http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Napier-c1505 takes three quick wickets to put Essex on top against Middlesex
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. They scored 90 runs for the loss of four wickets, until lunch at the first day’s play on Tuesday, May 24th,
2011. The visitors were nicely poised at one stage with just one batsman down for 82 runs, but lost three quick wickets in the closing moments of the first session for just eight runs.
The pitch in Chelmsford looked good for batting, as there was no grass or moisture in it. The weather was also perfect for batting, as the sun was out and the wicket was hard and dry.
Conducive batting conditions forced the Middlesex skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Dexter-c2091, to bat first after winning the toss. He expected the batsmen to post a good total, as there wasn’t much assistance for the bowlers, but things didn’t turn out to be positive for the
visitors.
The start was very good for Middlesex, as the team’s openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Douglas-Fisher-c63819 at deliveries pitched outside the off-stump.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 with the new ball. He remained wicket-less, but caused a lot of problems for the batsmen in the middle. However, they Middlesex openers managed to survive the aggressive spell from Masters and looked in a very
strong position.
Rogers looked very solid in the middle, but missed a straight delivery from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 scored 34 runs off 56 balls with the help of seven fours in his innings, but would have been disappointed
to lose his wicket after a good start.
The visitors’ first-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dawid-Malan-c1344 and Dexter were sent back to the
pavilion without troubling the scorers.
Robson remained unbeaten on 42 whereas http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamie-Dalrymple-c1658 on zero, before the session was called off by the umpires.
Graham Napier was sensational with the ball, picking up three wickets in the seven overs he bowled in the session.
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