17/04Result

Specsavers County Championship Division Two at Brighton, Apr 17-20 2016

SussexSussexSUSS
360 & 288
EssexEssexESSEX
320 & 266/7 (90.4 ov)

Match drawn

90.4

Shahzad to Cook, no run,

90.3

Shahzad to Cook, no run,

90.2

Shahzad to Cook, no run,

90.1

Shahzad to Cook, no run,

END OF OVER:
90 | (maiden) | ESSEX: 266/7

Graham Napier6 (30b)
Alastair Cook127 (246b)

Steve Magoffin18-6-40-1
Ajmal Shahzad20-2-68-3

89.6

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

89.5

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

89.4

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

89.3

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

89.2

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

89.1

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

END OF OVER:
89 | 4 Runs | ESSEX: 266/7

Alastair Cook127 (246b)
Graham Napier6 (24b)

Ajmal Shahzad20-2-68-3
Steve Magoffin17-5-40-1

88.6

Shahzad to Cook, no run,

88.5

Shahzad to Cook, no run,

88.4

Shahzad to Cook, no run,

88.3

Shahzad to Cook, FOUR,

88.2

Shahzad to Cook, no run,

88.1

Shahzad to Cook, no run,

END OF OVER:
88 | (maiden) | ESSEX: 262/7

Graham Napier6 (24b)
Alastair Cook123 (240b)

Steve Magoffin17-5-40-1
Ajmal Shahzad19-2-64-3

87.6

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

87.5

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

87.4

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

87.3

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

87.2

Magoffin to Napier, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Dropped catch helps Cook 'get on with it'
Alastair Cook rose to meet his particular challenge of recent days by scoring a second Championship hundred in as many matches, this time wearing the new-style helmet that has unexpectedly become the source of some bother
Napier and Porter's hard yards revive Essex
At one stage in this match, it looked as if Sussex were disappearing off into the distance over the South Downs. Building on a second significant score from opener Chris Nash, the lead at tea was 210 with seven wickets standing
Westley impresses after Cook's grilling
Alastair Cook's exploratory first outing in a new helmet ended after five balls but that was the worst of the impermanence from Essex
Emotional Nash hundred as Sussex remember Hobden
There was emotion before play at Hove in a memorial for Matthew Hobden and Chris Nash followed that with a fitting innings

Essex INNINGS		R	B
NLJ Browne	lbw	3	8
AN Cook	not out	127	250
T Westley	lbw	16	33
RS Bopara	caught	28	44
DW Lawrence	lbw	22	58
JD Ryder	bowled	35	98
RN ten Doeschate	caught	4	15
JS Foster	lbw	5	10
GR Napier	not out	6	30
JA Porter
MW Dixon
EXTRAS	(b 6, lb 10, nb 4)
TOTAL	266 (7 wkts; 90.4 ovs)

Sussex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Magoffin	18.0	5	40	1	2.22
OE Robinson	13.0	5	28	1	2.15
GHS Garton	6.0	1	23	0	3.83
DR Briggs	24.0	6	58	0	2.41
A Shahzad	20.4	2	68	3	3.29	(2nb)
LWP Wells	9.0	0	33	2	3.66

Essex 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	AN Cook	NLJ Browne
2nd	28	AN Cook	T Westley
3rd	48	RS Bopara	AN Cook
4th	48	AN Cook	DW Lawrence
5th	103	JD Ryder	AN Cook
6th	10	RN ten Doeschate	AN Cook
7th	10	JS Foster	AN Cook
8th	15	GR Napier	AN Cook

County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	16	6	3	7	235
KENT	16	5	2	8	212
WORCS	16	6	4	5	203
SUSS	16	4	2	10	192
NHNTS	16	4	3	8	184
GLOUC	16	4	5	7	183
LEICS	16	4	4	8	182
GLAM	16	3	8	5	148
DERBS	16	0	5	10	119
LANCS	0	0	0	0	0
SUR	0	0	0	0	0

END OF OVER:90 | (maiden) | ESSEX: 266/7

END OF OVER:89 | 4 Runs | ESSEX: 266/7

END OF OVER:88 | (maiden) | ESSEX: 262/7

Dropped catch helps Cook 'get on with it'

Napier and Porter's hard yards revive Essex

Westley impresses after Cook's grilling

Emotional Nash hundred as Sussex remember Hobden

END OF OVER:
90 | (maiden) | ESSEX: 266/7

END OF OVER:
89 | 4 Runs | ESSEX: 266/7

END OF OVER:
88 | (maiden) | ESSEX: 262/7