Hasan Ali, Oliver Hannon-Dalby restore Warwickshire management with last-wicket stand
Essex 126 and 86 for 4 (Westley 28, Rushworth 2-21) path Warwickshire 242 (Rhodes 63, Hasan 53*, Bracewell 4-51) by 30 runs
A buccaneering tenth-wicket stand of 70 restored Warwickshire’s management after Essex fought again laborious on the second day of their charming LV=Insurance County Championship match at Edgbaston.
Essex closed day two on 86 for 4, nonetheless trailing by 30, in a mesmeric contest between two potential title-challengers.
After bowling Essex out for 126 on day one, Warwickshire appeared set for under a modest lead after they misplaced seven wickets in 17 overs to dip to 172 for 9. The momentum was firmly with Essex’s seamers, led by Doug Bracewell‘s 4 for 51, however final pair Hasan Ali (53 not out) and Oliver Hannon-Dalby clouted 70 from 69 balls to elevate their facet to 242.
The wagging tail prolonged the result in an imposing 116 and piled the strain again on Essex who want their center and decrease orders to bat large tomorrow. Further twists are probably in a match which has fluctuated wildly all through.
After Warwickshire resumed on the second morning on 17 for two, Will Rhodes (63) and Sam Hain (45) batted by the morning session to take their facet to 104 for two at lunch – simply 22 behind. A giant lead beckoned however the seeds of an Essex fightback had been sown by Sam Cook and Simon Harmer. Late within the morning they bowled 14 overs for 17 runs to make sure that, regardless of wickets intact, the house facet had not received away. Then, after lunch, wickets got here in a heap.
Shane Snater triggered the collapse with a brace of fantastic balls which did for Hain and Dan Mousley in successive overs. Ed Barnard batted attractively for 28 however Bracewell’s elimination of him, bowled by a drive, triggered the lack of 5 wickets in 32 balls. Sam Cook trapped Danny Briggs lbw whereas Bracewell compelled deadly edges from Michael Burgess, Chris Rushworth and Rhodes who, having batted with nice duty, departed cursing himself at being lured into reaching outdoors off stump.
From 172 for 9, Warwickshire’s final pair introduced the gang to its ft with an audacious counter assault. Hasan Ali started it by launching Cook twice into the Hollies Stand. Hannon-Dalby joined in with successive sixes pulled off Bracewell to boost the 50 stand from as many balls. Hasan positioned the seating once more to carry up his half-century from 33 balls. When Hannon-Dalby lastly edged Snater behind, the stream of the match had reversed spectacularly once more.
Second time round, Essex misplaced Nick Browne, bowled by Rushworth within the third over. Tom Westley and Alastair Cook began to place down roots of the hefty stand their staff required however fell lbw within the house of three overs. Barnard ousted Westley earlier than Hassan dismissed Cook. On a moist, gray afternoon, in entrance of a smattering of Championship diehards, the previous England captain trudged off the Edgbaston discipline the place he loved a few of his best moments – 294 vs India, 243 vs West Indies – for nearly definitely the final time: a poignant dimension to 2 days of cricket with extra angles than you possibly can shake a stick at.