Essex v Sussex @ Colchester Day 1

[Marc]

well its better than 2-2 eh Italia

 

[Italiaseagull]

well its better than 2-2 eh Italia

Indeed! Batting Batting Monty!

 

[Pevenseagull]

Monty's going like a train 61 now

 

[Pevenseagull]

10th boundery for Monty

run rate now over 4.5

120 up

 

[CHAPPERS]

Marvellous.

 

[El Presidente]

123-0 off 27.2

 

[FatboyTim]

AND TO THINK THEY SCORED NOTHING FROM THE FIRST 2 OVERS.

 

[Gwylan]

142-0.

What's going on?

 

[Trigger]

Sussex first innings 142 for 0, from 30 overs.

Montgomerie 76* (94 balls) (12 fours, 0 sixes)
Goodwin 57* (89 balls) (10 fours, 0 sixes)

Extras 10
Excellent stuff lads
Its nice when ya 2 openers both crack 50's

 

[Pevenseagull]

Goody's woken up smacked a couple of bounderies, shot through 50

143-0

Monty 76 off 94 balls
Goody 57 off 89 balls

off breaks, quickies, doesn't matter, all being bludgeoned all over the shop. 22 bounderies so far

at the risk of jinxing things, we could be top of the table tomorrow afternoon

 

[Pevenseagull]

150 up in the 1st session !!!

scoring at 4.7 an over

coming up to lunch

batting batting

 

[:J)]

Sussex 151/0 (32.3 ov) v Essex

RR Montgomerie 79*
MW Goodwin 61*

At this rate we'll be 450 for 0 by the end of play today! Fingers crossed.

 

[Italiaseagull]

150 without loss! Batting Essex out of the match by lunchtime!

 

[Papa Lazarou]

161/0 at Lunch

Monty 83 no
Goodwin 67 no

Batting !

 

[Lord Bracknell]

161/0 at Lunch.

We're on target to score 465 in the day.

 

[Gwylan]

Lunchtime score

Batsman Runs Balls 4s 6s
RR Montgomerie not out 83 104 13 -
MW Goodwin not out 67 103 11 -
Extras (0b 5lb 0w 6nb) 11
TOTAL: 0 wkts , 34 overs 161


Well batted Monty
Well batted Minty

 

[Pevenseagull]

Lunch and I know of two blokes who well deserve their cucumber sandwiches

161-0

Montgomerie 83 runs 104 balls 13 (4s)
Goodwin 67 103 11(4s)

run rate 4.74

looks like it was a good toss to win

 

[Trigger]

Fantastic stuff boys, i hope the Queen is watching, they deserve Knighthoods!!!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

pssstt...

Don't tell those footy people, but if anyone has any really good inside info on transfer deals, post it on this thread and DON'T TELL ANYONE ELSE.

OK?

 

[Gritt23]

What an amazing session.
How many runs for maximum batting points??