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ESS vs MDX, 41st T20, T20 Blast 2024 live
MDX
63-2(6.0)
Essex won by 16 runs (DLS METHOD) 🏆
ESS
(12.4)129-4
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P'ship : 25(13)
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So, that's it from this rain truncated South Group clash between Middlesex and Essex with the visitors coming out on top in the end. Stay tuned to our network for all other cricketing actions across the globe and across formats. For now, this is Ayan Chatterjee signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Hiren Kumar alongside scorer/analyst Chandan Kumar Singh. Stay safe, happy, and cool. Goodnight and CHEERS!
2:07 AM IST, 9:37 PM Local Time: So, we have a rain reduced game here in Lord's London where multiple interruptions took place in the game. In the end, it was Essex who weathered the storm and held their nerves to win the contest by 16 runs under the DLS method. Heartbreak for Middlesex as they needed 80 runs off 6 overs in the revised chase.
Let's recap as how this game panned out in London. It was Middlesex who won the toss and decided to field first. The game started 25 minutes later than scheduled due to rain. Essex came out firing with Adam Rossington and Dean Elgar opening for them. Rossington scored 20 off 14 balls while Elgar scored 28 off 17 balls. Michael Pepper scored 23 off 12 balls. Jordan Cox was unbeaten on 31* off 19 balls while Paul Walter scored 18 off 14 balls. Matthew Critchley also came to the crease but did not face a ball. Essex were 129/4 in 12.4 overs when the rain intervened and forced a stoppage in play. 9 extras given by the fielding side.
Noah Cornwell picked up a couple of wickets to his name for Middlesex while Luke Hollman and Ryan Higgins picked up a wicket apiece.
Rain stopped initially, and the revised target was 143 off 12 overs when the players walked out to start the proceedings. Then, the rain came back in full intensity delaying proceedings further and that meant that close to the cut-off time we got a 6-over game in. Middlesex needed 80 runs to win under the DLS method. Chasing 80 to win, Middlesex tried their best. Stephen Eskinazi the skipper scored 15 off 10 balls while Max Holden tried his best by scoring an unbeaten 41* off 24 balls. But it was a bridge too far in the end, as Middlesex ended with 63/2 in 6 overs with 5 extras given by the fielding side.
Both the wickets in this innings were taken by Paul Walter who finished with excellent figures of 2/16 in 2 overs. The rest of them just about did their job to win the game for their side.
So, Essex beat Middlesex in this South Group fixture by 16 runs under the DLS method. Middlesex still searching for a win this season.
Let's recap as how this game panned out in London. It was Middlesex who won the toss and decided to field first. The game started 25 minutes later than scheduled due to rain. Essex came out firing with Adam Rossington and Dean Elgar opening for them. Rossington scored 20 off 14 balls while Elgar scored 28 off 17 balls. Michael Pepper scored 23 off 12 balls. Jordan Cox was unbeaten on 31* off 19 balls while Paul Walter scored 18 off 14 balls. Matthew Critchley also came to the crease but did not face a ball. Essex were 129/4 in 12.4 overs when the rain intervened and forced a stoppage in play. 9 extras given by the fielding side.
Noah Cornwell picked up a couple of wickets to his name for Middlesex while Luke Hollman and Ryan Higgins picked up a wicket apiece.
Rain stopped initially, and the revised target was 143 off 12 overs when the players walked out to start the proceedings. Then, the rain came back in full intensity delaying proceedings further and that meant that close to the cut-off time we got a 6-over game in. Middlesex needed 80 runs to win under the DLS method. Chasing 80 to win, Middlesex tried their best. Stephen Eskinazi the skipper scored 15 off 10 balls while Max Holden tried his best by scoring an unbeaten 41* off 24 balls. But it was a bridge too far in the end, as Middlesex ended with 63/2 in 6 overs with 5 extras given by the fielding side.
Both the wickets in this innings were taken by Paul Walter who finished with excellent figures of 2/16 in 2 overs. The rest of them just about did their job to win the game for their side.
So, Essex beat Middlesex in this South Group fixture by 16 runs under the DLS method. Middlesex still searching for a win this season.
OVER 6
Middlesex
63/2
Martin Andersson
0(1)
Max Holden
41(24)
Paul Walter
2-16(2.0)
Essex win by 16 runs.
5.6 P Walter to M Holden
1 Fuller length wide outside off, Holden makes room and drives it through the covers for a single to end the over and the match. Holden remains unbeaten on 41* off 24 balls as Middlesex finished with 63/2 in 6 overs. Essex have won the contest.
5.5 P Walter to M Holden
2 Fuller length around off, Holden reverse sweeps it away to the point region where the fielder in the deep dives and keeps it down to a couple of runs.
5.4 P Walter to M Holden
2 Fuller length around off, Holden drives it crisply through the covers for a couple of runs.
5.4 P Walter to M Holden
WD Good length delivery angling down the leg side and is called wide by the umpire.
5.3 P Walter to M Holden
0 Back of a length outside off, Holden moves in his crease and misses to the keeper.
5.2 P Walter to M Holden
2 Short of a length slower ball into the pitch, Holden pulls it away to the fine leg region as the batters hustle back for a couple of runs.
5.1 P Walter to M Holden
4 FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Holden comes down the track and lofts it away over short third man as the ball goes away to the third man fence for a boundary.
29 runs required off the last over.
OVER 5
Middlesex
51/2
Martin Andersson
0(1)
Max Holden
30(18)
Daniel Sams
0-20(2.0)
4.6 D Sams to M Holden
1 Good length around off, Holden looks to heave it away and gets an inside edge onto the pads to the off-side for a single.
4.5 D Sams to M Holden
4 FOUR! Fuller length on the pads, Holden heaves it away to square leg where the fielder runs over it and lets the ball go to the ropes.
4.4 D Sams to M Holden
0 Fuller length angling down the leg side, Holden steps across outside off-stump and looks to play at it and misses. Once again, no signal from the umpire.
4.3 D Sams to M Holden
4 FOUR MORE! Length ball and in the slot, Holden takes it on and lofts it away over the midwicket region as the ball races away to the fence for a boundary.
4.2 D Sams to M Holden
4 FOUR! Fuller length wide outside off, Holden steers it away through the point region as the ball goes away to the fence for a boundary.
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