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Post by Admin on May 18, 2022 13:55:17 GMT
Make the mot of this last 4 day game on native soil until July www.essexcricket.org.uk/Make the most of this man in a rare countty visit to OT  Are you heading to Emirates Old Trafford to watch Lancashire in the LV=Insurance County Championship fixture? Due to the works being carried out on our exciting new development, there will be no through access between stands A and B. For more information click on the link: Emirates Old Trafford New Development Emirates Old Trafford is committed to being a welcoming venue for all, we ask that our guests are considerate and respectful of each other. Schools Open Day The annual Lancashire Cricket Schools Open Day will take place on Day Two of this fixture. Lancashire Cricket and the Lancashire Cricket Foundation are dedicated to growing the love of the game, and are delighted to once again invite local schools to visit Emirates Old Trafford to experience cricket. There will be around 2,000 students and pupils from schools across the North West, located in Stand C. Tickets and Timings Gates open for 1864 members: 9.30am Gates open for general admission: 10am Pedestrian entry for this fixture will be via Gate 3 on Brian Statham Way Vehicle entry for this fixture will be via Gates 1 (via Talbot Road) and Gates 8, 10 and 11 (via Great Stone Road). Match timings for the day’s play are as follows: Play starts: 11am Lunch: 1pm Play resumes: 1.30pm Tea: 3.40pm Play Resumes: 4pm Close of play: 6pm If you are a 2022 Member you may access the ground for these fixtures by presenting your membership card. Not a Member? Join the Club and get access to fixtures here. Non Members can purchase tickets online and download to your smartphone or print at home ready for entry If you don't have a smartphone or printer at home, the Ticket Office will be open from 9am to collect your match ticket. Pre-booking tickets online is advised. Parking Car parking will be available for this match in Car Parks 1 and 2 (access via Talbot Road) on a first-come first-served basis Accessible (blue badge holder) parking is available on Car Park 1 (please note that this is on a first come, first served basis) Discounted car parking tickets for Members will be available from the Pavilion Reception Public transport will also be available for this match Car parking for guests staying in the Hilton Garden Inn Emirates Old Trafford will be in Car Park 1 Areas open The stands open for this game will be the Pavilion Terrace, Stand A, Stand C and a section of Stand E Members' accessible seating will be available in the Pavilion Terrace on a first-come, first-served basis Non-Members' Accessible seating will be available in Stand E (rear) and Stand C (front) The Members' Long Room will be available The 1864 Suite will be open for 2022 1864 Members only Toilet facilities open for this fixture will be in Stand C and Stand E, 2022 Members have access to toilets in Pavilion The Lancashire Cricket Official Store will be open selling official merchandise Bars will be open in Stand A and in the Pavilion for Members as well as food units in between stands E and C Please note: Smoking is not permitted in any stands or covered areas Prayer facilities available in the Pavilion Executive Box 2 Guests are invited to walk on the famous outfield at Emirates Old Trafford during the lunch break at this fixture (no pitch access at the Tea break). We ask that Guests are respectful of the pitch and entry to the square is not permitted at any time. *Please note that some areas of the outfield may not be accessible due to player practice activity. Lancaster Balcony Upgrade 2022 Lancashire Cricket Members can also upgrade to access the Lancaster Balcony on the second floor of the Pavilion, subject to availability. |
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Post by Admin on May 18, 2022 15:45:38 GMT
Lancashire v Essex
LV= Insurance County Championship, Division One
Emirates Old Trafford
Thursday May 19 - Sunday May 22, 2022, 11am
The latter one of those was the Bob Willis Trophy in the shortened Covid summer.
Essex, who had a week off last week, have drawn three, won one and lost one from their opening five games and sit 31 points behind Lancashire, who have 85 from five in second place having won two, drawn three.
Lancashire have played some excellent cricket so far this season, including in the draw at Yorkshire last week - a game which they dominated from after the first hour onwards.
Another such performance against Sir Alastair Cook and company will hopefully end this early season six-game spell of Championship cricket with a bang before the start of the Vitality Blast next week.
Hassan Ali plays the last game of his short-term overseas spell at Emirates Old Trafford. Hassan is the Division One leading wicket-taker with 24, one ahead of Matt Parkinson.
Opponents:
Essex have had a quiet start to the season. They missed out on Division One of the Conference based Championship last season before ending the campaign by winning Division Two.
Coach Anthony McGrath remains in charge at Chelmsford.
Their overseas players are prolific South African off-spinner Simon Harmer and Australian seamer Mark Steketee, who could play the last game of a short-term overseas spell which is similar in length to Hassan Ali’s, though has been without the same success.
Queenslander Steketee, the leading wicket-taker in the most recent Sheffield Shield season Down Under, has taken 10 wickets in five appearances.
However, he has only taken one wicket in the last two games.
Essex have drawn their last two games, both at home, against Northamptonshire and Yorkshire. They were in with a chance of losing both on the final day.
Sir Alastair Cook leads their runs chart with 481, including three hundreds. He posted two of those against Yorkshire the week before last - the first time he has scored two hundreds in the same first-class game.
Current England batter Dan Lawrence is expected to feature for the first time since late April following a hamstring injury.
Seamers Sam Cook and Shane Snater have both taken 15 wickets apiece, while Harmer hasn’t quite had the impact he would have hoped for with only six wickets in four games so far in 2022.
Opposing Player to Watch:
New ball seamer Sam Cook, otherwise known as Little Chef - due to the presence of Alastair in their squad, has started the season encouragingly.
The 24-year-old Chelmsford-born quick toured Australia with the Lions over the winter and has a very respectable 177 wickets in 52 first-class appearances to his name.
He was the joint third leading wicket-taker in last season’s Championship with 58 from 13 games,
Not a bowler with express pace, he does possess excellent skills - the ability to move the ball both ways and with excellent control to boot.
Previous meeting:
These two sides haven’t met in four-day cricket since 2018 when, whisper it quietly, Essex completed the double.
They won by 31 runs at Chelmsford in April before winning by five wickets at Emirates Old Trafford in June.
The visitors chased 105 to win inside three days after a third-innings collapse from the Red Rose proved costly.
The first innings saw Lancashire, invited to bowl, make 301 early on day two thanks to half-centuries from Shiv Chanderpaul (58) and Jordan Clark (79).
In reply, Sir Alastair Cook’s 58 was the top score in his side’s 302, which included four wickets for Tom Bailey.
Then, the game was decided on day three when Lancashire were skittled for just 105 inside 33 overs, including five wickets for new ball quick Jamie Porter and four for Simon Harmer.
Essex fell to 41-4 in their chase, three wickets for Graham Onions, before Ravi Bopara’s 36 not out saw his side home.
What they said:
Matt Parkinson has hailed the contribution of Pakistan star Hassan Ali, who is this week set to play the final game of his short-term overseas spell with the county.
Fast bowler Hassan, 27, is the Division One’s leading wicket-taker with 24 in four games, just one ahead of leg-spinner Parkinson, who has 23 from the same tally of appearances.
Hassan was rested for the Roses draw at Headingley last week.
“Hassan has been brilliant, absolutely brilliant,” said Parkinson.
“He’s a fantastic lad who has fitted in perfectly. He’s tried his nuts off for four games, and that’s been amazing to see because you don’t always know that with some overseas players when they come over.
“The reports of Hassan were fantastic, and he’s definitely delivered.”
Parkinson has also been speaking about his own start to the season, which has seen him bowl a whopping 245.5 overs - more than any other bowler in the country.
“To bowl the overs that I’ve bowled and we’re only in the middle of May, it’s been great,” he added. “If you’d have said I would bowl 200 overs or something like that by now, I’d have probably laughed.
“To have the backing of Dane (Vilas) has been great and to bowl well enough to be able to stay on for that amount of time has also been great. It’s a good sign for me.
“Hopefully I’m showing I can hold an end up in April and May.”
How’s Stat!
Keaton Jennings could achieve a new Lancashire batting record of four hundreds in as many innings if he scores one in his next innings this week.
In his last three innings, dating back to last July, the opener has scored 132 versus Yorkshire at Headingley, 110 versus Warwickshire at Emirates Old Trafford and 238 versus Yorkshire at Headingley last week.
Only Ernest Tyldesley has achieved this feat before, but his second century was for Players v Gentlemen at Lord’s. In 1926, he scored 131, 131, 106 and 126.
ESSEX VIEW
After a week without a game, Essex make the journey to Manchester to play a high-flying Lancashire team.
Essex’s last game finished in a draw against Yorkshire in a match where the batters once again flourished at Chelmsford. A debut first-class hundred for Paul Walter and twin centuries for Alastair Cook were the highlights of a game that left Essex on 54 points.
While Essex remain unbeaten at home this season, fortunes on the road have been mixed with a remarkable victory at Somerset and defeat at Warwickshire.
SQUAD:
Lancashire Squad
Dan Lawrence has made a full recovery from the hamstring injury he sustained in Essex’s last away game at Warwickshire. He returns to the squad alongside Aaron Beard, who impressed during his short loan stint with Sussex.
Mark Steketee will miss what was scheduled to be the final game of his spell with the Club due to an injury he picked up in Essex’s last game against Yorkshire.
THE OPPOSITION:
Lancashire enjoyed an excellent start to the 2022 campaign, winning their opening two matches in convincing fashion. They have drawn each of their three fixtures since, despite being in a strong position last time out against Yorkshire. Their early season form has left them sat second in the LV= Insurance County Championship Division One table on 85 points with only Surrey in front of them.
They have benefitted from strong batting performances from the likes of Keaton Jennings (348 runs at 174), Captain Dane Vilas (362 runs at 72.40) and Josh Bohannnon (308 runs at 61.60). While their bowling unit, at it’s strongest, comprises of James Anderson, Hasan Ali, Saqid Mahmood and the legspin of Matt Parkinson.
Saqid Mahmood, however, has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2022 season with a stress fracture to his back.
LAST TIME OUT:
Somewhat surprisingly, Essex haven’t played Lancashire in first-class cricket in 4 years.
The last time these two teams met was at Manchester in June 2018. Essex ran out winners by 5 wickets thanks to 7-wicket match hauls for Simon Harmer (7/69) and Jamie Porter (7/98).
Batting first, Lancashire managed 301 all out in their thanks to half-centuries for Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Jordan Clark. Wickets for the Essex bowlers were spread between Sam Cook (3), Simon Harmer (3), Jamie Porter (2) and Neil Wagner (2).
Essex one-upped Lancashire’s first-innings effort with a score of 302 all out. Alastair Cook top-scored with 58, but there were contributions from Tom Westley, Ryan ten Doeschate, Adam Wheater and the Lancashire bowlers, who added 42 in extras.
It was in Lancashire’s second-innings when Porter (5/30) and Harmer (4/34) sprung into action, routing their batting line-up for 105. This left Essex requiring 104 to win, which was managed for the loss of 5 wickets.
HOW TO WATCH:
Our hosts will provide a live Stream service that will be available across all four days of this game from 10:30am, which also includes player stats, scorecards and clips throughout the day.
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Post by Admin on May 18, 2022 15:46:13 GMT
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Post by Admin on May 18, 2022 16:31:02 GMT
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Post by man in the stand on May 18, 2022 20:45:08 GMT
Surprised to see Jimmy playing and sad not to see Parky in the test squad....
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Post by Admin on May 19, 2022 9:39:02 GMT
Essex win toss and bat Blatherwick and Balderson ommitted
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Post by Admin on May 19, 2022 9:45:23 GMT
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Post by longstop on May 19, 2022 10:36:20 GMT
a brief visit by Cook then so far , Essex 15-1
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Post by happy larry on May 19, 2022 15:51:13 GMT
Best bowling attack in the country by a mile , And the groundsmen produce yet another batsmans dream of a pitch ,KEN Clueless
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Post by Admin on May 19, 2022 16:31:17 GMT
Two in an over for Bailey
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Post by chris on May 19, 2022 17:10:21 GMT
Two in an over for Bailey |
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Post by lancsdes on May 19, 2022 20:06:11 GMT
Who was it who was worried about Tom Bailey not taking wickets recently? He really is top quality.
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Post by chris on May 19, 2022 20:15:17 GMT
Who was it who was worried about Tom Bailey not taking wickets recently? He really is top quality.
Bailey, Wood, Balderson, Lamb and Hartley. Blatherwick playing by rotation.
Bailey v Kent: 1/51 & 1/37, v Gloucs: rested, v Hants 1/39 & 0/55
First three games: 3/182 improved since: 4 wickets a match (Warwickshire and Yorkshire) |
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Post by lancsdes on May 19, 2022 23:56:05 GMT
The Yorkies were very impressed on their forum more so than they were by Jimmy who they thought bowled too short.
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Post by Admin on May 20, 2022 5:43:22 GMT
The word of Ken
An unbeaten century from Dan Lawrence and a good fightback by Lancashire have left this LV= County Championship clash evenly poised after the first day’s play at Emirates Old Trafford which closed with Essex 280-7.
Lancashire enjoyed an early success after Essex had won the toss and opted to bat when Sir Alastair Cook nicked a good delivery from Tom Bailey to wicketkeeper Phil Salt for 2.
And the Red Rose attack, with Hassan Ali returning for his final game in place of George Balderson, could consider themselves unfortunate not to add to that tally with the quartet of Bailey, Hassan, James Anderson and Luke Wood beating the bat on several occasions without further success during the first session.
Once settled Browne and Tom Westley played steadily to reach lunch without further damage on 74-1 and had added 28 to that total before Westley tried to sweep a Matt Parkinson delivery that was perhaps just too far wide of off stump for the shot. The resultant top edge went straight up in the air and was easily caught by Salt next to the stumps.
Browne, who showed excellent judgement in leaving the ball throughout his innings, had earlier reached his half century off 101 balls and looked to be well on his way towards a century until he fell to a stunning catch having made a steady 71.
The left-hand opener fiercely drove an Anderson delivery off the back foot that smashed into Dane Vilas at silly point and somehow the Lancashire captain clung onto the ball.
It was an incredible catch and Browne stood for several seconds in disbelief and disappointment while Vilas was mobbed by his jubilant team-mates with Essex 136-3 just over halfway through the day.
But any Red Rose joy was soon dissipated by another good partnership of 97 across 30 overs between Lawrence and Paul Walter either side of tea.
Lawrence, returning from injury for his first innings in a month, eased his way to 100 not out off 178 balls, reaching three figures in the penultimate over of the day, and he found great support from Walter in the afternoon sunshine.
The Lancashire bowlers mostly bowled some good lines on a wicket that offered little either off the pitch or through the air and forced them into trying to restrict the scoring rate.
Their woe at this point was encapsulated by a beauty of a delivery from Wood just before tea that that brought Walter forward onto the front foot before narrowly beating the outside edge. It was that sort of day.
But the bowlers stuck to their task with Bailey finally finding reward with the second new ball, bowling Walter with a pitched-up delivery for 34 and four balls later finding extra bounce and movement to have Matt Critchley caught behind for a duck.
That left the visitors on 233-5 and it could have easily been six moments later as both Lawrence, on 77, and Adam Rossington were missed in the slip cordon, Lawrence dissecting first and second slip and Rossington put down twice, all off an extremely unfortunate Anderson.
But there was late drama as further wickets fell in the 94th and 95th overs of the day.
First Lawrence, on 99, called for a quick single but Rossington was well short of his ground when sub fielder Balderson’s throw reached Salt at the wickets.
And Wood produced a snorter that Simon Harmer gloved to Salt to considerably improve the mood in the home dressing room at the close.
Lancashire bowling Coach Graham Onions hailed a great effort by the bowling unit on a fairly even day against Essex.
“We hung in, bowled consistently and got our rewards towards the end,” he said.
“It’s a bit of a cliché but tomorrow morning is going to be very important.
And Onions praised the way the bowlers’ had stuck to their task today.
“You have to try and control the run rate, get into your spells right away and bowl as well as you can,” he added.
“Try to only go for 2.5 to 3 runs per over and I think we did that beautifully.
“I thought Woody in particular, who hasn’t had his rewards over the last few weeks, turned up today. That wicket towards the end was an absolute snorter to get rid of Harmer who is a dangerous player in the lower order.
“Now we’ve got to back it up tomorrow morning.
Onions is enjoying the good pitches that have been produced so far this season.
“These pitches are brilliant. It’s unheard of in April and early May (to have these types of pitches). It’s what we want.
“The short ball was a good ploy (today) and it was a fantastic catch by Dane,” he said. “I’ve never seen one like that before.”
“I feel we are in a position in the game where we’ve done the hard work and it’s a case of finishing off (tomorrow).
This is Hassan Ali’s final match of his stint with Lancashire and Onions was full of praise for the Pakistan international who received his Lancashire Cap at the start of play.
“He’s been an absolute joy to have him around,” he said.
“I’ve not done that much work with him. He’s a highly skilful quick bowler but what we love here is that he brings so much energy.
“On fairly tough days he’s still laughing and joking but he’s still got that energy that he wants to put into match-winning spells.
“He’s took loads of wickets and we’d love to have him back.”
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