6
W
0
1
1
1
= 9
Match Details
ESS vs GLCS 25th Match, T20 Blast 2023
ESS
196-719.1
Essex won by 3 wickets 🏆
GLCS
20.0195-7
Player of the Match
Robin Das
Essex69(33)
ESS - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 57 | 72 | 10 Over | 107 | 116 | 15 Over | 166 | 154 |
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GLCS - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 15 Over | 115 | 121 | 20 Over | 171 | 195 |
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It was a game of boundaries and quality batting that got us at the edge of our seats and we'll hope to see more of it as the Vitaly Blast rolls on.
Hope you all enjoyed the coverage, as we will be back with more cricketing updates in the days ahead. Until then, this is Wali, Akshay and Zeeshan signing off. Good night!
Hope you all enjoyed the coverage, as we will be back with more cricketing updates in the days ahead. Until then, this is Wali, Akshay and Zeeshan signing off. Good night!
Robin Das (Player of the Match): "Feels very good. A good all-around performance from all of us. Restricting them below 200 and chasing it well. It was a good wicket and I backed myself to play the strokes. I knew I was playing today. It's quite big to perform. The guys in the dressing room give confidence and it helps as a player."
Robin Das is the Player of the Match.
So that’s that and it’s Essex that has come on top with a win by three wickets and five balls to spare.
Gloucestershire put up to bat first, compiled a strong first innings total of 195-7 from 20 overs. Grant Roelofsen and Chris Dent struck a 61 run stand from 5.4 overs. Roelofson was dismissed for 29 (17) by Paul Walter, whereas, Miles Hammond also followed him back in the hut for 2 (4) as Simon Harmer got into the act.
Chris Dent couldn’t hang on for too long either as he walked back for 33 (23) with Matt Critchley getting the better of him. With the score being 80-4, Gloucestershire were in a spot of bother at one stage.
That’s when Jack Taylor and Ben Charlesworth came together to string a 77 run partnership to stabilize the innings. Jack Taylor’s 26 (28) and Charlesworth’s breezy 52 (20) were indeed the highlight of the first innings.
Marchant de Lange 17 (7)* and Danny Lamb 12 (7)* also tonked a few right towards the end. For Essex it was Paul Walter and Daniel Sams who were the standouts as they picked two wickets apiece.
As for the run chase, Adam Rossington was dismissed cheaply for 5 (4) after getting caught on a full-toss during Marchant de Lange’s over. However, Feroze Khushi and Robin Das made sure to maintain a positive intent as they struck a 40 run stand from just three overs while batting together.
Khushi struck a quickfire 34 (14) before getting dismissed to David Payne but Robin Das continued to take things forward for Essex. Das’ 69 (33) with 11 fours, two sixes and a strike rate of 209.09 indeed proved to be pivotal for his side in the grand scheme of things.
Matt Critchley 10 (11) and Paul Walter 15 (12) didn’t have much to offer as things got a bit tricky for a few overs in the middle. Nevertheless, Tom Westley and Daniel Sams 15 (8) contributed to a 30 run stand to give Essex the edge once again. Westley 31 (23)* made sure to stay there right till the end as he anchored his side to a deserved win.
For Golucestershire bowling unit it was Oliver Price who topped the charts with his spell of 2/23 from three overs. David Payne also managed to bag two wickets but conceded 34 runs in the process.
The Essex unit will be pleased with their performance as they ended up chasing an intimidating target in relatively comfortable manner.
19.1 O Price to T Westley
4 FOUR!!!! That's it. Tom Westley finishes things in style. Price bowls it shorter on the stumps, Westley shuffles across to the off side and flicks it nicely through square leg for a boundary. With this, Essex beat Gloucestershire by three wickets.
Essex require 4 runs from the last over.
OVER 19
Essex
192/7
Shane Snater
0(0)
Tom Westley
27(22)
Tom Smith
1-36(4.0)
18.6 T Smith to S Harmer
W GONE. Harmer holes out in the deep. Smith tosses this up on the stumps and Harmer's eyes lit up as he looks to smash it over long on but doesn't get the required elevation as Dent out on the boundary takes a simple catch.
18.5 T Smith to T Westley
1 Length delivery outside off and Westley hits it towards long off for only a single.
18.4 T Smith to T Westley
0 A yorker-length delivery on leg and Westley digs it out to mid wicket. No run.
18.3 T Smith to S Harmer
1 Flatter delivery on the stumps and Harmer pulls it wide of long on for a single.
18.3 T Smith to S Harmer
WD Quicker delivery just outside the tramline in the off side and wide signaled by the umpire.
18.2 T Smith to S Harmer
0 Fuller delivery on the stumps and Harmer drills it straight onto the stumps at the non-striker's end. Another dot ball.
18.1 T Smith to S Harmer
0 Round the wicket, flatter delivery outside off and Harmer leaves it alone to the keeper.
Essex need 7 runs to win from 12 balls.
OVER 18
Essex
189/6
Tom Westley
26(20)
Simon Harmer
5(7)
Danny Lamb
0-46(4.0)
17.6 D Lamb to S Harmer
1 Lamb ends the over with a slower delivery on the pads and flicked away towards deep mid wicket by Harmer for a run.
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