The LV= Insurance County Championship fixture between Derbyshire and Essex at The Incora County Ground has been abandoned ahead of the second day’s play.
The decision was made after it was confirmed this morning that an unnamed member of the Derbyshire playing squad tested positive for COVID-19.
The player began self-isolating immediately and further players of the Derbyshire playing squad have been identified as close contacts.
Due to isolation protocols and the impact on Derbyshire’s available playing squad, the umpires have abandoned the match.
The Club have worked closely with Public Health England and both Derbyshire and The ECB with the health and safety of players, staff and officials the first priority.
Confirmation of the awarding of points from the match will be announced in due course.
Derbyshire: Luis Reece, Tom Wood, Brooke Guest, Leus du Plooy, Matthew Critchley (c), Harry Came, Harvey Hosein (wk), Alex Thomson, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Michael Cohen, Ben Aitchison.
Essex: Nick Browne, Alastair Cook, Tom Westley (c), Michael Pepper, Paul Walter, Ryan ten Doeschate, Adam Wheater (wk), Simon Harmer, Peter Siddle, Sam Cook, Jamie Porter.
Match Details:
Umpires: James Middlebrook & Neil Mallender Toss: Derbyshire won and elected to bowl bat Result: Match Abandoned
Match Abandoned:
The LV= Insurance County Championship fixture between Derbyshire and Essex at The Incora County Ground has been abandoned ahead of the second day’s play.
The decision was made after it was confirmed this morning that an unnamed member of the Derbyshire playing squad tested positive for COVID-19.
The player began self-isolating immediately and further players of the Derbyshire playing squad have been identified as close contacts.
Due to isolation protocols and the impact on Derbyshire’s available playing squad, the umpires have abandoned the match.
The Club have worked closely with Public Health England and both Derbyshire and The ECB with the health and safety of players, staff and officials the first priority.
Confirmation of the awarding of points from the match will be announced in due course.
Day One Match Highlights:
Day One Match Report:
Essex reached the close on Day One of their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Derby on 86-3 with Nick Browne unbeaten on 28 not out and Jimmy Neesham 10 not out.
The visitors trail by 60 runs after Derbyshire were dismissed for 146 as the seamers picked apart the home side, but Essex lost early wickets in their reply.
Before 50 runs were on the board, Essex had lost two wickets. Alastair Cook, who had been dropped at slip on 7 with the score on 13 had reached 30 out of 37 when he was bowled when Reece nipped a ball back into the opener.
Then Tom Westley, on 1, edged an away swinging ball from Hudson-Prentice behind.
Michael Pepper had played soundly until, with his score on 12 and the total on 63, he checked an intended drive off Hudson-Pryce and was caught in the covers.
Meanwhile Nick Browne by virtue of disciplined batting made stealthy progress as he and fellow left-hander Neesham played out the final 10 overs of the day without alarm.
Needing victory and favourable results from elsewhere in the group to have the chance of finishing in the top-two and a place in Division One, Essex made two changes from the side that last played red-ball cricket five weeks ago.
With Peter Siddle having cut short his tenure with Essex after returning to Australia for personal reasons, Jimmy Neesham took his place as the second Overseas. The Kiwi having agreed to extend his T20 contract with the Club by playing in this match and also the Royal London Cup once his brief three-match spell in The Hundred has been concluded.
The other change was Jamie Porter who replaced Paul Walter.
Both Neesham and Porter were amongst the wickets as the visitors attack exploited a pitch offering seam and swing movement and on which only Leus Du Plooy offered any meaningful resistance.
The home side have now failed to reach 150 in eight of their last 12 Championship innings and were soon in trouble having elected to bat, recoiling to 31-3 inside the first 11 overs of the day.
Tom Wood, who had been beaten three times in one over by Porter, had scored 2 of the 8 runs on the board when he lost his off stump when offering no stroke to Sam Cook.
Then Luis Reece and Brooke Guest departed within six balls of each other. Reece paid the price for moving across his stumps facing Shane Snater and was leg before for 16 whilst Guest (13) was beaten between bat and pad by a delivery from Porter that uprooted middle stump.
Before Lunch, Derbyshire who are without a win in red-ball cricket this season, had moved onto 77-4, the latest victim being skipper Matt Critchley for 9 who played across the line to Cook to give the bowler his 34th Championship victim this term.
Du Plooy’s enterprising approach saw him clear the boundary ropes with a scoop shot off Snater whilst his technique saw him regularly step down the pitch to the bowlers.
Derbyshire’s misery continued with the departures of Harry Came, on Derbyshire first-class debut, to Simon Harmer and Harvey Hosein to Porter, both to catches by wicketkeeper Adam Wheater as the home side stuttered to 97-6.
Du Plooy continued to survive and collect runs with his unorthodox approach until having faced 91 balls to reach 43, he once more advanced out of his ground his against Snater only for the Dutch international to strike him on the pads and win the lbw verdict.
Alex Thomson at least showed determined resolution taking 32 balls to get off the mark but he was destined to be the next casualty. Having received a further 21 balls and having moved his score onto 13, Snater collected his third wicket of the innings when knocking back the batsman’s off-stump as the hosts slumped to 128-8.
Neesham polished off the tail with the last two wickets in three balls. Fynn Hudson-Prentice, who it was announced at Lunch is set to return to Sussex next season, played back and was lbw to give the bowler his maiden Essex first-class wicket.
Then Ben Aitchison edged to second slip where Harmer’s safe hands took the catch low down.
It completed a fine effort by the Essex attack to snare the maximum three bowling points with Snater picking up 3/45, Neesham 2/15, Porter 2/31, Cook 2/36 and Harmer 1/13.
LV= Insurance County Championship
Derby
Sunday 11 – Wednesday 14 July
11am start
Essex return to red-ball action when they meet Derbyshire at Derby in an LV= Insurance County Championship contest that commences on Sunday.
It is their 10th and final match in their qualifying group as they seek to finish with a top-two placing. That would secure a place in Division One for the remaining four matches of the season enabling them to challenge for the Championship title.
They are currently in fourth place with 118 points, 19 behind leaders Nottinghamshire and 13 adrift of second-place Warwickshire. Durham are third with 122 points. Elsewhere in this round of matches, Durham meet Notts and Worcestershire entertain Warwickshire.
With Anthony McGrath temporarily drafted into the England coaching set-up for the series with Pakistan, Assistant Head Coach & Bowling Coach Andre Nel takes charge of a squad that includes New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham.
The 30-year-old Kiwi, who was signed for the Vitality Blast competition, has agreed to extend his stay at Chelmsford and replaces Peter Siddle as one of the two Essex Overseas players.
Dan Lawrence misses the Derbyshire match having been called into the England squad for the Pakistan series.
Lawrence currently tops the Essex batting averages with 495 runs at an average of 55, although the most productive is Tom Westley with 573 runs at 44.07.
Chief wicket-takers for Essex are Simon Harmer with 38 wickets at an average of 25.78 and Sam Cook with 32 victims at 18.90.
Squad:
Hear from Nel:
Andre Nel takes charge of the side whilst Head Coach Anthony McGrath continues his temporary role with the England caching set-up.
Nel said: “We have to win but again, we have to take care of every session and if we do those things well, then we will put ourselves in a position to win the game.
“We can’t look too far ahead, we have to win and then see what happens elsewhere.”
The former South Africa international fast bowler reflected on his change of role within the Club, albeit only until McGrath’s return later this month.
“It’s different and it’s a crucial time of the season and for me, hopefully, it’s an opportunity for me to stand up and show what I can do,” he stated.
“I’m delighted for Mags, he really deserves his chance. I’ll never be like him, he’s a unique person, he’s brilliant but although I’ll do things my way, nothing will really change because he has set up a brilliant foundation for everyone to work on.
“All I’m doing is stepping in and hopefully do the best I can with the support of the players and other coaches.
“You never know with Essex and with this side, when it comes down to the crunch, they normally step up quite big, so hopefully we can do that.”
Injury/Absentees News:
Dan Lawrence will miss this match having been named in the England squad for the ODI series with Pakistan.
Opposition:
Derbyshire, who are destined to finish at the foot of the group in the qualifying stages, are still seeking their first win of the season in the competition.
They have 63 points for their 9 matches and face an Essex team looking to repeat their success earlier in the season when the teams clashed at Chelmsford.
That game in mid-May was particularly memorable because of a stunning performance by Simon Harmer who took 9/80 in Derbyshire’s first innings followed by 3/122 in their second. Essex had amassed 412-3 from 76 overs when they declared after Dan Lawrence had scored an unbeaten 152 supported by 106 from Tom Westley and half-centuries from openers Nick Browne and Alastair Cook. The visitors could only manage 146 in their first innings before posting 251 second time around to be beaten by an innings and 15 runs.
Despite a difficult season for Derbyshire, all-rounder Matt Critchley has impressed with 712 runs at 44.87 and 21 wickets at 38.42. Experienced Wayne Madsen has contributed 514 runs followed by wicket-keeper Harvey Hosein with 359 runs.
With the ball, pacemen Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Ben Aitchison have 21 and 20 wickets respectively to their credit to provide chief support to Critchley.
One to Watch:
Leg-spinner Matt Critchley is currently Derbyshire’s most successful player both with the bat and ball in what has been a difficult season for the Club.
Born in Preston, he moved away from his native Lancashire in search of more opportunities and as an 18-year-old, he became Derbyshire’s youngest centurion in just his second first-class game.
Now 24, he was the County’s Player of the Year last season and heads their batting and bowling charts this time around and recently took on the captaincy of their Vitality Blast side.
Head-to-Head:
The teams last met at Derby in the Couty Championship in 2016 when Essex recorded a comprehensive success winning by an innings and 62 runs. Nick Browne posted an unbeaten 229, Tom Westley scored 72, Ryan ten Doeschate 60 and debutant Paul Walter 47 as the visitors reached 530-9 before declaring.
Derbyshire were dismissed for 165 with Graham Napier claiming 4/28 and Walter 3/44. The hosts did put up more of a fight in their second innings with former Essex opener Billy Godleman scoring 100 out of 303 all out as Napier again proved chief wicket-taker with 4/56.
In the 182 Championship clashes thus far, Essex have secured 79 victories and 72 draws.
Potential Milestones:
Simon Harmer needs 7 more wickets to reach 300 first-class wickets for the Club.
Adam Wheater requires 5 more dismissals to reach 150 first-class dismissals for Essex. He currently has 133 catches and 12 stumpings.
Ryan ten Doeschate requires a further 159 runs to reach 10,000 first-class career runs for Essex.
How To Watch:
Our Live Stream service will be available across all four days of this game from 11am, which also includes player stats, scorecards and clips throughout the day. Access via the Essex Cricket Matchzone is available here.
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– £50 Essex Cricket Shop voucher
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– An Ipad
– A 1-2-1 coaching session with First XI Assistant Coach, Andre Nel
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Vitality Blast
The 1st Central County Ground, Hove
Friday 09 July
7pm start
With Head Coach Anthony McGrath called temporarily into the England coaching set-up for the ODI and T20 series with Pakistan, bowling coach Andre Nel will take charge of the Essex Eagles for the remainder of their Vitality Blast Group matches and the County Championship match with Derbyshire that begins on Sunday.
An upturn in recent form has afforded the Essex Eagles an opportunity of claiming a top-four place in the tightly-contested Vitality Blast South Group and consequently a place in the knockout stages of the competition.
Simon Harmer’s team travel to Hove to meet the Sussex Sharks on Friday night having won four of their last five matches, a sequence of results that has seen them move away from the foot of the table. Now just 2 points behind Sussex Sharks, who start the match in fourth place with 13 points, both teams are in hot pursuit of Kent Spitfires who lead the group with 15 points.
The Eagles will be looking to improve on their performance when the sides met at The Cloudfm County Ground last month. Despite 38 from Michael Pepper and 26 by Will Buttleman, Essex could only manage a modest 128 for 8 from their 20 overs.
The Sharks made short work of their target with skipper Luke Wright leading the charge with 75 from 44 balls as Sussex Sharks coasted home by 7 wickets with 36 balls to spare.
This time around, both teams have been affected by international call-ups with Dan Lawrence and Phil Salt drafted into the England ODI squad leaving both sides without an influential batsman.
Squad:
Sussex Squad: Luke Wright (c), Will Beer, Ravi Bopara, Oli Carter, Mitch Claydon, Henry Crocombe, Travis Head, Chris Jordan, Archie Lenham, Ali Orr, Delray Rawlins, Ollie Robinson, Harrison Ward, David Wiese.
McGrath’s View:
Although currently involved with England coaching duties, Essex Head Coach Anthony McGrath reflected on his team’s recent efforts; “We’ve won four of our last five games and, as I said earlier in the tournament, you do need to get on a roll to build momentum and that’s how it’s turned out,” he stated.
“It’s a shame that we couldn’t get things started a tad earlier but given our results and results from elsewhere, going into the last three matches we do now have a real chance of challenging to reach the knockout stages.
“Twenty20 cricket is amazing, one day you can look really shocking and then you can make your opponents’ look exactly the same the very next night. Sometimes there’s no rhyme nor reason to it, people put it down to selection or winning the toss or whatever but, at the risk of repeating something I’ve said all along, it’s all about individuals stepping-up to put in a defining performance.
“Someone might have a great over or two with the ball or somebody has a productive five overs or so with the bat and that can make a real difference and be a game-changer.
“If you can string 4 or 5 wins together, it puts you in a real strong position and builds that momentum and confidence.
“One of the pleasing thing in the last few games is how we’ve performed with the ball; we’ve got wickets in the powerplay and then with the bat, we’ve been getting half-centuries. But the outstanding issue has been the way that we’ve fielded.
“It’s something we’ve talked about in the last couple of years and a lot of work has gone in to improving that side of our game. I must give credit to the guys who really bought into it and we’ve seen some unbelievable catches and run outs and diving stops. That’s been really pleasing for me because there is one thing that you can control in T20 cricket and that’s how you field.
“So, with three games left, we’ve given ourselves a chance of a top-four place but we must be at the top of our game during all of our final three matches if we want to maintain hopes of that top-four spot.”
Opposition:
Coach: James Kirtley
Captain: Luke Wright
Last Year’s Performance: Quarter-Finals
2021 Leading Runscorer: Luke Wright (213 runs @ 53.25)
2021 Leading Wicket Taker: Tymal Mills (11 @ 15.27)
Overseas players: David Wiese (South Africa), Travis Head (Australia), Rashid Khan (dependant on arrival from PSL)
Sussex Sharks have been cruelly treated by the weather in this year’s competition with five of their 11 matches abandoned whilst they have won four of the six matches that have been completed.
Their most recent victory came last Friday when they beat Glamorgan by 33 runs with Luke Wright hitting 77 before 16 year-old leg-spinner Archie Lenham returned figures of 4 for 26.
Head to Head:
The teams have met on 29 previous occasions in T20 cricket which has resulted in 13 wins and 16 defeats for The Eagles.
The latest of those victories came at Hove last year. Essex posted 197 for 5 with Dan Lawrence providing a memorable 81. His first 46 runs came entirely in boundaries and he reached his half-century from 24 balls with 4 four and 5 sixes. Together with Tom Westley (39) 118 were added in 10 overs and although the visitors found themselves 150 for 5 with 4 overs remaining, Simon Harmer (21) and Michael Pepper (34) added an unbroken 47 runs to set the home side a challenging total.
Lawrence then showed his hand as a bowler to be respected when, in his only over, he removed both Sussex openers. With 4 overs remaining, the Sharks needed 52 runs but the dismissal of former Essex favourite Ravi Bopara for 7 proved defining with the hosts left to settle for 185 for 8 from their 20 overs.
How to Watch:
There will be a Live Stream service from The 1st Central County Ground which will be broadcasting ahead of play from 7pm via Essex Cricket Matchzone. The stream will also be available via the Sussex Cricket YouTube Channel.
Access via the Essex Cricket Matchzone is available here.
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We’re excited to announce that sports fan engagement platform, IQONIQ has been named as the Club’s shirt sponsor for the Royal London Cup.
IQONIQ has recently partnered with Essex County Cricket Club and will sponsor the front of the 2021 shirt.
The Team will be looking to add to their recent limited-overs success by winning their first 50-over competition since the 2008 Friends Provident Trophy.
Kazim Atilla, CEO and Founder of IQONIQ said: “We’re delighted to have secured Essex County Cricket Club as our first cricket partner. The Club’s success over the past five years made them the standout choice and we hope that their success continues in the 2021 Royal London Cup.”
Cloudfm is continuing their support of the Club by sponsoring the shirt back and collars.
Jeff Dewing, CEO and Co-Founder of Cloudfm said: “At Cloudfm we care deeply about the success and longevity of Essex County Cricket Club. We’re incredibly proud to have naming rights of The Cloudfm County Ground and that we now feature on every shirt used in the 2021 season shows our commitment to this great Club.”
Darrell Fox, Essex County Cricket Club’s Commercial Manager said: “We’d like to thank IQONIQ for joining the team. We’re incredibly excited about what they’ll bring to the Club and we hope that their support off the pitch can aid the team’s success on it.”
“Cloudfm have been exceptionally generous in their support of the Club, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Jeff and the team understand exactly what it means to be fans of Essex County Cricket Club and are heavily invested in our long-term success.”
The Eagles Royal London Cup campaign gets underway with an away match against Hampshire at The Rose Bowl on Thursday 22 July. The Team’s first home fixture is against Middlesex on Sunday 25 July, with the first ball being bowled at 11am.
Essex Cricket has teamed up with long-time Club Partner, Woodland Group, to reimagine the traditional Player of the Match trophy. The new trophy, made from sustainably sourced bamboo, will be presented to the best performing Eagle after each game at The Cloudfm County Ground.
With climate change threatening many sports, particularly cricket, Essex County Cricket Club and Woodland Group recognised the importance of creating a trophy that supports conscious sourcing and production of materials. The trophy is also designed to be a more inclusive alternative to champagne that will provide a lasting reminder of the game for players to cherish for the rest of their careers and beyond.
As the Club’s new Vitality Blast T20 shirt sponsor, Woodland Group provided the link to sustainably sourced bamboo from a supplier with a strong environmental policy to produce this season’s trophies, with the view to create a coveted and meaningful award for the players whilst being in line with the Group’s carbon-conscious initiatives.
Sam Cook was the first to win one of the seven engraved trophies for figures of 2-21 in his four overs against Hampshire Hawks.
Darrell Fox, Commercial Manager at Essex Cricket said: “Woodland Group have been a committed sponsor of the club for 10 years and they’ve been a joy to work with over that time. We’re delighted to have joined forces with them on this project that provides a fresh approach to Player of the Match trophies.”
Kevin Stevens, Chairman of Woodland Group said: “Our relationship with Essex Cricket has always been about coming together to make a positive impact and we’re very happy to align on our vision and drive for new, sustainable solutions. We hope that the new Player of the Match trophies will be a treasured and unique award.”
About Woodland Group: Woodland Group is a logistics company who have been dedicated to creating opportunity and delivering innovative, sustainable logistics, e-commerce and supply chain management services since 1988.
Essex 2nd XI: NLJ Browne, RJ Das, FIN Khushi, NV Gorantla, JLH MacGregor, AP Beard*, S Fernandes†, J Richards, BMJ Allison, ES Kalley, N Dwivedi, HWL Phillips
Suffolk: B Claydon, DA Ironside, JS Rymell, M Allen, DP Batch, TWW Rash, AP Mansfield*, J Marston†, TWMH Blackledge, M Diaz, MB Wareing, A Northcote
Match Details:
Umpires: GW Marshall & L Cullum Toss: Essex Second XI won and elected to bat first Result: Essex won by 84 runs
Essex Second XI: 333-7 (50.0 over)
Suffolk: 249-8 (50.0 overs)
Feroze Khushi hit a superb century as the Essex second string recorded a comfortable 84-run victory over Suffolk in a 50-over friendly fixture staged at The Cloudfm County Ground.
Khushi’s 154 minutes in the middle yielded a stylish 117 off 108 balls, including 11 boundaries, which included two 6s.
Nick Browne gleaned valuable match practice ahead of the return of red-ball cricket later this week. His 73 arriving from 83 deliveries, while Nikhil Gorantla (42) and Aaron Beard (41) were also amongst the runs as Essex posted a huge 333/7 – Matt Allen taking 3/54 for the visitors’.
The home side appeared to be running away with the contest, with Ben Allison and Eshun Kalley amongst the wickets as Suffolk floundered on 87-5. However, a sixth-wicket partnership of 111 between Tom Rash and Allen threatened to frustrate Essex, before a great ball from Joe MacGregor nipped back to clip Allen’s leg stump with the batsman on 63.
Rash would reach 64, but chasing down the target was always going to be a tall order. Kalley finished with 3/38 from his 10 overs, while Allison’s 2/23 off eight contributed to Essex’s success.
Sam Cook has been added to the Trent Rockets squad for the inaugural Hundred competition following the Vitality Wildcard Draft.
The eight teams in The Hundred had the opportunity to each add one last player to their sides earlier today. Northern Superchargers selected Durham all-rounder Ben Raine as the first pick. Oval Invincibles chose to snap up Kent youngster Jordan Cox next, with Cook then being selected third by Trent Rockets.
The 23-year-old is rewarded for his outstanding early form in this year’s Vitality Blast. The Chelmsford born seamer has taken 15 wickets so far in the competition at an average of just 17.60, with his best figures of 4/15 coming in a dominant victory against Surrey at The Kia Oval.
After the conclusion of the Draft, Cook said: “We’ve got some massive names in our squad like Rashid Khan and Joe Root and it will be great playing with them.
“It’s going to be fun and I’m looking forward to taking some wickets to help us get to the business end of the competition.”
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