Really sad to see Woakes head off the field with what looks like a dislocated shoulder just now. Really hope that isn’t the end of his test career.

Highveld wrote:

It is impossible to decide a stumping decision from the angle of the camera used for thr live stream, Essex do not appear to have side on cameras. Therefore you have to accept the decision of the professional umpire, who was in the best, side on, position.

Even in recreational cricket, the umpires get things right most of the time, and usually make less mistakes in the game than the players,

I agree that the camera angles aren’t the best, but the umpire was an awfully long way away to be judging him out by what must have been a millimetre at best.

Not entirely convinced by that stumping decision, his foot never left the ground and looked like it was always behind the line…

That is a pretty spectacular win after being behind in the game for basically all but the last two sessions!

Mikkyk wrote:

Exiled Bear wrote:

Embarrassing celebration from Taylor.

Think someone shouted something from the crowd before he bowled but couldn't hear what was said?

I figured it must have been something like that. Still, as a pro you’ve surely got to just ignore these things.

Embarrassing celebration from Taylor.

To be fair I can see the advantage of trying to get as many runs as possible before the new ball.

Now confirmed by the club that Latham has returned to New Zealand (he’ll be back for the T20 quarter final), and Hain is on paternity leave following the birth of his first child. Congratulations to Sam!

Fortunately not a costly drop!

Oh dear, you can’t be dropping those as a keeper.

Nice to get through the powerplay without losing any wickets for once. Wickets in hand is going to be important on a tricky batting surface.

Two spinners opening the bowling suggests that it might not be the best batting pitch.

What’s the progress looking like towards getting an SGM?

Tayls79 wrote:

Feed commentator says 0.07 behind us.... Basically can't afford to lose against Derby now whereas before today it was theoretically possible to go through with a defeat.

Exiled Bear wrote:

Think Worcs will squeak past us, so a win tomorrow is now definitely necessary.

Looks like 0.09 difference according to the ECB and BBC websites. Cricinfo has Worcs above us, but their table doesn’t have NRR. Their coverage of county cricket has been going downhill for years, so poor.

Think Worcs will squeak past us, so a win tomorrow is now definitely necessary.

I’m trying to figure out what the best result is for us in the Worcs v Notts game today. If Worcs win they’d go level on points with us and could go above us if they win by enough, but have no games left. That would leave Notts a win behind us still with a much worse NRR. If Notts win, they’d be level on points with us with a worse NRR, but one game still to go. I think either way it leaves us needing a win to guarantee we go through!

I think we’ll almost certainly qualify with a win, and maybe even if we lose. Having a home quarter final hasn’t done us any good in these last few years so maybe it’ll be for the best if we finish 3rd or 4th!

Bethell is back in the squad!

Davies
H Ali
Barnard
Bethell
Briggs
Garton
Gleeson
Hain
Latham
Lintott
Miles
Mousley
Smith
Yates

Gus Atkinson is expected to be released to play for Surrey (and he’s coming back from injury!), so it’ll be bizarre if they don’t also release Bethell - but then he doesn’t play for a fashionable county like Surrey…

Good start even with the wickets.