Essex County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division Two of the County Championship and Division One of the Sunday League. They started the season 8-1 to win the Second Division Title, and as possible promotion contenders.

Their first first-class game of the season was a poor performance, just scraping by with a four wicket win against Cambridge UCCE. The first County Championship game was against Yorkshire, which was won easily. Then there was a rain-affected win in the Sunday League against Hampshire and a mid-week game against Glamorgan, which was abandoned as a "no result" without a ball being bowled. Cambridge University Cricket Club (now subsumed into the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence) is a first-class cricket team. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Glamorgan County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Cardiff, playing most of their games at Sophia Gardens, which is located by the River Taff. ...

Essex then beat Somerset convincingly in the Championship. Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Taunton. ...

Tables

Championship

The Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Durham County Cricket Club (Durham CCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, County Durham. ... Essex County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Chelmsford, though with grounds elsewhere. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at New Road, Worcester, England. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club based at Old Trafford cricket ground, Manchester External links Official Lancashire County Cricket Club website Categories: Cricket stubs | English first class cricket teams ... Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Taunton. ... Leicestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Leicester. ... Derbyshire County Cricket Club (Derbyshire CCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based The Racecourse Ground, otherwise known as the County Ground, in the city of Derby. ...

totesport League

Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named for the historic county of Middlesex. ... Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Glamorgan County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Cardiff, playing most of their games at Sophia Gardens, which is located by the River Taff. ... Essex County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Chelmsford, though with grounds elsewhere. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club based at Old Trafford cricket ground, Manchester External links Official Lancashire County Cricket Club website Categories: Cricket stubs | English first class cricket teams ... Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Bristol. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at New Road, Worcester, England. ... Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club are a first-class cricket team who are based in the city of Nottingham in England. ...

Match details

Cambridge UCCE v Essex (9-11 April 2005)

Essex beat Cambridge UCCE by 4 wickets

Essex' and Cambridge UCCE's season started at Fenner's Ground in Cambridge. For the first time the Cambridge UCCE team is dominated by players from Anglia Polytechnic University rather than Cambridge University. The first day was a successful one for Cambridge UCCE, who completed an innings of 321. This was quite a recovery from 7 down for 139, when Friedlander (81), who has represented Boland in South Africa, and Wright (76) got together. James Middlebrook took 5 for 54 for Essex. On the second day, Essex put together 307 for 4 declared, although no player scored more than Ravinder Bopara's 69. Cambridge UCCE scored 64 for 3 by close of play. On the third and final day, Cambridge UCCE piled on more runs, finally declaring on 255 for 4, the highlight of which was 129 not out from Adnan Akram. The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... The Anglia Polytechnic University is a university in the United Kingdom, with campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world (after Oxford). ... Boland is a District Municipality in Western Cape Province in South Africa The Boland District Municipality covers the Witzenberg, Drakenstein, Stellenbosch, Breede Valley, and Breede River / Winelands Local Municipalities. ... The Republic of South Africa is a large republic located at the southern tip of the continent. ... Essex County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Chelmsford, though with grounds elsewhere. ...

This left Essex 270 to win. They lost wickets in doing so, with Palladino taking 4 wickets, and the students gamely going for a win. However, an all-round performance by Essex finally saw them home with 4 wickets left. [1] (http://live.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005/ENG_LOCAL/UCCE/SCORECARDS/CAMB-UCCE_ESSEX_UCCE_09-11APR2005.html)

Essex v Yorkshire (13-16 April)

Essex (12 pts) drew with Yorkshire (5.5 pts)

At Chelmsford, Yorkshire won the toss and put Essex in to bat. Essex never looked by, as Will Jefferson, Essex' 6'10'' opener but on 149 before being out leg before just before close. Essex captain, Ronnie Irani, said, "People think his height is a weakness, they try and over-test it — they try and pitch it up too much or bowl short too much." Jefferson could have been run out for 0 after a mix-up with Cook, and was dropped on 6. Alastair Cook, hero for the MCC at Lord's fell early for 11. However, Jefferson was given admirable support by Zimbabwean Grant Flower, who was 55 not out at close, with Essex on 224 fo 2, after 26 overs were lost to rain. Yorkshire bowled seven bowlers. Location within the British Isles. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Essex County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Chelmsford, though with grounds elsewhere. ... The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London. ... Grant Flower is a Zimbabwean cricketer. ...

Only 32 overs were possible on the second day, with play only starting at 4.31pm. Essex added 103 runs for the loss of 2 wickets to finish the day on 327 for 4. Rain pretty much did for the third day too. In 15 overs, Essex moved on to 394 for 4, with Andy Flower, Grant's brother, and Ronnie Irani being on unbeaten half-centuries at close, a draw a virtual certainty. Andrew Andy Flower (born 28 April 1968 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a cricket player for Zimbabwe. ...

After adding only 7 in 11 balls on the fourth and final day, Essex declared on 401 for 4, batting on to score the extra bonus point before putting Yorkshire in. Yorkshire found it difficult on a pitch that must have been affected by the rain. Whilst Yorkshire's captain, Craig White, resisted with 59 not out, the team disintegrated to 205, 196 behind. Essex enforced the follow-on, but in yet another rain-affected day, Yorkshire held on. Jaques scored 67 not out from 88 balls out of his team's 105 for 2. Essex scored maximum bonus points, but were denied by the weather. Yorkshire escaped with the draw, but were fined 0.5 points for a slow over rate during Essex' innings. [2] (http://live.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005/ENG_LOCAL/CC2/SCORECARDS/13-16APR2005/ESSEX_YORKS_CC2_13-16APR2005.html)

Hampshire v Essex (17 April)

Essex (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 16 runs (D/L method)

At the Rose Bowl, Hampshire batted first, scoring 175 for 9, as Tim Phillips took 3 for 31. It was a good day for spin, with Grant Flower also taking 2 wickets. In reply, Essex' Will Jefferson was 44 not out, and Essex 69 for 2 off 16 overs when rain put an end to play, leaving Essex the winners on the Duckworth-Lewis method. England's star one-day player of the winter, Kevin Pietersen, managed only 5 off 14 balls for Hampshire before being bowled. [3] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2005/4/11516/html/scorecard.stm) For other uses of Rose Bowl, see Rose Bowl. ... Grant Flower is a Zimbabwean cricketer. ... Essex County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Chelmsford, though with grounds elsewhere. ... In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth-Lewis method (D/L method) is a way to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance. ...

Glamorgan v Essex (22 April)

Match abandoned - Glamorgan (2pts), Essex (2pts)

This match, which was scheduled to be played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff was abandoned without a ball being bowled. It was the first time for almost eight years a one-day league match at Cardiff has ended as a no-result. [4]  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/4472279.stm) Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd, from caer, fort, and dydd, Aulus Didius) is the capital and largest city of Wales. ...

Somerset v Essex (27-30 April)

Essex (22pts) beat Somerset (2pts) by 9 wickets

On 35 overs were possible on the first day. On a green Taunton pitch, Somerset fared poorly against Essex's seam attack. Alex Tudor, late of Surrey, took the first two wickets, including Marcus Trescothick for 4. Somerset were on 119 for 5 at stumps. The following places are named Taunton: Taunton, Somerset in England Taunton, Massachusetts Taunton, Minnesota Taunton, New York Also: Taunton Deane is a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Taunton. ... Essex County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Chelmsford, though with grounds elsewhere. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based at The Oval in London. ... Marcus Edward Trescothick (born in Keynsham, Somerset on 25 December 1975) is an English cricketer who plays Test cricket for the England cricket team and County cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club. ...

Somerset were soon dismissed on the Thursday for 190. Essex's youngsters, Alastair Cook, who looks to be headed for an England call-up before long, and Ravinder Bopara, aged 20 and 19 respectively, made merry with the bat. Although the pitch did not seam as much as the first day, they put on 181 together. Cook was finally out for 111, and Bopara not out for 71 at close, with Essex on 224 for 3, 34 runs ahead.

Bopara could not add to his overnight total on the third day. But Essex were able to take control, finally declaring on 427 for 8 when Tudor was run out for 57. Foster was not out on 78 when the declaration came. In reply, Somerset fared okay till Trescothick went with the score on 57, and then, at 65 for 1, Andre Adams, Somerset's New Zealand import took a hat-trick. Michael Burns edged an outswinger, and Sanath Jayasuriya and James Hildreth were both leg before. With Adams picking up one more wicket before close, Somerset finished on 128 for 5, still 109 runs off making Essex bat again. The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps, played their first Test in 1930 vs England in Christchurch, New Zealand. ... Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (born June 30, 1969 in Matara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1989. ...

On the Saturday, Somerset's tail was quickly reduced to 180 for 9. There was then something of a rearguard action with 63 put on by Andrew Caddick and Robert Turner for the ninth wicket, and Turner and Nixon McLean putting on 70 for the tenth. This left Essex with a target of 77 to win, which they did easily with the loss of just one wicket. [5] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2005/4/11540/html/scorecard.stm) Andrew Richard Caddick (born 21 November 1968) is an England cricketer. ...