Warwickshire 17 for two path Essex 126 (Westley 47, Hannon-Dalby 4-21, Rushworth 4-26) by 109 runs

Chris Rushworth continued his gorgeous begin to his Warwickshire profession with one other 4 wickets as Essex’s batting imploded on a rain-affected opening day of their LV=Insurance coverage County Championship match at Edgbaston.

Former Durham seamer Rushworth went into this sport, his fifth for Warwickshire, with 22 wickets at 15.27 apiece and enhanced these figures additional with 4 for 28 as Essex folded to 126 all out.

Rushworth delivered a triple-wicket maiden within the final over earlier than tea to scale back Essex from a comparatively wholesome 76 for 2 to 76 for 5. Olly Hannon-Dalby adopted up within the ultimate session with 4 for 21, taking him previous 450 wickets in all codecs.

Warwickshire then encountered turbulence of their very own as they reached 17 for 2 on the shut of a day which supplied ample drama and leisure regardless of play not beginning till 3pm on account of rain.

After Warwickshire captain Will Rhodes received the toss for the primary time this season, Essex’s batters discovered life tough in damp, seamer-friendly situations. Solely skipper Tom Westley (47, 94 balls) lasted greater than an hour.

Each Essex openers fell to the brand new ball. Rushworth, contemporary from his dazzling seven for 38 in Southampton final week, despatched an inswinger into Alastair Cook dinner’s pads to win an lbw choice. Hassan Ali, recalled instead of the rested Chris Woakes, struck along with his fifth ball when Nick Browne feathered a leg look and wicketkeeper Michael Burgess took a effective catch, one-handed and at full stretch.

Westley and Dan Lawrence added 52 in 12 overs earlier than Rushworth’s good over despatched the innings into destroy. Lawrence chipped the primary ball to additional over. Matt Critchley narrowly survived the second and third then edged the fourth to Rob Yates at slip. Michael Pepper fell lbw to the sixth. It was bowling of a stage of management, intelligence and efficiency which might not look misplaced in an Ashes collection.

Management, intelligence and efficiency are attributes which Hannon-Dalby’s work persistently shows and he heightened Essex’s misery within the final session with a burst of 4 for ten in 28 balls. Simon Harmer’s…

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