What a Win: The eagles win by 53 runs. Delport the star in an excellent team performance.
6 balls remain: 63 needed. Looks like it’ll be a great victory for the Eagles.
2 overs remain: Surrey need 75. Matt Quinn back on to bowl.
50 partnership: Clark and Burns bring up their 50 partnership.
4 overs remain: Zampa bowls a tight set leaving Surrey sitting on 133-6 after 11 overs.
STAT: Today’s century was Delport’s 5th T20 hundred and his fastest to date.
6 overs remain: and Surrey need 112 to win. Harmer and Ravi bowling nicely in tandem.
Halfway stage: After 7.3 overs Surrey sit on 90-5. Ravi clean bowling the ever-dangerous Aaron Finch. 137 needed off of the last 45 balls for Surrey.
Wicket: Make that 32-4, Zampa getting the second wicket of his campaign.
What A Start: Surrey are sitting on 32-3 after 2.3 overs. Will Jacks made quick runs before 3 wickets in a Quinn startled Surrey.
Innings: Essex finish on a huge 226-4. Delport finishing on 129 with 7 4’s and 14 6’s.
6 balls left: The eagles have already amassed a brilliant 215 runs. The Chelmsford crowd are elated!
200 up: The milestones keep coming. The eagles reaching 200 from just 13.2 overs.
50: Dan Lawrence has joined Delport to the party bringing his 50 up from 17 balls. The score sits at 192-3 from 13 overs.
100 partnership: Dan Lawrence and Cameron Delport are helping the boys motor to a formidable target.
100: Delport reaches his hundred from just 37 balls. Scary ball-striking from the eagle.
Over 9: Essex look set to post a strong total as they stand on 109-3.
100 up: Delport 72(28) and Lawrence 1 (1) receive warm applause from the Chelmsford faithful.
Wicket: Tendo departs, Dan Lawrence joins the main man Delport at the crease.
Over 6: The score sits at 71-2. Rikki Clarke is coming on to bowl.
Wicket: Westley is caught by Finch off the bowling of Gareth Batty for 9.
50: Delport reaches his 50 from 19 balls. A gargantuan knock.
Over 5: Delport is showing the crowd just why his career T20 strike rate sits at 137. The South African is on 48 off of just 18 balls. The Eagles sit at 65-1.
Over 4: Delport begins to click into his next gear hitting 3 consecutive boundaries off of Sam Curran. Tom Curran is replacing Jade Dernbach at the over end as Essex sits on 38-1.
Over 3: The crowd is in typically good spirits as Westley and Delport occupy the crease. The score sits at 23-1.
Over 2: The score sits at 16-1, Westley and Delport at the crease
Wicket: Chopra had played some nice shots to Sam Curran, but the Surrey man gets the wicket with Varun caught at Short Third Man. Essex 12-1
OVER 1: Dernbach opens for Surrey, Delport, and Chopra look assured as they take 3 from the over.
NEWS: The game is scheduled now to be 15 overs for each side.
NEWS: The covers are off and we are planning to start at 8:15
How Things Stand: Play can only begin once the rain has ceased here in Chelmsford with the latest start time set as 9:29. The game can be reduced all the way down to a 5 over match if the weather dictates so.
RAIN DELAY: The covers are on before a ball has been bowled. A toss has occurred however in one of the brief shower-less periods with Surrey winning it and choosing to field. Updates will be on here as and when they occur.
1 hour before the first ball: The gates are open with fans starting to enter the ground. The players from both sides have warmed up and are now readying their match plans. Surrey have brought a squad to the fortress featuring both Curran brothers and Aussie World Cup captain Aaron Finch, whilst the Eagles keep the same squad from yesterday’s game at Lords.
Welcome to The Cloudfm County Ground, where Essex Eagles take on Surrey in their second Vitality Blast match of the 2019 campaign, with Simon Harmer’s side looking to secure their first win of the competition.
