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Live: Essex Eagles v Yorkshire Men, Metro Bank One-Day Cup
Yorkshire are all but there in terms of the knockout stages of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, but a win in their final group game against Essex at Chelmsford today would almost certainly secure a home quarter-final on Friday. Follow this page for updates to see if they can achieve it.
Good morning....
From the Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford, where it’s a glorious morning ahead of our final group game in the One-Day Cup.
We’re all set for an 11am start for the final Group B fixture.
In one sense, this is not a must win game for Yorkshire. Second-placed in the table, they could lose and advance to the knockouts by finishing in the top three.
In another sense, it is must win. They almost certainly will need that to hold onto second place and secure a home quarter-final on Friday. Durham in third are also on 20 points but with an inferior net run-rate. In fourth and fifth are Hampshire and Worcestershire on 16, again with an inferior net run-rate to Yorkshire.
Worcestershire and Durham play each other at New Road today.
Putting it simply, it’s a last-day scramble for knockout cricket!
Essex are out of contention on 12 points. Their defeat against Durham at Darlington on Sunday was the hammer blow.
Our match preview is with former Essex head coach Anthony McGrath, who has praised his players for their fortitude following that Vitality Blast quarter-final defeat to Somerset at Headingley last month, the manner of which could have derailed their season. But it hasn’t.
That’s available via the link below, while the stream will be embedded at the top of the page before we get going.
Enjoy the day.
