Saturday 15 June 2013

Touching new lows: Essex bowled out for 20 by Lancashire in County Championship




Chelmsford:English County club Essex made a new record, but it isn't something they shall be proud of.
Essex were bowled out to the lowest total in County Championship  scoring a mere 20 runs.
Yes, you’ve read it right, 20 runs that’s what the whole team could manage. 
The mark is the lowest first-class score by the county, eclipsing a record that has stood for 112 years, the lowest in the County Championship since 1983 (a game also played at Chelmsford, but with Essex the executioners rather than victims on that occasion and Surrey the side bowled out for 14) and the sixth lowest ever in England's domestic first-class competition. 
Glen Chapple, with a fine exhibition of swing bowling, and Kyle Hogg did the damage, with the former taking five for nine and his bowling partner four for 11. Only Jaik Mickleburgh's 38-ball 10 saved Essex, who managed just eight scoring shots in the entire innings.
"There's no point trying to explain what happened – it was a freak," said Chapple. 
"Everything that could have gone for us did so. We know that taking wickets quickly can put the new batsman under pressure, but you don't often see the whole team succumbing like that."
Essex had begun their second innings knowing they faced an uphill task to save the game, with Lancashire leading by 126 after the first innings, with Chapple's quick-fire 50 on Friday morning helping the visitors, who began the day on 266 for seven, post 398 in reply to Essex's 273.

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