six fours and two lofty sixes. Ben Sanderson, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rich-Pyrah-c2311 and David Wainwright picked one wicket each.
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