END OF OVER:20 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | SOM: 144/9 | RR: 7.20
- Kasey Aldridge6 (6b)
- Daniel Sams4-0-26-1
- Paul Walter4-0-29-3
8:38pm: Right, the players are out there. Craig Overton's got the ball, Adam Rossington and Dan Lawrence have their bats. Let's dance... 8:33pm: Worth noting 146 is what Essex chased down when they won the T20 Blast in 2019, with a lot of these same players. Simon Harmer hit the winning runs, off the last ball of the innings, no less. Similar drama incoming?
8:27pm: A total of 145 makes this game very much on. We've seen how responsive the pitch is to cutters. As per the two earlier matches, a lot will depend on the approach to the shorter-side square boundary. Strap in...
19.6
W
Sams to Sodhi, 1 run, OUT, Run out going for two! Wide yorker, dug out for a single to point. The fielder fumbles, so the batters figure they may as well try and bag an extra run. In the end, Sodhi isn't in shot as Rossington takes the stumps
IS Sodhi run out 2 (5m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
19.5
1
Sams to Aldridge, 1 run, Slower ball into the pitch is slapped down the ground to Harmer. The Essex skipper fields well at long off and almost gets the run out as Aldridge set-off for a second that was declined at the last moment
19.4
2
Sams to Aldridge, 2 runs, Full, wide and Aldridge square drives for a couple as Pepper scampers around to do the fielding at backward point
19.3
1
Sams to Sodhi, 1 run, Short of a length, and Sodhi gets right behind it to find a single in front of point
19.2
W
Sams to Henry, OUT, That's all she wrote... Sams takes a bit off this ball and Henry skies down the ground. Snater, coolest on ground, scampers in and makes a tricky catch look routine
MJ Henry c Snater b Sams 5 (5m 3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 166.66
19.1
1
Sams to Aldridge, 1 run, Toe edge through to Rossington, who thinks about under-arming to the stumps but Henry set-off early enough to make his ground
END OF OVER:19 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | SOM: 139/8 | RR: 7.31
- Matt Henry5 (2b)
- Kasey Aldridge2 (3b)
- Paul Walter4-0-29-3
- Daniel Sams3-0-20-0
18.6
4
Walter to Henry, FOUR, Important boundary into the final over! Henry sits back in his crease and gets one short enough to pull, which he does so straight enough to beat the midwicket boundary rider
18.5
1
Walter to Aldridge, 1 run, Just wide! Aldridge drops the ball at his feet - deliberately - and Walter tries to side-foot onto the stumps in his follow-through. Alas, not on target
18.4
1
Walter to Henry, 1 run, Clothed to mid on, but badly enough that there's time to take a single
Matt Henry walks to the middle
18.3
W
Walter to Dickson, OUT, AIR ROSSINGTON! Pace off the ball and Dickson tries to impart power of his own to the shot. Alas, he can only glove above the wicketkeeper, who leaps and clutches it in his right mitt
SR Dickson c †Rossington b Walter 53 (43m 35b 7x4 0x6) SR: 151.42
18.2
0
Walter to Dickson, no run, Slower ball and Dickson attempts to contort his body and help it on its way over fine leg, who is up in the circle
18.1
4
Walter to Dickson, FOUR, Fifty up for Dickson! Brought up in smart fashion, manufacturing a very deliberate edge to beat the fielder scampering around the fence at third
END OF OVER:18 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SOM: 129/7 | RR: 7.16
- Sean Dickson49 (32b)
- Kasey Aldridge1 (2b)
- Daniel Sams3-0-20-0
- Paul Walter3-0-19-2
17.6
1
Sams to Dickson, 1 run, Clean connection from Dickson as he cracks from outside off... alas, all along the floor to the fielder out at deep midwicket who does not have to move a muscle
17.5
1
Sams to Aldridge, 1 run, Pushes into point and takes the single
17.4
0
Sams to Aldridge, no run, Attempted ramp at a short ball finds nothing but air as Rossington collects
Kasy Aldridge is the next batter
17.3
W
Sams to Overton, 1 run, OUT, Gone! These two opt to scramble another double but Beard's pick-up is clean and his throw is perfect, hitting the one-and-a-half stumps he could see. Brilliant work
C Overton run out 4 (5m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 133.33
17.2
2
Sams to Overton, 2 runs, Pushed into square leg and the early call ensures Dickson is back to the nonstriker's end by the time the throw comes in from the deep
17.1
1
Sams to Dickson, 1 run, Dickson far too early on that and ends up pulling the ball into the ground next to him. Somehow scampers a single from that
Daniel Sams to bowl the next over
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | SOM: 123/6 | RR: 7.23
- Sean Dickson47 (30b)
- Craig Overton1 (1b)
- Paul Walter3-0-19-2
- Shane Snater4-1-13-3
16.6
1
Walter to Dickson, 1 run, Harmer does brilliant at mid off, running to his left to stop a full-toss breaking through the ring field at extra cover
16.5
1
Walter to Overton, 1 run, Top edge... lands safe, a few feet in front of Snater coming in from the wide fine leg fence after Overton is off on the pull
Craig Overton is the new man
16.4
W
Walter to Green, OUT, Green goes! Really smart from Walter, who runs his fingers over the ball from around the wicket. Skies high and Das puts in the dive to take the catch after it just gets away from him in the wind
BGF Green c Das b Walter 2 (6m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
