Essex cricket
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England watch Week 6 – Days 3 & 4.
Essex vs Hampshire. Hampshire were bowled all out for 214 on the third day to set Essex 176 for victory. Nick Gubbins made 71 for Hampshire at the top of the order, but once he was dismissed, only Ben Brown, 57*, could make another notable score. Sam Cook finished with figures of 3/52 to finish
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England watch week 6 – Days 1 & 2.
This week’s roundup begins at Chelmsford with the match between Essex and Hampshire. Essex won the toss and elected to bowl. Sam Cooke took 3 early wickets as Hampshire were reduced to 88 for four at lunch on the first day. They reached 216 for five by tea but collapsed to 235 all out as
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England watch week 4 – days 3 & 4.
Notts vs Warwickshire. Notts were bowled all out for 279 early on the third morning and were asked to follow on as Warwickshire pushed for a victory. Chris Woakes finished with figures of 3/44 off 16.1 overs. Haseeb Hameed finally found some form with the bat; he made his first century of the season, sharing
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England watch week 4 – days 1 & 2.
This week’s England watch begins at Trent Bridge, where Notts are taking on Warwickshire. Notts won the toss and elected to bowl first. They had the better of the morning session, reducing Warwickshire to 96/3 at lunch. Dan Mousley making 49 before being caught by Haseeb Hameed off the bowling of England’s Josh Tongue. England
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England watch week 3 – days 3 & 4.
Somerset vs Hampshire. Somerset beat Hampshire by 2 wickets in a pulsating game at Southampton Nick Gubbins took his score to 83 before being caught by Overton off the bowling of Jack Leach. Jake Lehmann then made 50 before being bowled by Alfie Ogborne as Hampshire reached 265/4 at lunch on day 3. Hampshire wasted
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England watch week 3 – Days 1 & 2.
With only four matches in the championship this week, I’ll review them all. My roundup begins at Southampton. Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat against Somerset. They made their way to 112/4 at lunch with Tony Albert making 42. Once he was dismissed, Jake Lehmann played a lone hand with 76 to get
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England watch week 2 – days 3 & 4.
Essex vs Somerset. Somerset beat Essex by 10 wickets inside three days at Chelmsford. Essex began day 3 on 131/3, but they collapsed to 245 all out. Matt Critchley moved his score to 59 before he edged Overton to Archie Vaughn at slip. Overton finished with figures of 2/46 from 19 overs. Somerset were set
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England Watch: county championship days 1 & 2.
I believe the Surrey vs Warwickshire game is as good a place to start as any, with Surrey’s international pedigree top order struggling against a very useful Warwickshire seam attack. Rory Burns’ early run-out brought England wicket-keeper Jamie Smith to the crease for an early outing. He didn’t last long; lessons have not been learnt
