Feroze Khushi fifty fires Essex to fourth win in a row
Essex 177 for six (Khushi 61, McIlroy 4-36) beat Glamorgan 175 for six (Carlson 43, Harmer 2-43) by 4 wickets
Feroze Khushi despatched off his audition to be Dan Lawrence’s successor as Essex made it 4 wins in a row by beating Glamorgan by 4 wickets within the Vitality Blast.
Academy graduate Khushi crashed a 37-ball 61 as Essex comfortably chased down 175, regardless of dropping three early wickets due to Jamie McIlroy’s 4 for 36. Khushi is in prime place to push for an everyday first-team spot after Lawrence introduced he was to hitch Surrey from subsequent season and confirmed his promise with an innings that included 4 large sixes.
Paul Walter continued his wonderful type in opposition to Glamorgan with 43, earlier than Matt Critchley and Daniel Sams noticed off most the remaining runs with 24 balls to spare.
Having been caught in on a recent pitch, Kiran Carlson bought the guests off to a flyer with 43 off 25 balls, which included a straight six off Sams and a swatted pull most off Sam Cook.
Sam Northeast, who had earlier been meekly dropped, was the primary of three catches for Walter at long-on – with Colin Ingram and Chris Cooke additionally selecting out the tallest man on the sector – as Glamorgan reached 55 for 1 within the powerplay.
Glamorgan’s good begin was dented by Ingram and Carlson falling in successive overs as Essex claimed management of the center overs to have Glamorgan 122 for 4 after 15 – with Cooke falling to Harmer.
Critchley lured Billy Root to swing to huge long-on however Timm van der Gugten smashed Harmer for 2 sixes in an 18 run over to push Glamorgan nearer in the direction of par. Van der Gugten was ultimately run out within the ultimate over after a brutal 14-ball 33 as Glamorgan ended up on 175 for six – with Sams and Critchley each boasting economical figures of 1 for 20 to maintain the whole narrowly within the Eagles’ favour.
Essex take an aggressive strategy to their batting – the outcomes coming in two varieties. On one facet you’ve two wickets within the first over and three within the powerplay, leaving them 35 for 3: Robin Das slogged his first ball to deep sq. leg and Michael Pepper ramped the following ball behind. Jamie McIlroy could not get a hat-trick however Josh Rymell chipped to mid-on within the left-armer’s following over.
On the opposite, you had Khushi pinging three sixes within the first three overs as he moved to 33 off his first 11 balls, though he took fewer dangers to achieve his third half-century in 29 balls.
Walter joined Khushi and the pair discovered a pleasant rhythm in a 80-run stand in 47 balls. Walter had scored 58 and 78 in his earlier two innings in opposition to Glamorgan, he struck 42 earlier than his fourth try at a six top-edged to brief third.
Khushi was sensationally caught and bowled by van der Gugten 5 balls later to go away 59 wanted off 51 balls. But Sams and Critchley made positive the end result wasn’t in peril, with the previous boshing 41 off 16 – Essex scoring 57 off the final 24 balls they confronted.