Leicestershire v Essex - County Championship Division Two – Day 1 – Live Score and Update
Leicestershire 323/5 (96.0 ov) - Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat
With the ongoing County Championship Division Two tournament heating up, every side is giving its best in order to end the tournament on a high note.
In Wednesday’s match between Leicestershire and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 amassed a massive total of 323 runs for the loss of five wickets at stumps on the first day of the four-day match, at Grace Road, Leicester.
The day began with Leicestershire winning the toss and electing to bat first in a bid to bolster a massive first innings total to rule supreme against their opponents.
However, they had the worst possible start to their innings as they lost their first wicket without a run on a board when opener WI Jefferson was caught by Westley on nil.
With such a start, no one was imagining the batting side to make amends as they lost their second wicket with 25 runs on the board when MAG Boyce had his stumps blown to bits on a delivery bowled by Masters after scoring just four runs off 16 deliveries.
Then with 29 runs on the scoreboard, number-three batsman, GP http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598, also failed to prosper as he fell on 22 runs off 30 deliveries.
In times like these, Leicestershire were in deep trouble and needed someone to give a solid batting performance in order to avoid an imminent first innings bashing.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RR-Sarwan-c2371, then changed the course of the match as he steadfast and made sure not to lose his wicket before clobbering a mammoth innings to save his team.
The batsman received excellent support from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jon-Lewis-c1726 Cobb, who also batted with zeal and took risks while hammering the bowlers in order to increase the scoring rate.
Fans needed to see in order to believe what happened next as from 29 runs on the board, the duo took the score to an enormous tally of 245 runs before Cobb lost his wicket after smashing a resilient innings of 80 runs.
Later with 299 runs, Sarwan hit the showers after crafting an exuberant innings of 117 runs to sail his side out in calm seas.
The day ended with WA White unbeaten on 41 and wicketkeeper/batsman EJH Eckersley on 11 runs.
From Essex, DD Masters was the best bowler with four wickets to his name in his 25 overs.
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