Surrey Disability Cricket Scheme v Essex County Ability
D40 Quest, Sunday 22 May
Trinity Fields
Team News:
Essex Ability: Ronnie Jackson (Capt), Alexander Welby, Joe Freestone, Andrew Mowatt, Matthew Edwards, Lee Wheeler, Ben Aust, Martyn Doe (WK), Issac Elles, Benny Fryatt, Alfie Jeeves
Surrey Disability Cricket Scheme: Asif Abbasi (Capt), James Grindrod, Hayden Bishop, Saul Allison, Joe Fisher, Bradley Cooper, Jamil Khan, Umar Khan, Jack Lofthouse (WK), Ed Harvey, Frazer Fowler
Match Details:
Scorers: Mike Stephenson and Jonathan Gale
Toss: Essex Ability won the toss and elected to bat
Result: Surrey won by nine wickets
Match Report
Battling Essex found the going tough against a strong Surrey side at Trinity Field in their latest D40 Quest fixture.
Having won the toss and elected to bat, the visitors came up against a fluent Surrey attack headed by Jamil Khan, who claimed three wickets for 17 during his eight-over spell. Meanwhile, Ed Harvey (2/7) and Joe Fisher (2/26) were impressive with the ball for the home side.
Ben Aust provided the highlight of the Essex innings, hitting 34 off 51 balls – a knock that included four boundaries.
Wicketkeeper/batter, Martyn Doe looked good for his 22 from 34, while Matthew Edwards (16) and Issac Elles (10) helped Essex to a modest 123.
Surrey reached their target inside twenty-eight overs. Surrey captain, Asif Abbasi scored a quickfire 79* off 89 balls. Hayden Bishop also finished unbeaten on 33.
Essex skipper, Ronnie Jackson was rewarded for his toil with the wicket of James Grindrod, trapped lbw without scoring.
