YB40 - Durham v Essex

Sunday Trains .. £150 return, for a 4 hr journey .. no thx.

Nice day, and never been to Chester-Le-Street .. one day .. when its not so cold/expensive.

Pre-match,

Durham 1.63

Essex 2.50

...  £15 enty .. was £16 yesteday at Leicester

Essex win the toss, and elect to field.

Durham .. Mustard, Collingwood, Benkenstein, Borthwick

Essex  .. Foster, Quinney, Mahmood, Bopara (Eng recall ??)

Pre-game .. £8k traded


Durham 3-0 after 1, Durham 1.80 .. no liquidity

Durham 3-0 after 2, Essex fav .. 1.90 .. v v thin

Durham 7-0 after 3, Essex 1.88ish

Durham 12-0 after 4, Essex 1.86

Durham 23-0 after 5, Durham favs, in a desperate mkt ..1.8 ? £30k traded

Durham 26-0 after 6

Wkt - Mustard 11 from 19, Essex 1.84

Durham 29-1 after 7, Essex 1.72

Durham 30-1 after 8, Essex 1.68

Durham 37-1 after 9, Essex 1.70

Wkt - Collingwood 7 from 13, Essex 1.50

Durham 39-2 after 10, Essex 1.48

Wkt - Stoneman 18 from 25 .. Essex 1.26

Durham 40-3 after 12, Essex 1.28

Durham 47-3 after 14, Essex 1.32 .. £53k traded

Durham 50-3 after 16, Essex 1.38

Durham 64-3 after 18, Essex 1.42

Durham 78-3 after 20, Essex 1.45

Durham 91-3 after 22, Essex 1.47

Wkt - Benkenstein 16 from 29

Durham 103-4 after 24, Essex 1.35

Durham 117-4 after 26, Essex 1.3x ..

Durham 127-4 after 28, Essex 1.37

Durham 139-4 after 30, Essex 1.40  .. £85k traded

Wkt - Stokes 51 from 64, Durham 140-5 .. Essex 1.32

Durham 147-5 after 32, Essex 1.2x

Durham 160-5 after 34, Essex 1.28

Durham 173-5 after 36, Essex 1.29

Durham 187-5 after 37, Essex 1.3x

Durham 196-5 after 38, Essex 1.40

Durham 200-5 after 39, Essex 1.31

Durham 209-5 after the 40 overs .. Essex 1.33


Probably 25 runs short, but, we will see.


Heres the reply ..

Essex 8-0 after 1, Essex 1.20

Essex 16-0 after 2, Essex 1.15

Essex 24-0 after 3, Essex 1.10

Essex 26-0 after 4, Essex 1.09

Essex 35-0 after 6, Essex 1.10

Essex 48-0 after 8, Essex 1.08 .. no atmosphere, and Tv comms seemed bored.

Essex 60-0 after 10, Essex 1.07


I seen enough .. going to hit some golf balls.


Tiny trades .. small loss ..   £140k traded .. IPL £12m .. so far ...


Hit the ball ok ...

Essex 166-3 after 32, Essex 1.05  .. £270k traded

Essex 178-3 after 34, Essex 1.03

Essex trying to make this harder than it should be :

Essex 199-6 .. need 11 from 17  , Essex 1.04


Essex win