O/T County Championship Lancs vs Essex at Stanley Park

[Tower Power]

Essex all out 282 after being 275-5. Lancs 10-1

 

[seasidelytham]

Essex all out 282 after being 275-5. Lancs 10-1

But also were 55 - 4

 

[southshore]

Lovely day at Stanley park and great beer if you can get past the steward nazis

 

[Tower Power]

Lancs finish on 37-1

 

[Threepeaksphil]

Essex all out 282 after being 275-5. Lancs 10-1

Essex all out 282 after being 275-5. Lancs 10-1

England please note that’s how to clean up the tail

 

[Tower Power]

Play got under way at 11-45. Lancs 111-4, Salt and Bohannon putting together a partnership

 

[Tower Power]

Terrible session for Lancs 116-8 at lunch

 

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

Terrible morning from Lancs.

 

[Tower Power]

Lancs all out 145. Essex 11-2

 

[Tower Power]

England please note that’s how to clean up the tail

Essex learnt as well!

 

[fcblackpool]

Lancs will lose sadly.

This should be on the main board not OT with the nutters.

 

[Tower Power]

Essex finish on 292-8, at over 5 an over. Raining 6s (14) at Stanley Park. If Essex declare overnight, Lancs need 430 off 96 overs, If they score at the same rate as Essex and don't lose 10 wickets, they win!

 

[Ginge]

Great to watch though.

 

[Tower Power]

Lancs 140-1 at lunch. You never know!

 

[Leither]

A fantastic morning for Lancs . . . 1/3 of the runs required in the first session with the loss of only one wicket.

Chasing down 430 would be an amazing achievement.

Come on Lancs

 

[GrahamwantshisOates]

Didn’t realise it was at Stanley Park.
Surely this thread is sporting related and should be promoted to AVFTT elite league!

 

[Tower Power]

194-4 after 42. Still on track but wickets falling regularly now

 

[Tower Power]

214-4. Half the overs gone and nearly half the runs required obtained.

 

[Tower Power]

274-4 at tea, 32 overs left. The new ball at 80 overs could be crucial

 

[Leither]

Great day for Lancs and well in contention here

Hants look like losing against Somerset and Surrey won't beat Notts and may well lose so all looking very rosy

 

[Leither]

274-4 at tea, 32 overs left. The new ball at 80 overs could be crucial

Yep - very much so.

Ideally we need Salt and Jones still there for the new ball and the runs required below 100.

We have plenty of batting left too.

 

[fcblackpool]

Salt gone.

136 needed 5 left.

Touch and go.

WTF is this doing on this side of the board?

 

[Tower Power]

De Grandhomme has been a very poor overseas signing

 

[Tower Power]

Salt gone.

136 needed 5 left.

Touch and go.

WTF is this doing on this side of the board?

Admin instruction!

 

[fcblackpool]

Admin instruction!

And yet there's these on there-
Where are you all from survey
Late tip horsey stuff
Murder on the Blackpool Express
Darts tickets
Virgin Media
Ashes
What's everyone watching/reading threads
Forgot the Kylie Minogue thread @avftt_admin

At least cricket is sport!

 

[fcblackpool]

Another gone. Jones still in. He needs to see it through. However the odds are stacked against us now.

 

[Wizzerboy]

Critchley doing the damage for Essex

 

[Leither]

De Grandhomme has been a very poor overseas signing

He's been awful . . . but Vilas this season has been even worse.

 

[voyeur]

86 more required with 4 wickets remaining...

 

[Leither]

86 more required with 4 wickets remaining...

Very tense

But what a time for the commentary to disappear.

Surrey have drawn.

 

[fcblackpool]

Very tense

If they pull this one off it will be one hell of a win. Right up there.

 

[Tower Power]

359-7. Hartley gone

 

[fcblackpool]

If they pull this one off it will be one hell of a win. Right up there.

Poop Hartley gone

 

[voyeur]

Jones having his day in the sun

 

[Leither]

If they pull this one off it will be one hell of a win. Right up there.

Yep . . . on a par with the Surrey win.

Bailey will hit a few maximums and all will be fine

 

[Leither]

Jones having his day in the sun

I've never been much of a fan but he's certainly turned up today no matter whether he finishes the job or not.

 

[fcblackpool]

I've never been much of a fan but he's certainly turned up today no matter whether he finishes the job or not.

As long as when he gets his 100 and doesn't leap around like a madman, just focuses on the matter in hand with a quick bat raise and a next ball please attitude.

 

[fcblackpool]

8

 

[Tower Power]

360-8 Jones still there

 

[Tower Power]

Jones has his ton 366-8

 

[voyeur]

Bailey out

378/9

54 req 7 ish overs remaining

 

[Leither]

Jonesy needs to do a Stokesy

 

[voyeur]

Jonesy needs to do a Stokesy

We dont seem to be chasing the runs.

6 overs 53 runs 1 wicket.

 

[Leither]

We dont seem to be chasing the runs.

6 overs 63 runs 1 wicket.

Yep - it look like they're now playing for the draw. A shame as the win was certainly on.

 

[voyeur]

Essex win.

By 46 runs.

 

[Leither]

What a shame for Jones . . . .

That innings sums up our season in a nutshell . . . solid performances from our local lads and unsung heroes - Jones, Bohannon, Wells and failure from our high earning overseas players - Vilas & De G.

Great effort but just fell short.

 

[Tower Power]

I think 2 passages of play cost us, The Lancs collapse in the 1st innings and the Essex acceleration yesterday afternoon, especially 90 runs in the last 5 overs

 

[Leither]

I think 2 passages of play cost us, The Lancs collapse in the 1st innings and the Essex acceleration yesterday afternoon, especially 90 runs in the last 5 overs

Or the failure of Vilas and CDG when the foundation had been made by the top 3 and then Jones today.

We were in a great position to win.

 

[Delfino]

Well played Rob Jones. Great innings.

Can't see why he was in the T20 team especially batting at 7 or 8 though.

 

[Threepeaksphil]

Despite the loss it sounds like a feast of cricket for those lucky enough to be there