Published: Aug 02, 2016, 08:12 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 02, 2016, 08:12 PM (IST)
Essex Eagles travel to Bristol to face Gloucestershire in a must-win match, in their final qualifying match. They have to win the match to progress to the quarter-final of the Royal One-Day Cup. They lost by just four runs in their previous match against Middlesex on Sunday. It was a match where they needed to score just over four an over in their last 30 overs, yet fell short. Essex begin the final round of matches just a couple of points behind leaders Somerset, but there are four other teams, who are within touching distance of Essex. Essex head coach Chris Silverwood believes that the defeat against Middlesex at Lord’s has out his side under extra pressure. READ: Saved by the helmet: Sussex opener Chris Nash protected from broken nose after being
“Everything had gone very well for us in that game until the Middlesex bowlers strangled us the second-half of our innings. We needed 126 runs off the last 30 overs and you expect our batting line-up to be able to get that. It wasn’t an easy wicket to score on and credit to their bowlers, particularly James Franklin and Toby Roland-Jones, but as I say, just over four runs an over from that stage should have been well within our capabilities,” said Silverwood, according to ilfordrecorder.co.uk. READ: Charlie McGahey: Cheerful Essex executioner
“Had we won, it might have given us the opportunity to give one or two of our players a bit of a rest ahead of the vital Championship game with Sussex later in the week and give a youngster or two an opportunity. Now we need to play our strongest available team for Tuesday’s match because we don’t want to leave anything to chance and it’s now all about winning that game. Our destiny is in our own hands,” he added.
